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Grade 11Mechanics

What is shear force and bending moment ?

Profile image of ravi kant
12 Years agoGrade 11
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Profile image of Pratik Tibrewal
12 Years ago
Shear force is the force in the beam acting perpendicular to its longitudinal axis.
Bending moment at any point along the beam is equal to the area under the shear force diagram up to that point.

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