Elastic stress analysis of general prismatic beams : final report.

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• Creators:
  Leftwich, Steven Del ; Barton, F. W
• Corporate Creators:
  Virginia Highway & Transportation Research Council
• Subject/TRT Terms:
  • Girders--Testing
  • Bridges--Mathematical models
  • Strains and stresses--Mathematical models
• Publication/ Report Number:
  VHTRC 81-R26
• Resource Type:
  Tech Report
• Geographical Coverage:
  Virginia
• Corporate Publisher:
  Virginia Transportation Research Council (VTRC)
• Abstract:
  This study developed a numerical methodology for the elastic stress analysis of general prismatic beams. The objective was to accurately determine stresses and displacements on a cross section of a beam where the stress resultants are prescribed. Applied loads may include axial force, bending moment, uniform (constant) torsion, constant (transverse) shear, and the rates of change of twisting moment, axial force, and wear. By assuming that the stresses and strains in a beam vary as a quadratic function of the longitudinal coordinate, the formulation expressed in terms of displacement functions was reduced from a three-dimensional analysis to a two-dimensional one. Numerical solutions were obtained using the finite element method of analysis. Numerical results were compared with exact and approximate solutions for selected cross sections. Several representative beams having cross sections commonly used in bridges were used to demonstrate the applicability of the method.
• Format:
  PDF
• Download URL:
  https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/18908/dot_18908_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 2.98 MB]
• Collection(s):
  US Transportation Collection
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:2bdbe72369d8d31910189273643eecf711094bc7e07544da5e0b423a0301600e