Shear Flow & Shear Center in Box Section (1)

Remove@"Global`"D H remove all symbols L

Bending stiffness:
H
22
= EE
1
12
b
3
t +
1
12
b
3
5 t + 2 H2 bL t
b
2
2
3
2
b
3
EE t
Shear flow f
o
in open section:
The stiffness static moments are defined as: Qmn where m=axis and n=coordinate subscript.
Q
21
= EE s
1
t Hb 2L;
Q
22
= EE s
2
t Hb 2 + s
2
2L;
Q
23
= EE s
3
t b 2;
Q
24
= EE s
4
5 t Hb 2 + s
4
2L;
f
o1
= Q
21
V
3
H
22
s
1
V
3
3 b
2
f
o2
= Q
22
V
3
H
22
+ f
o1
. s
1
2 b
2 V
3
3 b

2 I
b
2
+
s2
2
M s
2
V
3
3 b
3
f
o3
= Q
23
V
3
H
22
+ f
o2
. s
2
b
2 V
3
3 b

s
3
V
3
3 b
2
f
o4
= Q
24
V
3
H
22

10 I
b
2
+
s4
2
M s
4
V
3
3 b
3
Continuity in cell:
warp =

0
2 b
1
G t
Hf
o1
+ f
c
L s
1
+

0
b
1
G t
Hf
o2
+ f
c
L s
2
+

0
2 b
1
G t
Hf
o3
+ f
c
L s
3


0
b
1
G 5 t
Hf
o4
f
c
L s
4
26 b f
c
5 Gt
+
2 V
3
Gt
8f
c
< = 8f
c
< . Solve@warp 0, 8f
c
<D@@1DD
:
5 V
3
13 b
>
Compute final shear flows:
f
1
= f
o1
+ f
c
Simplify
H15 b + 13 s
1
L V
3
39 b
2
f
2
= f
o2
+ f
c
Simplify
I11 b
2
+ 13 b s
2
13 s
2
2
M V
3
39 b
3
f
3
= f
o3
+ f
c
Simplify
H11 b 13 s
3
L V
3
39 b
2
f
4
= f
o4
f
c
Simplify
5 I3 b
2
+ 13 b s
4
13 s
4
2
M V
3
39 b
3
Plot shear flows:
f1n = f
1
. s
1
b
H15 b + 13 b L V
3
39 b
2
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PlotB
f1n b
V
3
, 8, 0, 2<, AxesLabel 8"s
1
b", "f bV
3
"<F
0.5 1.0 1.5 2.0
s
1
b
-0.3
-0.2
-0.1
0.1
0.2
f bV
3
f2n = f
2
. s
2
b
I11 b
2
+ 13 b
2
13 b
2

2
M V
3
39 b
3
PlotB
f2n b
V
3
, 8, 0, 1<, AxesLabel 8"s
2
b", "f bV
3
"<F
0.2 0.4 0.6 0.8 1.0
s
2
b
0.32
0.34
0.36
f bV
3
f3n = f
3
. s
3
b
H11 b 13 b L V
3
39 b
2
Box_shear_flow.nb 3
PlotB
f3n b
V
3
, 8, 0, 2<, AxesLabel 8"s
3
b", "f bV
3
"<F
0.5 1.0 1.5 2.0
s
3
b
-0.3
-0.2
-0.1
0.1
0.2
f bV
3
f4n = f
4
. s
4
b
5 I3 b
2
+ 13 b
2
13 b
2

2
M V
3
39 b
3
PlotB
f4n b
V
3
, 8, 0, 1<, AxesLabel 8"s
4
b", "f bV
3
"<F
0.2 0.4 0.6 0.8 1.0
s
4
b
0.5
0.6
0.7
0.8
f bV
3
Shear Center Calculation:
Compute moment equivalence at point B (see drawing at beginning):
R
1
=

0
2 b
f
1
s
1

4 V
3
39
R
2
=

0
b
f
2
s
2
79 V
3
234
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Solve@e V
3
b R
1
2 b R
2
, eD
::e
67 b
117
>>
% N
88e 0. 57265 b<<
Shear center is located this distance (e) to the left of the right side of the box and on the i
2
(symmetry) axis.
Shear Flow & Shear Center in Box Section (2)
Remove@"Global`"D H remove all symbols L
Bending stiffness:
H
22
= EE
1
12
b
3
t +
1
12
b
3
5 t + 2 H2 bL t
b
2
2
3
2
b
3
EE t
Shear flow f
o
in open section:
This notebook uses functions instead of explicit statements to calculate the static stiffness moments. Note that subscripts cannot
be used in function names or arguments. The stiffness static moments are defined as: Qmn where m=axis and n=coordinate
subscript.
Q21@s_D := EE s t Hb 2L
Q22@s_D := EE s t Hb 2 + s 2L
Q23@s_D := EE s t b 2
Q24@s_D := EE s 5 t Hb 2 + s 2L
fo1@s_D := Q21@sD V
3
H
22
fo2@s_D := Q22@sD V
3
H
22
+ fo1@2 bD
fo3@s_D := Q23@sD V
3
H
22
+ fo2@bD
Box_shear_flow.nb 5
fo4@s_D := Q24@sD V
3
H
22
Continuity in cell:
warp =

0
2 b
1
G t
Hfo1@sD + fcL s +

0
b
1
G t
Hfo2@sD + fcL s +

0
2 b
1
G t
Hfo3@sD + fcL s

0
b
1
G 5 t
Hfo4@sD fcL s
26 b f c
5 Gt
+
2 V
3
Gt
fc =. H may be needed if statement is reexecuted L
8fc< = 8fc< . Solve@warp 0, 8fc<D@@1DD
:
5 V
3
13 b
>
Compute final shear flows:
f1 = fo1@sD + fc Simplify
H15 b + 13 sL V
3
39 b
2
f2 = fo2@sD + fc Simplify
I11 b
2
+ 13 b s 13 s
2
M V
3
39 b
3
f3 = fo3@sD + fc Simplify
H11 b 13 sL V
3
39 b
2
f4 = fo4@sD fc Simplify
5 I3 b
2
+ 13 b s 13 s
2
M V
3
39 b
3
On your own:
Redesign the code so that the top and bottom thickness are equal but the side thicknesses are different (and not equal). This
maintains a horizontal symmetry axis but creates a more general problem.
6 Box_shear_flow.nb