Civil and Environmental Engineering 2202A/B Final: Final Review Section 6

• School: Western University
• Department: Civil and Environmental Engineering
• Course: Civil and Environmental Engineering 2202A/B
• Professor: Dr. M.L. Nehdi

Document Summary

Determine the internal moment at section of a beam. Determine the stress in a beam member caused by bending. Members that support loadings applied perpendicular to their logitudinal axis are called beams. Beams are classified according to the way they are supported. In order to design a beam, it is necessary to determine the maximum shear and moment in the beam. To do this, we create graphs where we express v and m as functions of arbitrary position x along the axis. We need to know the variation of these forces along a beam in order to know how and where to reinforce it. Positive v is up and positive m is clockwise. There are two things that seriously help us do this. So, in bending the top surface of the material is being pushed in. The neutral surface is the plane in a straight member who"s length is not changed.