A cast iron beam is of T-section as shown in Fig. The beam is simply supported on a span of 6 m. The beam carries a uniformly distributed load of 2 kN/m length on the entire span. Determine the maximum tensile and maximum compressive stresses.

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A cast iron beam is of T-section as shown in Fig. The beam is simply supported on a span of 6 m. The beam carries a uniformly distributed load of 2 kN/m length on the entire span. Determine the maximum tensile and maximum compressive stresses.
A cast iron beam is of T-section as shown in Fig. The beam is simply supported
on a span of 6 m. The beam carries a uniformly distributed load of 2 kN/m
length on the entire span. Determine the maximum tensile and maximum
compressive stresses.
80mm
15mm
60mm
15mm
Transcribed Image Text:A cast iron beam is of T-section as shown in Fig. The beam is simply supported on a span of 6 m. The beam carries a uniformly distributed load of 2 kN/m length on the entire span. Determine the maximum tensile and maximum compressive stresses. 80mm 15mm 60mm 15mm
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