Beams are essential part of any building for load bearing and increasing the aesthetics of the engineering structures . In civil engineering concrete beams are used whereas in mechanical engineering several engineering materials have been utilized as a beam material for the mechanical structure considering the requirements . As different materials possess different mechanical characteristics therefore the applications define the use of specific materials . Since the weight and cost of metals have limited its use therefore , replacements have been purposed in literature . One of the replacement is composites because of its strength to weight ratio . Consider any application related to mechanical structure where beams are being utilized for supports the transverse loading . Replace the existing materials with any suitable composites that can withstand a load of M 10 KN m and analyzed its effects on the strength of the structure . Consider a composite beam of two materials .

1. Explain the Selection of suitable materials and its geometry for the composites beam .

2. Determine maximum bending stresses developed in the composite beam .

3. Analyze the bending stresses produced in the beam at several locations on the cross sectional area and comment on the stress distribution .

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Selection of Suitable Materials and Geometry The selection of materials for composite beams depends on various factors such as strength weight cost an... View the full answer