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2.0 Bending of Beams
☻2.1
☻2.2
Revision – Bending Moments
Stresses in Beams
sx
sx
P
x
☻2.3
Mxz
Mxz
Combined Bending and Axial Loading
P1
☻2.4
P2
Deflections in Beams
2.5 Buckling
(Refer: B,C & A –Sec’s 10.1, 10.2)
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2.5 Bars Under Axial Compression - Buckling
(Refer: B, C & A–Sec 10.1, 10.2)
Euler, Leonard (1741)
For bars or columns under compressive loading, we may witness a
sudden failure, known as buckling.
This is a form of instability.
P
P
Consider load, P, plotted against
horizontal displacement, v.
Point of Bifurcation
P
Short, Thick
Long, Slender
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v
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Consider a long slender bar under axial compression:
y
v
P
y
P
L
x
z
d
b
P
x
P
Mxz=-P.v
From the Engineering Beam Theory:
d2 v
EI z 2 Mxz P v
dx
d2 v
EI z 2 P v 0
dx
Let
P
EI z
2
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d2 v
2
v0
2
dx
Euler Equation
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General Solution: v A Sinx B Cosx
d2 v
2
v0
2
dx
Boundary Conditions:
From (i):
(i) @ x=0
v0
(ii) @ x=L
v0
(Also, (iii) @x=L/2,
dv
0)
dx
0 A Sin 0 B Cos 0
B0
v A Sinx
From (ii):
0 A SinL
• If A=0, v=0 for all values of x
(i.e. The bar remains straight – NO BUCKLING)
• If Sin L=0, then (possible buckling solutions)
L 0, , 2 , 3 , ...
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The Lowest Real Value:
Since
L
2
P
2
EI z
PC
2
L
EI z
Where PC is the Critical or Euler Buckling Load.
For buckling (i.e. at point of bifurcation):
P
PC
L 2
2EI z
L2
(Iz is the smallest 2nd
Moment of Area)
P
v
L
P
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Points of
Bifurcation
4 2EI z
PC
L2
PC
2EI z
L2
v
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Let
PC
sC
A
sC
Let Kz2 (Radius of Gyration)
AL2
L
Iz
, and S (Slenderness Ratio)
Kz
A
2
L
S2 2
Kz
sC
sC
2 E
S2
Unstable
sYield
Short,
Thick
2 EI z
Empirical
Euler Stress
Material
Yielded
Long,
Slender
0
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Stable
S
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Free or Pinned Ends
End Constraints:
PC
P
P
2 EI z
L2
L
Fixed Ends
L/2
P
P
L
4 2 EI z
PC
L2
One End Free
& One End Fixed
2L
P
P
L
P
L
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4L2
One End Pinned
& One End Fixed
2L
P
PC
2 EI z
22 EI z
PC
L2
Bending of Beams
Example: Find the shortest length L of a Pin-Ended strut, having a
cross-section of 60mm x 100mm for which the Euler
Equation applies. Assume E=200 Gpa and sYield=250 MPa
sC
Euler Eqn.,
Iz
Min. value,
sC
i.e. Iz
L
sYd
3
10060
12
AL2
1.8 106 m m4
2 200 109 1.8 10 6
250 10 0.1 0.06
6
Euler
Theory
=250 MPa
2 EI z
Iz
L
2
& Kz
Note: S
A
Kz
S
0
90
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1.54 m
S
1.54
1.8 10
0.1 0.06
6
90
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