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posted by  flooty55 on 11/1/2009 7:26:03 PM  |  status: Closed  |  Earned Karma: 50

Location of Shear Center

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Mechanics of Materials Mechanics of Materials (5th) by Beer, Johnston, DeWolf 6 70P 11/1/2009 at 10:00:00 PM
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Determine the location of the shear center O of a thin-walled beam of uniform thickness having the cross section shown.
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posted by Anonymous on 11/5/2009 3:26:06 AM  |  status: Live
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Ve=Fcos60 * 70sin60 
you have the x and y components for F and since the x component is the same as the neutral axis, its moment is zero. So, that only leaves the y components; is that reasoning correct?

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posted by Jemmi on 11/1/2009 10:38:31 PM  |  status: Live
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posted by flooty55 on 11/1/2009 11:11:35 PM  |  status: Live
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Thank you sooo much for the response.  Yet, I don't understand how 'e' is solved here...where did these values come from?
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posted by Jemmi on 11/2/2009 2:38:37 AM  |  status: Live
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consider all the free body diagrams of the given structure

and the forces acting on the structure. uaing all the general stress formulas , moment  calculations,
the value of 'e' is determined. howerver the all the related formulas are there in the answer posted.
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