Abstract

This paper calculates the stress function constants to determine and analyse the stress field of a beam with an elliptical cross-section under transverse loading. This was performed using linear elasticity principles. The Beltrami-Michell compatibility equations were used to derive the formulas used to calculate these parameters in the beam with the elliptical cross-section. This paper uses dimensionless analysis to comprehend the effect of each variable in the problem. The loading was applied at the centre of the right-end face of the elliptical beam. This loading configuration is the same as an existing linear elasticity problem; however, that problem models a cylindrical beam instead of an elliptical one. Thus, the existing parameters from the cylindrical model were used to verify the formulas, calculated in this paper, for the elliptical beam.

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