Mechanics of Materials

13-1

Stress-Strain Curve for Mild Steel

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13-2a

Definitions
Hookes Law
Shear Modulus:

Stress:
Strain:
Poissons Ratio:
Normal stress or strain = " to the surface
Shear stress = || to the surface
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13-2b

Definitions
Uniaxial Load and Deformation

Thermal Deformation

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13-3a

Stress and Strain

Thin-Walled Tanks

Hoop Stress:
Axial Stress:

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13-3b

Stress and Strain

Transformation of Axes

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13-3c

Stress and Strain

Five simplified steps to construct Mohrs circle

1. Determine the applied stresses (x, y, xy).
2. Draw a set of - axes.
3. Locate the center: " c = 21 (" x + " y ).
4.

Find the radius (or max):

5.

Draw Mohrs
! circle.
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13-3d1

Stress and Strain

For examples 1 and 2, use the following illustration.

Example 1 (FEIM)
The principal stresses (2, 1) are most nearly
(A) 62 400 kPa and 14 400 kPa
(B) 84 000 kPa and 28 000 kPa
(C) 70 000 kPa and 14 000 kPa
(D) 112 000 kPa and 28 000 kPa
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13-3d2

Stress and Strain

The center of Mohrs circle is at
" c = 21 (" x + " y ) = 21 (#48000 kPa + 0) = #24000 kPa
Using the Pythagorean theorem, the radius of Mohrs circle (max) is:
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"max = (30000 kPa)2 + (24000 kPa)2 = 38 419 kPa

" 1 = " c # $max = (#24000 kPa # 38 419 kPa) = #62419 kPa
" 2 = " c + #max = ($24000 kPa + 38 419 kPa) = 14 418 kPa

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!
!

Therefore, (D) is correct.

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Stress and Strain

Example 2 (FEIM):
The maximum shear stress is most nearly
(A) 24 000 kPa
(B) 33 500 kPa
(C) 38 400 kPa
(D) 218 000 kPa
In the previous example problem, the radius of Mohrs circle (max) was
"max = (30000 kPa)2 + (24000 kPa)2

= 38 419 kPa (38 400 kPa)

Therefore, (C) is correct.

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13-3e

Stress and Strain

General Strain

Note that " x is no longer proportional to # x .

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13-3f

Stress and Strain

Static Loading Failure Theory
Maximum Normal Stress: A material fails if
" # St

Or
!

" # Sc

This is true of brittle materials.

! For ductile materials:
Maximum Shear
$" #" " #" " #" ' S
1
2
1
3
2
3
) > yt
Tmax = max&
,
,
& 2
2
2 )( 2
%
Distortion Energy (von Mises Stress)
!

#" =

1
2

2
2
2(
%'
# 1 $ # 2 + # 1 $ # 3 + # 2 $ # 3 * > Syt
&
)

) (

) (

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13-3g

Stress and Strain

Torsion
For a body with radius r being
strained to an angle , the shear
strain and stress are:
d#
d$
"=r
" = G# = Gr
dz
dz

For a body with polar moment of

inertia (J), the torque (T) is:
!
d"
d"
2
T =G
r
dA
=
GJ
#
dz A
dz

For a shaft of length (L), the total

angular displacement () is:

Torsional stiffness:

The shear stress is:

T Tr
" #z = Gr
=
!
GJ J
For a body, the general angular
displacement () is:
!
L T
" = #0
dz
GJ
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13-3h

Stress and Strain

Hollow, Thin-Walled Shafts

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13-4a

Beams

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13-4b

Beams
Load, Shear, and Moment Relations
Load:
Shear:

For a beam deflected to a radius of curvature (), the axial strain at a

distance (y) from the neutral axis is " x = #y / $.

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13-4c1

Beams
Shear and Bending Moment Diagrams
Example 1 (FEIM):
Draw the shear and bending moment diagrams for the following beam.

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13-4c2

Beams
"
N%
Rl + Rr = $100 ' 16 m = 1600 N
m&
#
Rl = (8) ( Rr (4) = 0
Therefore, Rl = 533.3 N and Rr = 1066.7 N

#
#
N&
N&
From 0 m to 12 m, V = Rl " %100 (x = 533.3 N " %100 (x; 0 m < x < 12 m
m'
m'
$
$
Shear is undefined at concentrated force points, but just short of x = 12 m
#
N&
"
V (12 ) = 533.3 N " %100 ((12 m) = "666.7 N
m'
$
From 12 m to 16 m, V = V (12" ) + Rr " (100 N)(x " 12)
#
N&
V = 1600 N " %100 (x; 12 < x ) 16 m
m'
$
So the shear diagram is:

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13-4c3

Beams
The bending moment is the integral of the shear.
M = 533.3x 50x2; 0 m < x < 12 m
12
x
12 $
N '
M = "0 Sdx + "12 Sdx = #800 + "0 &1600 N # 100 x ) dx
m (
%
x
$
$ N' 2'
= "800 N #m + & 1600 N x " &50 )x )
% m ( (12
%
$ N' 2
$ N'
M = "800 N #m + 1600 N x " &50 )x " 1600 N 12 m + &50 ) 12 m
% m(
% m(
$ N' 2
M = "12800 N #m + 1600 N x " &50 )x
% m(
12 m < x " 16 m

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!

)(

Or, let the right end of the beam be x = 0 m

#
N&
Then, S = "%100 (x; " 4 m < x ) 0 m
m'
$
$ N' 2
0
0 $
N'
M = " x Sdx = " x #&100 ) x = #&50 )x
m(
%
% m(
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13-4c4

Beams
The bending moment diagram is:

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13-4d1

Beams
Example 2 (FEIM):
The vertical shear for the section at the midpoint of the beam shown is
(A) 0
(B) 21 P
(C) P
(D) none of these

Drawing the force diagram and the shear diagram,

Therefore, (A) is correct.

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Beams
Example 3 (FEIM):
For the shear diagram shown, what is the maximum bending moment? The
bending moment at the ends is zero, and there are no concentrated couples.
(A) 8 kN m
(B) 16 kN m
(C) 18 kN m
(D) 26 kN m

Starting from the left end of the beam, areas begin to cancel after 2 m. Starting
from the right end of the beam, areas begin to cancel after 4 m. The rectangle on
the right has an area of 16 kN m. The trapezoid on the left has an area of
(1/2)(12 kN + 14 kN) (2 m) = 26 kN m. The trapezoid has the largest bending
moment.
Therefore, (A) is correct.
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13-4e

Beams
Bending Stress

Shear Stress

Deflection

Note: Beam deflection formulas are given in the NCEES Handbook for
any situation that might be on the exam.
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13-4f

Beams
Example (FEIM):

Find the tip deflection of the beam shown. EI is 3.47 106 N m2, the
load is 11 379 N/m, and the beam is 3.7 m long.
From the NCEES Handbook:
#
4
N&
%11379 ( 3.7 m
m'
woL4
$
"=
=
= 0.077 m
6
2
8EI
8 3.47 )10 N *m

( )(

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13-5a

Columns
Beam-Columns (Axially Loaded Beams)
Maximum and minimum stresses in an eccentrically loaded column:

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13-5b

Columns
Eulers Formula
Critical load that causes a long column to buckle:

r = the radius of gyration

k = the end-resistant coefficient
kl = the effective length
l
= slenderness ratio
r

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13-5c

Columns
Elastic Strain Energy:

Strain energy per unit volume for tension:

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