Mechanics of Deformable Bodies

Introduction
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Mechanics of Deformable Bodies
– Branch of mechanics that studies the internal effects of stress and
strain in a solid body
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Stress
– Associated with the strength of the material from which the body is
made
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Strain
– Measure of deformation of the body
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Loads
– Surface Load
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Concentrated Loads – Acts on a small area
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Distributed Loads – Acts on a larger area
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Loads
– Body Forces
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Developed when one body exerts a force on another body without direct
physical contact between the bodies. (effects of earth’s gravity, or its
electromagnetic field)
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Support Reactions
– if the support prevents translation in a given direction, then a force
must be developed on the member in that direction. Likewise, if rotation
is prevented, a couple moment must be exerted on the member
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Support Reactions
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Support Reactions
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Equation of Equilibrium
– Balance of forces to prevent translation
– Balance of moments to prevent rotation

Σ F x =0
Σ F y =0
Σ M =0
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Internal Resultant Loading
– Resultant loadings that act within a body
– Determined using the method of sections
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Internal Resultant Loading
– Normal Force
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Forces acting perpendicular to the area
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Developed whenever external loads tend to push or pull
– Shear Force
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Forces that lie in the plane of the area
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Occurs when external loads cause two segments of the body to slide over
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Internal Resultant Loading
– Bending Moment
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Caused by the external loads that tend to bend the body about an axis
lying within the plane of the area
– Torsional Moment
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This effect is developed when the external loads tend to twist the object
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Summary
– External forces include distributed or concentrated surface
loadings, or as body forces that act throughout the volume of the
body.
– Distributed loadings produce a resultant force with a magnitude
equal to the area of the load diagram. It passes through the
centroid of this area.
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Summary
– A support produces a force in a particular direction on its attached
member if it prevents translation of the member in that direction,
and it produces a couple moment on the member if it prevents
rotation.
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Equilibrium occurs when ΣF = 0 and ΣM = 0. F = 0 and ΣF = 0 and ΣM = 0. M = 0.
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The method of sections is used to determine the internal
resultant loadings acting on the surface of a sectioned body.
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Generally, these resultants consists of the following:
– Normal force
– Shear force
– Torsional moment
– Bending moment.
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Summary
– Equilibrium occurs when ΣF = 0 and ΣM = 0. F = 0 and ΣF = 0 and ΣM = 0. M = 0.
– The method of sections is used to determine the internal resultant
loadings acting on the surface of a sectioned body.
– Generally, these resultants consists of the following:
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Normal force
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Shear force
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Torsional moment
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Bending moment.
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Procedure for Analysis
– Support Reactions
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Solve for the reaction forces before the body is sectioned
– Free-Body Diagram
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Draw the free body diagram of one of the segments of the sectioned body
– Equations of Equilibrium
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Summation of Forces should be equal to zero
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