bending moment

American  

noun

Physics.

1. the algebraic sum of the moments about the neutral axis of any cross section of a beam.

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bending moment British  

noun

1. the algebraic sum of all the moments to one side of a cross-section of a beam or other structural support

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Etymology

Origin of bending moment

First recorded in 1855–60

Example Sentences

While in such a case the center of bearing need not be taken to find the bending moment, shear would not be the correct governing element.

From Some Mooted Questions in Reinforced Concrete Design American Society of Civil Engineers, Transactions, Paper No. 1169, Volume LXX, Dec. 1910 by Godfrey, Edward

It is designed to resist compression only so long as it is held straight by the pressure of the envelope, and is not capable of taking a bending moment.

From The New Gresham Encyclopedia. Vol. 1 Part 1 A to Amide by Various

In other words, combine a small bending moment with a considerable tensional stress.

From On Laboratory Arts by Threlfall, Richard

In graphical hydrostatics it finds centers of pressure and gives a complete solution for the shear and bending moment, curves in ships, besides curves for their stability.

From Scientific American Supplement, No. 794, March 21, 1891 by Various

Both these efforts put an initial bending moment in the arch ring at the springing; a moment not calculated, and impossible to calculate.

From Some Mooted Questions in Reinforced Concrete Design American Society of Civil Engineers, Transactions, Paper No. 1169, Volume LXX, Dec. 1910 by Godfrey, Edward