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CONTINUUM MECHANICS for ENGINEERS

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Example 3.6-1<br />

The components of the stress tensor at P are given in MPa with respect to<br />

axes Px 1x 2x 3 by the matrix<br />

Determine the principal stresses and the principal stress directions at P.<br />

Solution<br />

For the given stress tensor, Eq 3.6-5 takes the <strong>for</strong>m of the determinant<br />

which, upon cofactor expansion about the first row, results in the equation<br />

or in its readily factored <strong>for</strong>m<br />

[ σ ij]=<br />

⎡57<br />

0 24⎤<br />

⎢<br />

⎥<br />

⎢<br />

0 50 0<br />

⎥<br />

⎣<br />

⎢24<br />

0 43⎦<br />

⎥<br />

57 − σ 0 24<br />

0 50−σ0 = 0<br />

24 0 43 − σ<br />

(57 )(50 )(43 ) – (24) 2 −σ −σ −σ (50 −σ ) = 0<br />

(50 −σ )(σ – 25) (σ – 75) = 0<br />

Hence, the principal stress values are σ (1) = 25, σ (2) = 50, and σ (3) = 75. Note<br />

that, in keeping with Eqs 3.6-7a and Eq 3.6-16a, we confirm that the first<br />

stress invariant,<br />

I = 57 + 50 + 43 = 25 + 50 + 75 = 150<br />

To determine the principal directions we first consider σ (1) = 25, <strong>for</strong> which<br />

Eq 3.6-3 provides three equations <strong>for</strong> the direction cosines of the principal<br />

direction of σ (1), namely,<br />

( ) ( )<br />

1 3<br />

1 1<br />

32n + 24n = 0<br />

1<br />

25n 0<br />

( ) =<br />

1 1<br />

24n + 18n =<br />

0<br />

2<br />

( ) ( )<br />

1 3

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