The neutral axis of the cross-section a beam is that axis at which the bending stress is

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• On one side of a neutral axis of a beam, there is a tensile stress and on the other side of the beam there is a compressive stress
• In case of an over-reinforced beam, the depth of actual neutral axis is the same as that of the critical neutral axis.
• The actual neutral axis of a reinforced cement concrete beam is based on the principle that the moment of areas of compression and tension zones at the neutral axis are equal.
• The critical neutral axis of a reinforced cement concrete beam is based on the principle that the neutral axis is situated at the centre of gravity of a given section.
• The line of intersection of the neutral layer with any normal cross-section of the beam is called neutral axis.
• In a beam of uniform strength, the bending stress developed is constant and is equal to the allowable stress at every section of the beam.
• The bending moment at a section tends to bend or deflect the beam and the internal stresses resist its bending. The resistance offered by the internal stresses, to the bending, is called
• The bending moment diagram for a cantilever beam subjected to bending moment at the end of the beam would be
• The neutral axis of the symmetrical beam does not pass through the centroid of the beam.
• At a point in a steel member, the major principal stress is 2000 kg/cm2 and the minor principal stress is compressive. If the uni-axial tensile yield stress is 2500 kg/cm2, then the magnitude of the minor principal stress at which yielding will commence, according to the maximum shearing stress theory, is