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APL 701 Continuum Mechanics Department of Applied Mechanics Indian Institute of Technology Delhi

This document is a problem set from a continuum mechanics course. It contains two problems: (1) calculating stress components, tractions, and principal stresses and directions at a point, and (2) deriving transformations of stress components under a rotation of coordinates.

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APL 701 Continuum Mechanics Department of Applied Mechanics Indian Institute of Technology Delhi

This document is a problem set from a continuum mechanics course. It contains two problems: (1) calculating stress components, tractions, and principal stresses and directions at a point, and (2) deriving transformations of stress components under a rotation of coordinates.

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APL 701 Continuum Mechanics

Department of Applied Mechanics


Indian Institute of Technology Delhi

Arjun Sharma

Problem Set 4
Due Date: September 9, 2019
The problems given below are from the textbook chapters 5

(1) (5 points) The components of the stress tensor in a rectangular cartesian coordinate system x1 , x2 , x3 at a
point P are given in appropriate units by,

 
3 2 2
T = 2 4 0
2 0 2

(a) Find the traction at P on the plane normal to the x1 axis.


(b) Find the traction at P on the plane whose normal has direction ratios (1 : −3 : 2).
(c) Find the traction at P on a plane through P which is parallel to the plane x1 + 2x2 + 3x3 = 1.
(d) Find the principal stress components at P .
(e) Find the directions of the principal axes of stress at P .

(2) (5 points) In plane stress (T13 = T23 = T33 = 0) show that if the x1 and x2 axes are obtained by rotating the
x1 and x2 axes through an angle α about the x3 axis, then the components of stress in the new coordinate
system, T ij , are given by,

1 1
T 11 = (T11 + T22 ) + (T11 − T22 ) cos 2α + T12 sin 2α
2 2
1 1
T 22 = (T11 + T22 ) − (T11 − T22 ) cos 2α − T12 sin 2α
2 2
1
T 12 = − (T11 − T22 ) sin 2α + T12 cos 2α
2

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