What is Q in VQ it?
Also question is, what is Q in shear stress?
In a Nut Shell: Q is the first moment of the area between the location where the shear. stress is being calculated and the location where the shear stress is zero about the. neutral (centroidal) axis. See the figure below.
Accordingly, how do you find q first moment of area?
The statical or first moment of area (Q) simply measures the distribution of a beam sections's area relative to an axis. It is calculated by taking the summation of all areas, multiplied by its distance from a particular axis (Area by Distance).
shear force. A force acting in a direction parallel to a surface or to a planar cross section of a body, as for example the pressure of air along the front of an airplane wing. Shear forces often result in shear strain. Resistance to such forces in a fluid is linked to its viscosity. Also called shearing force.