UNIVERSITY OF ARCHITECTURE, CIVIL ENGINEERING

AND GEODESY
Course: Theory of elasticity and plasticity
Homework assignment: 1
Topic: Mathematical preliminaries
Degree program: Structural engineering
Class:
Names:
Student Number:
Due: 06 March 2014
Instructor: Dr. Dinev
Teaching assistant:
Problem 1:
For the matrix and vector given below, compute the following quantities:
a
ii
; a
ij
a
ij
; a
ij
a
jk
; a
ij
b
j
; a
ij
b
i
b
j
; b
i
b
j
; b
i
b
i
The matrix and the vector are:
a
ij
=

1 2 1
0 1 2
0 1 4

, b
j
=

1
2
0

For each case, point out whether the result is a scalar, vector or matrix.
Problem 2:
Using the results from previous problem express a
ij
in terms of the sum of symmetric and antisym-
metric matrices (matrix decomposition).
Problem 3:
Determine the components of the vector b
j
and matrix a
ij
dened in Problem 1 in a new coordinate
system found through a rotation of 45

about the x
1
-axis.
Problem 4:
Determine the invariants and principal values and directions of the matrix given bellow:
a
ij
=

1 1 0
1 1 1
0 1 2

Problem 5:
The displacement eld is given by u = x
2
1
e
1
+ x
1
x
2
2
e
2
+ 5x
1
x
2
x
3
3
e
3
. Calculate the quantities
u; u;
2
u; u; tr(u)
1