Civil Engineering - Strength of Materials - Discussion

Discussion Forum : Strength of Materials - Section 5 (Q.No. 13)
13.
A cast iron T section beam is subjected to pure bending. For maximum compressive stress to be three times the maximum tensile stress, centre of gravity of the section from flange side is
h/4
h/3
h/2
2/3 h.
Answer: Option
Explanation:
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Discussion:
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Krishna said:   6 years ago
See here the beam is under hogging i.e. top fiber under tension and bottom fiber under compression. Therefore the answer given is correct.

If it is under sagging, It would be given as 3h/4 in the options along with h/4.

Sandya said:   5 years ago
Explain it.

Sandya said:   5 years ago
Explain with diagram?


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