Beam shear
Description
Shear stress,is defined as the component of stress coplanar with a material cross section. The average shear stress is force per unit area. Beam shear is defined as the internal shear stress of a beam caused by the shear force applied to the beam.
Related formulasVariables
| τ | Shear stress (Pa) |
| f | Total shear force at the location in question (N) |
| Q | Statical moment of area (m3) |
| I | Moment of Inertia of the entire cross sectional area (second moment of area) (m4) |
| b | Thickness in the material perpendicular to the shear (m) |