Mechanical Engineering > GATE 2026 > Shear Stress in Beams
A simply supported beam is subjected to an external point load P as shown in the figure below. The beam has a rectangular cross-section of 20 mm × 45 mm. A is a pin support and B is a roller support. The shear stress developed at point C, lying on the neutral axis of the beam, is 3 MPa. Neglecting the mass of the beam, the magnitude of the applied load is _______ kN (rounded off to 1 decimal place).

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