- 2075 Chaitra · 8 marks
Principal stresses, max shear: 80, 60, 20 MPa
Short answer
Principal stresses are 92.36 MPa and 47.64 MPa, acting on planes at 31.72° and 121.72° from x. Maximum shear stress is 22.36 MPa on planes with 70.00 MPa normal stress.
The state of stress in a two dimensional stress system is shown in figure. Determine the principal stresses and their direction, maximum shear and associated normal stress. [Figure: element with vertical stress on the top and bottom faces, horizontal stress on the left and right faces, and shear stress .]
Reading of the figure: MPa (horizontal, on left/right faces), MPa (vertical, on top/bottom faces), shear MPa; all tensile.
Principal stresses
and .
Principal planes
So (normal of the plane carrying ) and (normal of the plane carrying ), both measured anticlockwise from the -axis. There is no shear stress on these planes.
Maximum shear stress
It acts on planes at to the principal planes, i.e. at and . The normal stress on these planes is .
Answer: , at and ; with normal stress (MPa).
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