Principal stresses in a rectangular tube

Several steps are required to solve this problem:

1. Consider equilibrium to determine the beam reactions at the pin and at the roller.

2. Draw the shear-force and bending-moment diagrams to determine the shear force and bending moment at H.

3. Compute the moment of inertia for the rectangular tube and compute the first moment of area Q for point H.

4. Use the flexure formula to compute the normal stress at H.

Principal stresses in a rectangular tube