Combined stress (compression and bending)
Input
Compressive load
Cross-sectional area
Beam length
Section modulus (compression side)
Section modulus (tension side)
Allowable compressive stress
Allowable bending stress
Allowable tensile stress
Result
Bending moment
Average compressive stress
Bending stress (compression side)
Bending stress (tension side)
Combined stress check (compression side)
Allowable combined stress check (tension side)
Notes
- Based on 6.1 "Compressive force and bending moment" of the AIJ Standard for Allowable Stress Design of Steel Structures (2019): Eq. (6.1) on the compression side and Eq. (6.2) on the tension side.
- Work out whichever allowable stresses apply and enter them here. The allowable compressive stress fc comes from 5.1(3) of the same Standard, the allowable bending stress fb from 5.1(4) and the allowable tensile stress ft from 5.1(1). The Compressive stress and Bending stress pages on this site will give you those.
- Take the absolute value of each stress (proviso to 6.1 of the same Standard).
- Where the Standard writes "stress intensity", this page writes simply "stress".
