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AE 321
Homework 4
Due in class on September 27, 2013

1. A metallic slab that is thin in z direction and has length and width equal to 2 in x and y
directions is subjected to tractions F, S, T (not to be determined) resulting at point A to the
stresses shown below.
(a) Determine the maximum shear stress on the x-y plane and the associated normal stresses and
draw the orientation of the element (square) they act.
(b) If this slab is made of an aluminum alloy with shear strength of 80 MPa, determine whether
the slab will fail (yield) or not.
























60 MPa
20 MPa
90 MPa
A


y
x
O
T
F
S
F
S
T
2
2. The stress tensor at a point P in a material is given by:

o
ij
| |
=
3 1 1
1 0 2
1 2 0




(

(
(
KPa

(a) Find the principal stresses and principal directions of this stress tensor.
(b) Determine the magnitude and orientation of the absolute maximum shear stress at P.





3. The stress tensor at a point P referred to a (x, y, z) coordinate frame is:
120 40 30
150 20
100
ij
KPa o
(
(
( =

(
(


(a) Determine the stress components for a rotated frame (x, y, z) for which the matrix of
direction cosines is
o
ij
| |
=
1
2

3
2
0
3
2
1
2
0
0 0 1





(

(
(
(
(b) Compute the principal stresses using both the (x, y, z) and (x, y, z) axes as a basis.
(c) Find the orientation of the principal planes with respect to the (x, y, z) axes.
(d) Compute the stress invariants Q
i
for both frames (x, y, z) and (x, y, z) and verify that they
are equal.