Shear stress

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7.1 Shear in Straight Members

Internal shear
force – creates
shear deformation,
strain and shear
stress!

Note: due to
nature of shear
stress get
transverse and
longitudinal
strain.
Physical example
– when boards
glued together,
shear stress is
developed at
surfaces which
prevents slippage.
Notice
deformation: key
point, deformation
not uniform!!
6.2 – Shear Stress Formula:
 Derivation of Beam Shear Stress Equation:

  Fx  0

  ' dA   dA   (tdx)  0
A' A'

 M  dM  M 
A'  I  ydA   
 A' 
I
 ydA   (tdx)  0

 Derivation of Beam Shear Stress Equation (cont’d):

Recall, dM/dx = V
1  dM 
    ydA
It  dx  A'
=Q

Internal Shear (lb)

VQ
 First Moment of area
(in3) at point of interest

It
Thickness of cross-

Q  y ' A'
Moment of inertia of section at point of
entire cross section interest (in)
(in4)
Example: Square
Cross-section:
Example: I-Beam
7-11: Given: A cantilever beam with 35 Kip load at the end. Sketch the intensity of the shear-stress
distribution acting over the beam’s cross-sectional area and determine the resultant shear force
acting on the segment AB.

Question: where would

you expect max stress to
be? Why would you be
interested in shear stress
at joint?

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