5003 Lectures - Faculty of Engineering and Applied Science

E5003 - Ship Structures I 179
© C.G. Daley
Shear Flow Example 1: a rectangular steel bar
subject to a shear force Q.
Summary:
Shear flow acts along the cross section of a plate.
There can be no significant shear across a thin
plate, because there is no shear on the inner and
outer surfaces. The shear flow is found by
determining the value of 'm' (a path integral)
along with Q (the total shear force) and I (the
moment of inertia);