Consider a rectangular cross-section beam having width b and height h that is taking bending load. The beam can be oriented in tw different ways (shown in case a and b), and the corresponding neutral axes are shown as well. In which case, the beam will provide more resistance to bending (i.e., larger value of 1)? b Case (a) Neutral axis O I. Case (b) O II. Depends on other parameters III. Case (a) IV. Both cases will give the same value of I Case (b) Neutral axis
Consider a rectangular cross-section beam having width b and height h that is taking bending load. The beam can be oriented in tw different ways (shown in case a and b), and the corresponding neutral axes are shown as well. In which case, the beam will provide more resistance to bending (i.e., larger value of 1)? b Case (a) Neutral axis O I. Case (b) O II. Depends on other parameters III. Case (a) IV. Both cases will give the same value of I Case (b) Neutral axis
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![Consider a rectangular cross-section beam having width b and height h that is taking bending load. The beam can be oriented in two
different ways (shown in case a and b), and the corresponding neutral axes are shown as well. In which case, the beam will provide
more resistance to bending (i.e., larger value of 1)?
b
Case (a)
Neutral axis
O I. Case (b)
O II. Depends on other parameters
III. Case (a)
IV. Both cases will give the same value of I
Case (b)
Neutral axis](/v2/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcontent.bartleby.com%2Fqna-images%2Fquestion%2F4b8502c6-77e6-4ad1-93a4-15893327988c%2F74ca0fdb-524b-4c58-8c7e-a7d5b852c96f%2Fgx3lbx_processed.png&w=3840&q=75)
Transcribed Image Text:Consider a rectangular cross-section beam having width b and height h that is taking bending load. The beam can be oriented in two
different ways (shown in case a and b), and the corresponding neutral axes are shown as well. In which case, the beam will provide
more resistance to bending (i.e., larger value of 1)?
b
Case (a)
Neutral axis
O I. Case (b)
O II. Depends on other parameters
III. Case (a)
IV. Both cases will give the same value of I
Case (b)
Neutral axis
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