AIRCRAFT STRUCTURES ANALYSIS OF

AIRCRAFT
– II STRUCTURES

(AER18R372)
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 Syllabus
SHEAR FLOW IN OPEN SECTIONS
Unit 2
Definition and expression for shear flow due
SHEAR FLOW IN OPEN
to bending, shear flow in thin-walled Open SECTIONS
sections with and without stiffening
elements, torsion of thin-walled Open
sections, the shear center of symmetric and Outcomes
unsymmetrical open sections, structural On completion of this unit, Students can able to
idealization analyze the thin walled open section beams supporting
shear loads, bending loads and torsional loads.

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 Course Progress

Lesson 1. shear flow due to bending

Lesson 2. shear flow in thin-walled Open sections -

without stiffening elements
Lesson 3. shear flow in thin-walled Open sections - with
stiffening elements

Lesson 4. Torsion of thin-walled Open sections

Lesson 5. shear center of symmetric and unsymmetrical

open sections

Lesson 6. Structural idealization

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 Lesson 1: Shear flow due to bending
Topic 2: Problems on shear flow due to bending

Problem:1

Determine the shear flow distribution

in the thin-walled Z-section shown in
figure, due to a shear Load Sy applied
through the shear center of the section.

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 Given Data:
Z- Section (Thin walled)
Thin walled - Approximation beam (higher order of thickness is very small and
negligible)
shear Load Sy applied through the shear center of the section
The origin for our system of reference axes coincides with the centroid of the
section at the midpoint of the web.
Since Sy is applied through the shear center, no torsion exists and the shear flow
distribution
Sx= 0

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 Formulae Used:

Parameter Formulae
Ixx = {(breadth*height3)/12} + {Area*(y-Y)2)}
Moment of Inertia, I
Iyy = {(height*breadth3)/12} + {Area*(x-X)2)}
(Ixx, Iyy, Ixy)
Ixy = {Area*(x-X)*(y-Y))}

Shear flow, q

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 Result:
Parameter Result
Ixx = h3t/3
Moment of Inertia, (Ixx, Iyy, Ixy) Iyy = h3t/12
Ixy = h3t/8
On bottom flange (y= -h/2, x=(-h/2) + S1, where 0<S1< h/2
q1 = 0 (@S1=0)
q2 = (0.42Sy/h) (@S1 = h/2)
Shear flow, q
For q=0 @ S1 = 0.336h
On web (y= (-h/2)+S2, where 0<S2<h, x=0
q23 = (Sy/h)*1.245

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 Solution – shear flow distribution for Z-section

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 Problems on shear flow due to bending

Problem:2

Determine the shear flow distribution

in the thin-walled Channel section
shown in figure, due to a shear Load Sy
applied through the shear center of the
section.
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 Given Data:
Channel Section (Thin walled)
Thin walled - Approximation beam (higher order of thickness is very small and
negligible)
shear Load Sy applied through the shear center of the section
The origin for our system of reference axes coincides with the centroid of the
section at the midpoint of the web.
Since Sy is applied through the shear center, no torsion exists and the shear flow
distribution
Sx= 0

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 Formulae Used:

Parameter Formulae
Ixx = {(breadth*height3)/12} + {Area*(y-Y)2)}
Moment of Inertia, I
Iyy = {(height*breadth3)/12} + {Area*(x-X)2)}
(Ixx, Iyy, Ixy)
Ixy = {Area*(x-X)*(y-Y))}

Shear flow, q

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 Result:
Parameter Result
Ixx = (h3t/12)*(1+(6b/h))
Moment of Inertia, (Ixx, Iyy, Ixy) Sx = 0, need not to find Iyy
Ixy = 0
On bottom flange (y= -h/2)
Shear flow, q

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 Topic 2: Problems on shear
flow due to bending
Shear flow distribution on
flanges and web sections (thin
walled) are analyzed. The free
edges of the flanges have zero
shear flow.
For the symmetrical
geometry, the shear flow
distribution is also symmetry
(magnitude of shear flow ).

Shear flow due to bending

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 References & External Resources

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 Problems on

Roadmap Problems on shear center of

symmetric open sections
unsymmetrical open
Definition and
Problems on shear center of expression for
Structural
Structural idealization
of thin walled open
section
sections idealization
Problems on torsion of thin-
walled Open sections
Expression for torsion of
thin-walled Open sections
Problems on Expression for shear
flow in thin-walled Open sections
- with stiffening elements Expression for shear flow in
thin-walled Open sections -
with stiffening elements Problems on Expression for shear
flow in thin-walled Open sections -
without stiffening elements

Expression for shear

Definition and flow in thin-walled
expression for Problems on Open sections -
shear flow due to shear flow due to without stiffening Lesson 1
bending elements
bending Lesson 2

Lesson 3
Lesson 4

Lesson 5

Lesson
6

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