Axial Loads and Shear Flows Calculation

55902
Axial loads (N), (+ve tension, -ve compression)
-79057
79057
Shear flows (N/mm)
1
2
3
Student no. a = 1.06 S = 5300
Sample load and shear flow diagrams are shown below. These should be deleted/modified to
suit your configuration, which can have different values and units as well as different
arrangement of the stiffeners and shear panels.
Q1(a) Axial Loads Show tension as positive and compression as negative values.
Round numbers to nearest integer. Do not show force arrows.
Shear Flows Show only positive values and use arrows to indicate direction
Round numbers to nearest integer
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Q1(b) Beam sizing Units not required.
Provide solutions in the boxed section of the table below.
Other values are not mandatory, and are provided as a guide to the solution process
Stiffener Max
Tension
Area
Tension
Max
Compressio
n
Area
Compression Area
(2 decimal places)
AB 0.07
BCD 0.11
AE 0.04
BF 0.04
CG 0.03
DH 0.03
EF 0.07
FGH 0.11
panel qmax tshr b a b/a K tbuck tdes
ABFE 0.07
BCGF 0.001
CDHG 0.001
Area Tension = stiffener area calculated using tension load
Area Compression = stiffener area calculated using compression load
qmax = maximum shear flow in the panel
tshr = thickness sized to shear yield (report to 4 decimal places)
K = buckling constant
tbuck = thickness sized to shear buckling (report to 4 decimal places)
tdes = design thickness, considering shear or buckling (report to 4 decimal places)
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