SIE1001 Mechanics of Engineering Materials Formulae Sheet1

Elastic Constants and Hooke’s Law

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𝜀𝑥 = 𝐸 [𝜎𝑥 − 𝜈(𝜎𝑦 + 𝜎𝑧 )] + 𝛼Δ𝑇

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𝜀𝑦 = [𝜎 − 𝜈(𝜎𝑥 + 𝜎𝑧 )] + 𝛼Δ𝑇
𝐸 𝑦

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𝜀𝑧 = [𝜎 − 𝜈(𝜎𝑥 + 𝜎𝑦 )] + 𝛼Δ𝑇
𝐸 𝑧

𝐸 = 2𝐺(1 + 𝜐)

𝑡𝑟𝑎𝑛𝑠𝑣𝑒𝑟𝑠𝑒 𝑠𝑡𝑟𝑎𝑖𝑛
𝜐=−
𝑙𝑜𝑛𝑔𝑖𝑡𝑢𝑑𝑖𝑛𝑎𝑙 𝑠𝑡𝑟𝑎𝑖𝑛 𝑖𝑛 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑑𝑖𝑟𝑒𝑐𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛 𝑜𝑓 𝑎𝑝𝑝𝑙𝑖𝑒𝑑 𝑓𝑜𝑟𝑐𝑒

Safety Factor
𝜎𝑚𝑎𝑥
𝜎𝑎𝑙𝑙𝑜𝑤 =
𝑁

Bending Equation

𝑀 𝜎 𝐸
= =
𝐼𝑥 𝑦 𝑅

Shear Stress Equation in Beams

𝑉𝐴𝑦̅ 𝑉𝑄
𝜏= =
𝑏𝐼𝑥 𝑏𝐼𝑥

Torsion Relationship

𝑇 𝜏 𝐺𝜙
= =
𝐽 𝑟 𝐿

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Nomenclature as according to lecture notes
Properties of Sections

∫ 𝑥d𝐴 ∫ 𝑦d𝐴
G = location of centroid which is found through (𝑥̅ = 𝐴
, 𝑦̅ = 𝐴
)

A = area
𝐼𝑥 = second moment of area about centroidal x-axis
𝐼𝑦 = second moment of area about centroidal y-axis

Rectangle Circle

Right Triangle Quarter Circle

Parallel-Axis Theorem

𝐼𝑥′ = 𝐼𝑥 + (𝑦′′)2 𝐴
𝐼𝑦′ = 𝐼𝑦 + (𝑥′′)2 𝐴

Polar Second Moment of Area

Solid shaft Hollow shaft

R Ro
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 
R 1

Ro
J 2r dr  R 4 J  2r 3dr   Ro4  Ri4
3
Ri
0 2 Ri 2

Flanged Coupling

4𝑇
𝜏𝐵 =
𝑛𝑅𝐵 𝜋𝐷𝐵 2
Torsion of Non-Circular Solid Sections

Torsion of Thin Walled Closed Sections

𝑞 𝑇
𝜏= =
𝑡 2𝐴𝑡

𝑇𝑙 ds
𝜙= 2
∮
4𝐴 𝐺 𝑡