Determination of the location of the shear center through use of the sectorial area function Vz r⊥ ds P P Vy q If the shear forces Vy and Vz act through the shear center, P, and hence produce only bending of the beam, then the shear flow, q, that produces those shear forces must not produce any moment about P, i.e. L ∫ q r ds = 0 ⊥ 0 However, since q(0) =0, we have q (s) VI ( = z yz − Vy I yy ) Qz + (Vy I yz − Vz I zz ) Qy I yy I zz − I yz2 = Fz Qz + Fy Qy A′ ( s ) s where Qz = Qy = ∫ ydA = y ( s ) A′ ( s ) ∫ zdA = z ( s ) A′ ( s ) A′( s ) A′( s ) q(s) z (s) C so L L 0 0 Fz ∫ r⊥Qz ds + Fy ∫ r⊥Qy ds = 0 y (s) C is the centroid of the entire cross-section y and z are measured from C to the centroid of A' L L 0 0 Fz ∫ r⊥Qz ds + Fy ∫ r⊥Qy ds = 0 Since this must be true for arbitrary Fz , Fy we must have L ∫ r Q ds = 0 ⊥ z 0 L ∫ r Q ds = 0 ⊥ y 0 Consider L L ∫ r Q ds = ∫ r y ( s ) A′(s)ds = 0 ⊥ 0 Let Then ⊥ z 0 d ω = r⊥ ds r⊥ y ( s ) A′( s )ds = y ( s ) A′( s )dω = d ⎡⎣ y ( s ) A′( s )ω ⎤⎦ − ω d ⎡⎣ y ( s ) A′( s ) ⎤⎦ So we have L ∫ r Q ds = yA′ω ⊥ z 0 y ( L ) = 0, But s=L s =0 L − ∫ ω d [ yA′] = 0 0 A′(0) = 0 so the first term on the right hand side of the above equation vanishes and we find L ∫ ω d [ y A′] = 0 0 Since y A′ = ∫ y dA it follows that d [ y A′] = y dA and we obtain , finally A′ L ∫ ω y dA = 0 0 L In an entirely similar fashion from L ∫ ω z dA = 0 0 ∫ r Q ds = 0 ⊥ 0 y we can show Summary: We have shown that in order for the shear forces to produce only bending, we must have satisfied L ∫ ω y dA = 0 0 L ∫ ω z dA = 0 0 ω is called the sectorial area function. We see it is given by s ω ( s ) = ∫ r⊥ ds + ω0 0 constant To specify a value for the constant (which does not affect the above two conditions), we can also require L ∫ ω dA = 0 0 ( this gives what is called the principal sectorial area function) The principal sectorial area function satisfies L L L ∫ ω dA = 0 ∫ ω z dA = 0 ∫ ω y dA = 0 0 0 0 Geometrical interpretation of ω: r⊥ ds P area d Ω = 1 r⊥ ds 2 so ω = 2Ω + ω0 Thus, the sectorial area function is just twice the area swept out by the radius from P to the centerline of the cross-section (to within a constant). Sign convention: ω = + 2 |Ω| Ω P ω = - 2 |Ω| Ω P sectorial area function coming from area swept out counterclockwise is positive, coming from area swept out clockwise is negative