BENDING STRESS DAREL ANN DL.

MENDOZA
MEC 32 - 3 / C2

WHAT HAPPENED IN QUEBEC
BRIDGE IN 1907?
In applied mechanics, bending (also
known as flexure) characterizes
the behavior of a slender structural  drilled holes did not line up.  In
element subjected to an
external load applied perpendicularly
to a longitudinal axis of the element.
PROBLEM:
A flat steel bar, 1 inch wide by ¼ inch
thick and 40 inches long, is bent by
couples applied at the ends so that the
midpoint deflection is 1.0 inch.
Compute the stress in the bar.
Use E = 29 × 106 psi.
SOLUTION:
(ρ−1)2+202=ρ2
ρ2−2ρ+1+400=ρ2
2ρ=401
ρ=200.5in
Failed APPlication
The Quebec Bridge was twenty years
in the making. The bridge collapsed
during construction on August 29,
1907, killing eighty-six workers.
As the bridge was erected, workers
and supervisors found noticeable
deflections in some of the chords. 
When the workers tried to rivet the
joints between these chords, the pre-
addition, bends (deflections) were
observed in some of the most heavily
loaded compression members.  Over
time, some of the member
deflections increased.
The concern during the erection of
the bridge was the joints.  The ends
of all the chords were cambered to
allow for the small deflections that
were expected to occur when the
chords came under their full dead
load.  These butt splices were bolted
to allow for movement.  The splices
initially touched only at one end, and
could not fully transfer their load
until they had deflected enough to
cause full contact at the splices.

M=EIρ
fb=McI=(EI/ρ)cI
fb=Ecρ=(29×106)(1/8)200.5
fb=18079.8psi
fb=18.1ksi   answer