TY - JFULL AU - Yuwaraj M. Ghugal and Ajay G. Dahake PY - 2013/2/ TI - Flexure of Simply Supported Thick Beams Using Refined Shear Deformation Theory T2 - International Journal of Civil and Environmental Engineering SP - 98 EP - 108 VL - 7 SN - 1307-6892 UR - https://publications.waset.org/pdf/9996869 PU - World Academy of Science, Engineering and Technology NX - Open Science Index 73, 2013 N2 - A trigonometric shear deformation theory for flexure of thick beams, taking into account transverse shear deformation effects, is developed. The number of variables in the present theory is same as that in the first order shear deformation theory. The sinusoidal function is used in displacement field in terms of thickness coordinate to represent the shear deformation effects. The noteworthy feature of this theory is that the transverse shear stresses can be obtained directly from the use of constitutive relations with excellent accuracy, satisfying the shear stress free conditions on the top and bottom surfaces of the beam. Hence, the theory obviates the need of shear correction factor. Governing differential equations and boundary conditions are obtained by using the principle of virtual work. The thick simply supported isotropic beams are considered for the numerical studies to demonstrate the efficiency of the results obtained is discussed critically with those of other theories. ER -