CE: 2051: Advanced Mechanics of Materials

SLIIT/Curtin: Civil Engineering: Year 2 Semester 2

Tutorial 9

Due on Monday, 16th September, 2019 at 4th Floor. Coursework submission boxes will be provided.

1. If x = 50 MPa, y = 30 MPa, xy = 20 MPa,

a. Construct the 2-D Mohr’s Circle.

b. Obtain the Principal stresses assuming plane stress state. Show these on a suitably
oriented material element.
c. What is the maximum inplane shear stress and corresponding average normal stress?
Show it on a suitably oriented material element.
d. Construct the 3-D Mohr’s Circle and list the three principal stresses in descending
order. Determine the Absolute maximum shear stress. Is it different from maximum
inplane shear stress? Discuss the result.

2. For the state of stress given below repeat the sections (c) and (d) of Question 1.
x = 10 MPa, y = -6 MPa, xy = 0 MPa,

3. The components of a 3-dimensional stress tensor at a point are given by

4 −2 0
𝜎𝑖𝑗 = (−2 4 0) MPa, in x1, x2, x3 coordinate system.
0 0 1
i) Determine the components of the stress tensor 𝜎𝑖𝑗∗ in 𝑥1∗ , 𝑥2∗ , 𝑥3∗ coordinate system if
𝑥1∗ , 𝑥2∗ , 𝑥3∗ is derived from the system x1, x2, x3 by an anticlockwise rotation about x3-axis
through an angle 450. Hint: First calculate the direction cosines tensor for the
transformation of coordinate axes.
ii) Observe the 𝜎𝑖𝑗∗ obtained in above part (i) as a diagonal tensor and principal stress tensors
are always diagonal. Hence obtain the principal stresses of the stress tensor ij. List the
principal stresses in largest to smallest order.
iii) Draw the 3D Mohr’s circle from the principal stresses obtained in part (ii) above and hence
obtain the absolute maximum shear stress.

Stress Transformation in general state of stress can be written in matrix for as

[𝜎 ′ ] = [𝐿][𝜎][𝐿]𝑇
𝜎𝑥𝑥 𝜎𝑥𝑦 𝜎𝑥𝑧
Where 𝜎
[𝜎] = [ 𝑦𝑥 𝜎𝑦𝑦 𝜎𝑦𝑧 ]
𝜎𝑧𝑥 𝜎𝑧𝑦 𝜎𝑧𝑧
 𝜎′𝑥𝑥 𝜎′𝑥𝑦 𝜎′𝑥𝑧
[𝜎′] = [𝜎′𝑦𝑥 𝜎′𝑦𝑦 𝜎′𝑦𝑧 ]
𝜎′𝑧𝑥 𝜎′𝑧𝑦 𝜎′𝑧𝑧

cos (𝑥′𝑥) cos (𝑥 ′ 𝑦) cos (𝑥 ′ 𝑧)

[𝐿] = [cos (𝑦′𝑥) cos (𝑦′𝑦) cos (𝑦′𝑧) ]
cos (𝑧′𝑥) cos (𝑧′𝑦) cos (𝑧′𝑧)

[L] is the coordinate transformation vector defined in matrix form as

𝑥′ 𝑥
[ 𝑦′ ] = [𝐿] [𝑦]
𝑧′ 𝑧