SL-123 SHEAR CENTRE APPARATUS

Apparatus consists of sturdy base  frame and Channel, Equal angle, Semicircle and Z-Section are supplied with apparatus. Standard length of each of the four sections in M. S. is supplied. Each is provided with end clamp for fixing to the rigid bracket. A special load hanger is provided so as to change the load position so that with the help of two dial-gauges, the vertical plane of Shear-centre for the particular section can be determined.

RANGE OF EXPERIMENTS

1. Determination of the vertical plane of shear center for different cross sections commonly used for structures