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Chapter 15: Combined Loads
M15.4: Principal Stresses in a Wide-Flange Beam
Principal Stresses
State the Problem
Plan the Solution
Table of Contents
Section Dimensions
Moment of Inertia I
z
First Moment of Area Q
Stress Calculations
Show the Stresses on a Stress Element
Principal Stresses
Maximum In-Plane Shear Stress
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Try One
scene
9
of
12
Points
P
1
and
P
2
on Mohr's circle denote the most positive and the most negative normal stresses.
