Question

Consider the beam below. (a) Determine the maximum normal stress and maximum shear stress and indicate the location of these maximum stress given that that the rectangular cross section is

as shown with height of 2 in and width of 1 in. (b) Determine the maximum normal stress and maximum shear stress if the beam werereoriented by 90 degrees about the x axis such that the rectangular cross section was now aheight of 1 in and width of 2 in. The loading in the x-y plane stays the same.

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