AEE 362 Homework 3

Spring 2016 Due: April 13th, Wednesday

1-(20 pt.) For the classroom I beam example, determine the percent of the shear force carried
by the mid-web for a unit shear force applied to the I cross-section.

2-(30 pt.) Consider the semi-circular open section stiffened beam shown below. Stiffened beam
is loaded with a distributed load w(N/m) acting at the shear center e distance from the center
of the semi-circular cross-section. Since the distributed load acts at the shear center, beam bends
only without any twist. (Note: All stiffeners have the same cross-sectional area Af)

a) (20 pt.) Determine the web shear flows at the mid-span of the beam x=L/2 from the tip
of the beam and the location of the shear center.
b) (10 pt.) Determine the stiffener loads at x=L/2
3-(50 pt.) Consider the tapered T shaped box beam shown below. Box beam is idealized such
that axial load carrying capacity of the box beam is represented by 4 flange areas as shown
below. We assume that thin webs carry shear stress and flanges carry axial load only. Stiffened
box beam is loaded with a tip force F.

a) (20 pt.) Determine the shear flows in the thin webs between flanges beam and the flange
loads at a distance x=L/2 from the tip of the box. Use only the resultant or the
equilibrium equations. Do not use beam bending formula in this part.
b) (30 pt.) Now, isolate an infinitesimal (dx) section around flange #1 and write the so-
called equation to determine the shear flow in the web between flanges 1-3. Note
that in this part when you write the equation, you need to use beam bending formula.
You should get the same shear flow in the web 1-3 as in part a.

Note:

Solution will be parametric, therefore define intermediate variables such as h=h+(L/2)tan,

and try to simplify your expressions.