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Bending Atdy A't'dy at A't' &et - E
Bending Atdy A't'dy at A't' &et - E
6
..
Bending
71
(4.12)
since
..
= E
(4.13) i.e.
t=-t
(4.14)
Thus to replace the steel strip by an equivalent wooden strip the thickness must be multiplied by the modular ratio E I E . The equivalent section is then one of the same material throughout and the simple bending theory applies. The stress in the wooden part of the original beam is found directly and that in the steel found from the value at the same point in the equivalent material as follows:
from eqn. (4.12) and from eqn. (4.13) i.e.
-
a - t a t
a -E a E
or
a=--6
(4.15)
The above procedure, of course, is not limited to the two materials treated above but applies equally well for any material combination. The wood and steel flitched beam was merely chosen as a convenient example.