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This paper proposes a new simple derivation of bilateral bounds for the strain energy–based shear and torsion factors, χ i , of an elastic beam together with some comments about the coherence of the current formulations. A rearrangement of the definition as a mean over the cross-section and an original decomposition of the shear stress in two parts—τ eqv that is equivalent to the external force and a residual Δτ—allow (i) to interpret (χ − 1) as the mean quadratic deviation of the shear field with respect to the distribution τ eqv and (ii) to easily evaluate an upper bound, using minimal information about the stress field. In this formulation, the lower bound becomes trivial. Several numerical examples illustrate the accuracy and suitability of the results obtained.
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Mentrasti, L. Bilateral bounds for the shear and torsion factors: comments on elementary derivations. Acta Mech 223, 721–733 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00707-011-0584-x
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