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U Z BX Y, V Bxy A, W XZ A: Figure T1

1) The document provides 4 questions regarding strain analysis of mechanical structures. Question 1 asks to find the principal strains from given normal strains. Question 2 asks to find strain components and principal strains at a given point with given displacement equations. Question 3 asks to find normal and shear strains from given strain components. Question 4 asks if a given strain state is possible for a continuous body.

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U Z BX Y, V Bxy A, W XZ A: Figure T1

1) The document provides 4 questions regarding strain analysis of mechanical structures. Question 1 asks to find the principal strains from given normal strains. Question 2 asks to find strain components and principal strains at a given point with given displacement equations. Question 3 asks to find normal and shear strains from given strain components. Question 4 asks if a given strain state is possible for a continuous body.

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MECH3361/9361 Mechanics of Solids 2 Tutorial Week 4

TUTORIAL PROBLEMS
(Week 4)

Strain Analysis

Q1. A long bar section shown in Fig. T1 is under plane strain state in the xy-plane. Using the
strain gauge technique, the normal strains at a surface point in the directions as described in
the figure are obtained as 0=810-6, 30=1110-6 and 90=410-6. Find the principal strains at
the point, 1, 2 and 3.

Figure T1

Q2. It is found that the displacements in a machine component are described by


z 2 +b x 2− y 2 bxy −xz
u= ,v= , w=
2a a a
where a and b are the constants, and let’s assume a>0 and 0<b<0.5. Find the strain
components, principal strains and their direction cosines at point (x, y, z) = (0.5, 1, 0.1) with
respect to the x-axis.

Q3. Determine n, t and nt if xy = 0.0016 and x = y = 0 for the element in Fig. T2.

Figure T2

Q4. Is the following strain states possible in a continuous body subjected to deformation?
ε xx =k ( x2 + y 2 ) , ε yy =k y 2 , ε xy =2 kxy , ε zz =ε zx =ε zy=0
where k is a constant.

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