CE2101 Solid Mechanics (Theory)

Mohr circle approach for stress

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Dr. Sarmad Shakeel
Assistant Professor (Structural Engineering)

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 Analytical Approach
𝜎𝜎𝑥𝑥 + 𝜎𝜎𝑦𝑦 𝜎𝜎𝑥𝑥 − 𝜎𝜎𝑦𝑦
𝜎𝜎𝜃𝜃𝑛𝑛 = + cos 2𝜃𝜃 + 𝜏𝜏 𝑥𝑥 y sin 2𝜃𝜃
2 2

𝜎𝜎𝑥𝑥 − 𝜎𝜎𝑦𝑦
𝜏𝜏𝜃𝜃 = − 𝑠𝑠𝑖𝑖𝑛𝑛2𝜃𝜃 + 𝜏𝜏 𝑥𝑥 y cos 2𝜃𝜃
2

𝜎𝜎𝑥𝑥 + 𝜎𝜎𝑦𝑦 𝜎𝜎𝑥𝑥 − 𝜎𝜎𝑦𝑦

𝜎𝜎𝜃𝜃t = − cos 2𝜃𝜃 − 𝜏𝜏𝑥𝑥 𝑦𝑦 sin 2𝜃𝜃
2 2

𝜎𝜎𝜃𝜃𝑛𝑛 + 𝜎𝜎𝜃𝜃𝑡𝑡 = 𝜎𝜎𝑥𝑥 + 𝜎𝜎𝑦𝑦

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𝜎𝜎𝑥𝑥 + 𝜎𝜎𝑦𝑦 𝜎𝜎𝑥𝑥 − 𝜎𝜎𝑦𝑦
𝜎𝜎𝜃𝜃𝑛𝑛 = + cos 2𝜃𝜃 + 𝜏𝜏 𝑥𝑥 y sin 2𝜃𝜃 (1)
2 2

𝜎𝜎𝑥𝑥 − 𝜎𝜎𝑦𝑦
𝜏𝜏nt = − 𝑠𝑠𝑖𝑖𝑛𝑛2𝜃𝜃 + 𝜏𝜏 𝑥𝑥y cos 2𝜃𝜃 (2)
2

equation 3 and 4 are called parametric equation on circle with 𝜃𝜃 as parameter

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Take square of both sides and add equation 3 and 4`

In the above equations of circle 𝜎𝜎𝜃𝜃𝑛𝑛 and 𝜏𝜏nt are the coordinates, R is the radius and (𝜎𝜎avg,0)
are coordinates of center of cirlce
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Procedure of construction of Mohr circle

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