// Problem 5.12,Page no.133 clc;clear; close; b=200 //mm //width of beam d=300 //mm //depth of beam t=12 //mm //thickness of beam E_s=220 //KN/m**2 //modulus of elasticity of steel E_w=11 //KN/m**2 //modulus of elasticity of timber sigma_s=115 //MN/m**2 //stress of steel sigma_w=9.2 //MN/m**2 //stress of timber L=2 //m //Span of beam //Calculations //E_w*E_s**-1=1*20**-1 //ratio of Modulus of elasticity of timber to steel //(Part-1) b_1=b*20**-1 //mm //web thickness of transformed section stress=20*sigma_w //MN/m**2 //Allowable stress in web of equivalen beam //But allowable stress in flanges is sigma_s is 115 KN/m**2 and therefore taken into consideration d_1=324 //mm //depth of beam with thickness in consideration I=1*12**-1*0.2*0.324**3-2*1*12**-1*0.095*0.3**3 //m**4 //M.I of transformed section //Using Relation, M*I**-1=sigma*y**-1 we get //Part-2 M_max=I*(324*10**-3*2**-1)**-1*sigma_s*10**6 //N*m //Max allowable Bending moment for steel section //Part-3 //As beam is simply supported at the ends and the load is applied at the centre of beam //M_max=W*L*4**-1 //Max Bending moment W=M_max*4*L**-1 //N //Allowable stress Load //Result printf("Web thickness of Equivalent steel section is %.2f mm",b_1) printf("\n Max Allowable bending moment for section is %.2f N-m",M_max) printf("\n Allowable safe Load is %.2f N",W)