Combining Hooke's Law:
with the previous expression for bending strain:
gives an expression for the bending stress in the composite cross section.
For the aluminum bar (1):
This equation is simply the elastic flexure formula.
Combining Hooke's Law:
with the previous expression for bending strain:
gives an expression for the bending stress in the composite cross section.
For the aluminum bar (1):
This equation is simply the elastic flexure formula.