WORKSHOP 3

Alvaro Medina Marin

In this workshop, we must compare and calculate the moment of inertia of two different types
of beams (Rectangular Hollow Section, I Profile).

We have put some weights in the middle of the beam varying the load from 0 KN to 7KN with
intervals of 0.5 KN. As we could see, both beams were simply supported in one end and simply
rolled supported in the other.

We have had 4 different scenarios in total, where we could see the deflection of the beam
with each midpoint load.

We started with the rectangular hollow section with the load acting on the weak axis, and then
with the load applied in the weak axis. So, I will show my results and then my conclusion.

1. Rectangular Hollow Section (Horizontal)

Data:

E (Young Moduli)(Mpa) Length (mm)

210000 2315

Thickness (mm)
5,5

Base (mm)
120

Height (mm)
60

Base 2 (mm)
109

Height 2 (mm)
49
 Relationship between deflection and load:

Force (KN) Deflection (mm)

0 1,45
0,5 1,89
1 2,34
1,5 2,78
2 3,23
2,5 3,66
3 4,11
3,5 4,59
4 4,99
4,5 5,46
5 5,89
5,5 6,32
6 6,77
6,5 7,2
7 7,64

As we can see, we have set the zero deflection in 2.26mm, this means that when
calculating the Moment of Inertia, we should subtract this value to our deflection to
obtain the real deflection.

With the deflection formula, we will calculate the Moment of Inertia of each subcase
and then do a media of these subcases.
3
=
48

Moment of Inertia calculated with deflection mode and beam parameters:

Inertia Average
Inertia (mm^4) (mm^4) Inertia (Strong Axis) (mm^4)
#DIV/0! 1387461,83 1091354,917
1398652,358
1382937,163
1388136,175
1382937,163
1392323,614
1388136,175
1371926,517
1390750,367
1381212,802
1386051,886
1390036,43
1388136,175
1391355,041
1391873,752
 In our first case, we have that different value because the result is equal to zero.
As we have a look to the table we appreciate a difference between the inertia
calculated with the data of the beam and the one calculated with the deflection
formula, this could be because of the material or measurements imprecisions.

2. Rectangular Hollow Beam (Vertical)

I am going to follow the same steps as I did before, so:

Force (KN) Deflection (mm)

0 2,26
0,5 2,38
1 2,52
1,5 2,7
2 2,84
2,5 2,99
3 3,13
3,5 3,31
4 3,45
4,5 3,59
5 3,73
5,5 3,89
6 4,04
6,5 4,19
7 4,33

Moment of Inertia calculated with deflection mode and beam parameters:

Inertia (mm^4) Inertia Average (mm^4) Inertia (Weak Axis) (mm^4)

#DIV/0! 4282982,91 3351964,917
5128391,979
4733900,288
4195957,074
4244186,465
4215116,695
4244186,465
4102713,583
4137190,168
4164408,524
4186442,432
4153053,627
4148811,488
4145228,75
4162173,2
 3. I Profile (Vertical)

Data:

Length
E (Young Moduli)(Mpa) (mm)
210000 2305

Flange Thickness (mm)

10

Flange Base (mm)

100

Distance Flange Centroid to Beam Centroid (mm)

45,5

Height (mm)
101

Web Thickness (mm)

6,44

Web Height (mm)

81

Force relationship with deflection:

Force (KN) Deflection (mm)

0 1,17
0,5 1,38
1 1,56
1,5 1,71
2 1,85
2,5 1,99
3 2,13
3,5 2,28
4 2,42
4,5 2,56
5 2,7
5,5 2,85
6 2,98
6,5 3,12
7 3,26
 Moment of Inertia calculated with deflection mode and beam parameters:

Inertia Inertia Flange Inertia Web Total Inertia

(mm^4) Inertia Average (mm^4) (mm^4) (mm^4) (mm^4)
#DIV/0! 3728773,605 4157166,667 285206,67 4442373,337
2892697,143
3115212,308
3374813,334
3573331,765
3704063,415
3796665
3830869,19
3887784,96
3933235,684
3970368,628
3977458,572
4027401,547
4049776
4069152,919

4. I Profile (Horizontal)

Relationship between applied Force and Deflection:

Force (KN) Deflection (mm)

0 2,59
0,5 2,94
1 3,31
1,5 3,66
2 4,01
2,5 4,37
3 4,71
3,5 5,07
4 5,44
4,5 5,78
5 6,13
5,5 6,49
6 6,91
6,5 7,2
7 7,54
 Moment of Inertia calculated with deflection mode and beam parameters:

Inertia Inertia Average Inertia Flange Inertia Web Total Inertia

(mm^4) (mm^4) (mm^4) (mm^4) (mm^4)
#DIV/0! 1710323,446 1666666,667 1802,857392 1668469,524
1735618,286
1687406,667
1703176,823
1711172,958
1706366,292
1719244,528
1714622,903
1705168,842
1713855,047
1716006,78
1713366,769
1687406,667
1713028,894
1718086,788

As we can see this types of profiles are normalized.

Another thing, we should have considered the weight of the beam because otherwise
we will be wrong dimensioned and could break before the values that we have
calculated.