Example 1

Calculate the vertical displacement of section k of the curved rod shown in the figure. Assume \( \frac{EI}{GI_o}=2 \).

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Solution

In state P, reactions and formulas for internal forces:

\begin{aligned} &M_{g}=-P \cdot R \cdot \sin (\alpha) \\ &M_{s}=P \cdot R \cdot(1-\cos (\alpha)) \end{aligned}

In unit state, reactions and formulas for internal forces:

\begin{aligned} &m_{g}=-R \cdot \sin (\alpha) \\ &m_{s}=R \cdot(1-\cos (\alpha)) \end{aligned}

I calculate the displacement of point K using the Maxwell Mohr formula:

\begin{aligned} &y=\frac{1}{E I} \int_{0}^{\frac{\pi}{2}}(-P \cdot R \cdot \sin (\alpha)) \cdot(-R \cdot \sin (\alpha)) \mathrm{d} \alpha+\frac{1}{G I} \int_{0}^{\frac{\pi}{2}} P \cdot R \cdot(1-\cos (\alpha)) \cdot R \cdot(1-\cos (\alpha)) \mathrm{d} \alpha \\ &y=\frac{1}{E I} \int_{0}^{\frac{\pi}{2}} P \cdot R^{2} \cdot \sin (\alpha)^{2} \mathrm{~d} \alpha+\frac{1}{G I} \int_{0}^{\frac{\pi}{2}} P \cdot R^{2} \cdot(\cos (\alpha)-1)^{2} \mathrm{~d} \alpha \end{aligned}

Where the values of individual integrals are

\begin{aligned} &\int_{0}^{\frac{\pi}{2}} P \cdot R^{2} \cdot \sin (\alpha)^{2} \mathrm{~d} \alpha \rightarrow \frac{P \cdot R^{2} \cdot \pi}{4} \\ &\frac{\pi}{2} \\ &\int_{0} P \cdot R^{2} \cdot(\cos (\alpha)-1)^{2} \mathrm{~d} \alpha \rightarrow \frac{3 \cdot P \cdot R^{2} \cdot \pi}{4}-2 \cdot P \cdot R^{2} \end{aligned}

Therefore, finally

\begin{aligned} y=\frac{7 \cdot P \cdot R^{2} \cdot \pi}{4}-4 \cdot P \cdot R^{2} \end{aligned}