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The beam is a very useful structural member that is employed in many different types of structural applications, such as floor, roof, and bridge deck systems. These members are called upon to resist bending action that is usually produced either by loads that are perpendicular to the member (transverse loads) or by pure bending moments. Regardless of the way the beam is loaded, the resulting action leads to two effects that are of major significance in the analysis of beams. These two effects are the induced stresses and the resulting deformations. Chapter 5 deals with the first of these two effects, the stresses induced in a beam, and the subject of deformations (or deflections) is dealt with in Chapter 6.
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Muvdi, B.B., McNabb, J.W. (1991). Stresses in Beams. In: Engineering Mechanics of Materials. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4612-3022-9_5
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