3D Stress analysis using FEM

Contents
• Three dimensional stress and strain
• Example
• Introducing initial strain (change in temperature)
• Example
• Discussion and Future works
Three dimensional stress/strain sz

• Normal and shear stresses tzy

tzx tyz
• Normal stresses: sx, sy and sz
txz sy
• Shear stresses: txy
, , tyx
• Constitutive relation sx

{} {}
¿ σx ¿εx
¿σ y ¿ εy
{𝛔}= ¿ σ z {𝛆}= ¿ ε z
¿ τ xy ¿ γ xy
¿ τ yz ¿ γ yz
¿ τ zx ¿ γ zx
Three dimensional stress/strain
• Hooke’s law
• Normal stresses: s=Ee
• Shear stresses:
• With
• Constitutive matrix
Three dimensional strain/displacement
u
• Normal strain y
dy

• Change in length divided by original length y

v
v dy
y
C 2
B’

• Shear strain dy A’ 1 v
x
dx

• Change in angle between two lines

A dx B
x

u
u dx
x