TY - GEN
T1 - Mathematical Analysis of Stiffness of Orthotropic Beam with Hollow Circular and Rectangular Cross-sections
AU - Agarana, Michael C.
AU - Akinlabi, Esther T.
AU - Olanrewaju, Anuoluwapo M.
N1 - Funding Information:
Acknowledgements The authors hereby acknowledge the support of Covenant University and the University of Johannesburg towards the successful completion of this study.
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© 2021, Springer Nature Singapore Pte Ltd.
PY - 2020/8/21
Y1 - 2020/8/21
N2 - Stiffness and strength of mechanical materials have to be thoroughly investigated to avoid functional and physical failures. This study investigates, analytically, the stiffness of wood beam, which is an example of orthotropic material, with different cross-sectional areas. The moment of inertia for each type of wood, considered, was analysed. The axial stiffness and bending stiffness were also computed for different cross-sectional areas. Comparisons were made and results are consistent with the ones in the literature. Specifically, it was observed that the cross-sectional areas of wood have a lot of influence on its mechanical properties. The axial stiffness, bending stiffness, shear stresses and moment of inertia of the orthotropic solid materials, considered, depend on their cross-sectional areas, to a large extent.
AB - Stiffness and strength of mechanical materials have to be thoroughly investigated to avoid functional and physical failures. This study investigates, analytically, the stiffness of wood beam, which is an example of orthotropic material, with different cross-sectional areas. The moment of inertia for each type of wood, considered, was analysed. The axial stiffness and bending stiffness were also computed for different cross-sectional areas. Comparisons were made and results are consistent with the ones in the literature. Specifically, it was observed that the cross-sectional areas of wood have a lot of influence on its mechanical properties. The axial stiffness, bending stiffness, shear stresses and moment of inertia of the orthotropic solid materials, considered, depend on their cross-sectional areas, to a large extent.
KW - Hollow cross-sections
KW - Mathematical analysis
KW - Orthotropic beam
KW - Stiffness
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85093880096&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1007/978-981-15-4488-0_14
DO - 10.1007/978-981-15-4488-0_14
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:85093880096
SN - 9789811544873
T3 - Lecture Notes in Mechanical Engineering
SP - 159
EP - 168
BT - Trends in Mechanical and Biomedical Design
A2 - Akinlabi, Esther Titilayo
A2 - Ramkumar, P.
A2 - Selvaraj, M.
PB - Springer
CY - Singapore
T2 - 2nd International Conference on Mechanical Engineering Design,ICMechD 2019
Y2 - 25 April 2019 through 26 April 2019
ER -