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Analysis of Strain
Analysis of Strain
Analysis of Strain
(Where direction of rotation of the reference system is not specified, consider it in anticlockwise
sense. Also consider anticlockwise rotation as +ve and clockwise rotation as -ve)
1. A body is deformed in such a way that after deformation the displacement components of
any point may be given by
u = (6x + 4y) x 10-3
v = (-2x + z) x 10-3
w = (1.2x + 6y - 6z) x 10-3
Show that body rotations and strains are independent of the position of the point, and find
their values.
2. The general displacement field in a body, in Cartesian coordinates, is given as
u = 0.015x2y + 0.03
v = 0.005y2 + 0.03xz
w = 0.003z2 + 0.001yz + 0.005
Find the strain and rotation tensors ij and wij for point (1,0,2).
3. Using the displacement field
r
2
2
-2
u = [y i + 3yz j + (4 + 6x ) k ] x 10
What is the increase in length per unit length in the y-direction of an infinitesimal
segment at the (1, 0, 2) along the y-axis.
4. The following displacement field is given
r
u
What is the increase in distance between two points (0,1,0) and (2,-1,3) in the undeformed
geometry as a result of deformation? What is the elongation per unit length in the ydirection of a line segment originally in the y-direction in a small domain about (1,3,2)?
6. Given the following displacement field
r
u
Show that this displacement field is that of rigid body rotation. What is the rotation vector
for the body?
[eij ]
0
0.01 0.02
r
10. What are the strain components for the displacement field u = [(x2 + y2 +2) i +
(3x+4y2) j + (2x3 +4z) k ] x 10-4, if non-linear terms are also included?
11. The displacement field is given by
ux = k(x2 + 2z), uy = k(4x + 2y2 + z), uz = 4kz2 , k is a very small constant. What are the
strains at (2, 2, 3) in directions
a) nx = 0, ny = 1/(2)1/2 , nz = 1/(2)1/2
b) nx = 1, ny = nz= 0
c) nx =0.6, ny =0, nz= 0.8
12. The state of strain at a given point in a body is given by the strain tensor
0
0.004
0.002
0
0.006 0.001
0.004 0.001
0
[eij ] =
Find the invariants of the strain tensor and the spherical and deviatorial components of
strain tensor.
13. The rectangular components of a small strain at a point are given by the following matrix.
Determine the principal strains and the directions of the maximum unit strain.
[eij ]
0
1 0
= p 0 0 4
0 4 3
p = 10-4
14. Find the values of maximum shear strains if 00 = 2.85, 600 = -7.0, 1200 =-5.0 (in micro
strains). Indicate their planes and the values of maximum and minimum strains.
15. If the axes of reference are rotated about z-axis through 45O for the following strain
tensor, find the transformed strain tensor.
0
0.004
0.002
0
0.006 0.001
0.004 0.001
0
[eij ] =