This document discusses stresses and resisting areas for different types of loading on structural members. It covers direct/axial loading, transverse loading, and tangential/twisting loading. Key concepts include:
- Area moment of inertia (I) and polar moment of inertia (J) describe a cross-section's resistance to bending and twisting stresses.
- Beams must be designed to resist both bending stresses from applied moments and twisting stresses if external torques are present.
- Bending stresses are induced by bending moments and cause compression on the top fibers and tension on the bottom fibers. Assumptions made in calculating bending stresses are discussed.