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CONTINUUM MECHANICS for ENGINEERS

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FIGURE 6.3<br />

For plane stress: (a) rotation through angle θ about x 3 axis, and (b) reflection in x 1x 2 plane.<br />

about an axis, we say the material has axial elastic symmetry with respect to<br />

that axis. If the trans<strong>for</strong>mation is a reflection of the axes with respect to some<br />

plane, we say the material has a plane of elastic symmetry. Figure 6-3a shows<br />

the case <strong>for</strong> x3 being the axis of elastic symmetry, whereas Figure 6-3b shows<br />

the case <strong>for</strong> the x1x2 plane as the plane of elastic symmetry. The fact that the<br />

trans<strong>for</strong>mation <strong>for</strong> the reflection in Figure 6-3b is an improper one (resulting<br />

in the O xxx ′ ′ ′ axes being a left-handed coordinate system) does not inval-<br />

1 2 3<br />

idate the symmetry considerations to be used. Also, the x 3 axis in Figure 6-3a<br />

is said to be of order N where N = 2π/θ. It is also noteworthy that a point of<br />

elastic symmetry would imply isotropic behavior, since the elastic constants<br />

would remain unchanged <strong>for</strong> any two sets of Cartesian axes at the point.<br />

Let us consider the consequences of the x 1x 2 plane being a plane of elastic<br />

symmetry as shown in Figure 6-3b. The trans<strong>for</strong>mation matrix <strong>for</strong> this is<br />

clearly<br />

[ aij]= ⎡1<br />

0 0⎤<br />

⎢ ⎥<br />

⎢<br />

0 1 0<br />

⎥<br />

⎣<br />

⎢0<br />

0 −1⎦<br />

⎥<br />

(6.3-1)<br />

so that in the single subscript notation <strong>for</strong> stress and strain components the<br />

trans<strong>for</strong>mations in matrix <strong>for</strong>m are

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