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Beam Bending
Dr. Wayne Whiteman
Senior Academic Professional and Director of the Office of Student Services
Woodruff School of Mechanical Engineering
Module 19 Learning Outcome
• Solve an inelastic beam bending problem
Inelastic Beam Bending
Worksheet:
An I-beam is made of cold-rolled red brass with a cross section shown
below, and may be treated as an elasto-plastic material.
a) Determine the maximum elastic moment that the beam can support.
b) A strain gage on the top of the beam measures the strain in the x-
direction to be ε = 3250µ mm/mm. Determine the applied moment
for this situation.
c) Determine the maximum moment that the beam can support just
before it reaches a fully plastic condition.
12.5 mm
0.002 mm/mm 200 mm
Worksheet: An I-beam is made of cold-rolled red brass with a cross section shown
below, and may be treated as an elasto-plastic material.
b) A strain gage on the top of the beam measures the strain in the x-direction to be
ε = 3250µ mm/mm. Determine the applied moment for this situation.
Cold-Rolled Red Brass 200 mm
12.5 mm
12.5 mm
12.5 mm
200 mm
0.002 mm/mm
Strain
Strain is proportional to y
curvature and varies
εx
0.00325
linearly with distance, y,
from the neutral axis across
the cross section.
N.A.
x
Independent of material
Worksheet: An I-beam is made of cold-rolled red brass with a cross section shown
below, and may be treated as an elasto-plastic material.
b) A strain gage on the top of the beam measures the strain in the x-direction to be
ε = 3250µ mm/mm. Determine the applied moment for this situation.
Cold-Rolled Red Brass 200 mm
12.5 mm
12.5 mm
12.5 mm
200 mm
0.002 mm/mm
Strain Stress
y εx y σx=410 MPa
0.00325
Plastic
162.5 0.002 0.002
mm 100 Elastic
mm
N.A. x N.A. x
Worksheet: An I-beam is made of cold-rolled red brass with a cross section shown
below, and may be treated as an elasto-plastic material.
b) A strain gage on the top of the beam measures the strain in the x-direction to be
ε = 3250µ mm/mm. Determine the applied moment for this situation.
Cold-Rolled Red Brass 200 mm
12.5 mm
12.5 mm
12.5 mm
200 mm
0.002 mm/mm
M [
256 , 250 100 25
2
256 , 250 100 ]2 418 , 542 , 000 N mm 418 , 542 N m
3
ANS