Question: A wooden beam has a square cross section as shown. Determine which orientation of the beam provides the greatest strength at resisting the moment M.

A wooden beam has a square cross section as shown. Determine which orientation of the beam provides the greatest strength at resisting the moment M. What is the difference in the resulting maximum stress in both cases?


м м (a) (b)

(a) (b)

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