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Mohr's Circle: Academic Resource Center
Mohr's Circle: Academic Resource Center
p
to experience no shear stress.
Explanation
The same method to calculate principle stresses is used to find
maximum shear stress.
Points A and B are rotated to the point of maximum x
1
y
1
value. This is
the maximum shear stress value
max.
Uniform planar stress (
s
) and shear stress (
max
) will be experienced
by both x
1
and y
1
surfaces.
The object in reality has to be rotated at an angle
s
to experience
maximum shear stress.
Example 1
Draw the Mohrs Circle of the stress element shown
below. Determine the principle stresses and the
maximum shear stresses.
What we know:
x
= -80 MPa
y
= +50 MPa
xy
= 25 MPa
Coordinates of Points
A: (-80,25)
B: (50,-25)
Example 1 (contd)
Example 1 (contd)
Principle Stress:
Example 1 (contd)
Maximum Shear Stress:
Example 2
Given the same stress element (shown below), find
the stress components when it is inclined at 30
clockwise. Draw the corresponding stress elements.
What we know:
x
= -80 MPa
y
= +50 MPa
xy
= 25 MPa
Coordinates of Points
A: (-80,25)
B: (50,-25)
Example 2 (contd)
Using stress transformation equation (=30):
s
x
1
s
x
+s
y
2
=
s
x
s
y
2
cos2 + t
xy
sin2
t
x
1
y
1
=
s
x
+s
y
2
sin2 +t
xy
cos2
x
= -25.8 MPa
y
= -4.15 MPa
xy
= 68.8 MPa
Example 2 (contd)
Graphical approach using Mohrs Circle (and trigonometry)