MENG 6392.

03/72 Fall 2019

Advanced Topics in Mechanical Engineering:
Theory of Elasticity
Dr. Vinu Unnikrishnan Office: ECS 221E
e-mail: vunnikrishnan@wtamu.edu Tel (806)651-2507

Due: Online - September 20, 2019

Total 20 Points

Homework - 2
Problem - 1: For an arbitrary second-order tensor S - Show that ∇.S in the cylindrical co-ordinate system
is given by. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 Points

Figure 1: Cylindrical Co-ordinate.

Problem - 2: Find the eigenvalue and eigenvectors

 of the following matrix. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 Points
3 2 0
 2 0 0 
1 0 2

Problem - 3: For an an arbitrary vector field v, and position vector x, show that: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 Points

∇2 (v.x) = 2∇.v + x.∇2 v

Problem - 4: Given arbitrary vectors u and v, and second-order tensors A and B, show that . . . 5 Points
u · (A · B) = (u · A) .B

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12th Sept, 2019