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CONTINUUM MECHANICS for ENGINEERS

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FIGURE 3.9A<br />

Traction vector at point P <strong>for</strong> an arbitrary plane whose normal is n i.<br />

FIGURE 3.9B<br />

Traction vector at point P <strong>for</strong> a principal plane whose normal is n i*.<br />

where σ is the scalar multiple of ni. Directions designated by ni <strong>for</strong> which<br />

Eq 3.6-1 is valid are called principal stress directions, and the scalar σ is called<br />

a principal stress value of σij . Also, the plane at P perpendicular to ni is referred<br />

to as a principal stress plane. We see from Figure 3.9B that because of the<br />

perpendicularity of t to the principal planes, there are no shear stresses<br />

acting in these planes.<br />

The determination of principal stress values and principal stress directions<br />

follows precisely the same procedure developed in Section 2.6 <strong>for</strong> determining<br />

principal values and principal directions of any symmetric second-order<br />

tensor. In properly <strong>for</strong>mulating the eigenvalue problem <strong>for</strong> the stress tensor<br />

we use the identity and the substitution property of the Kronecker<br />

delta to rewrite Eq 3.6-1 as<br />

nˆ ( )<br />

t<br />

( ˆn )<br />

i = σ jinj σ ji δijσ j n − ( ) = 0<br />

(3.6-2)

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