The Mohr Circle

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Question is:
Compute the stress in xy

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Derived in Class

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Draw Axes and (xx , -xy)

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Shear
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Denoted X end.
Absolute coordinates:
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Draw (yy , +xy)

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Denoted Y end.
Absolute coordinates:
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XY: The State of Stress

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Mohrs Circle
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Rotated Axes
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Rotated Axes
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Note that xy is now negative

because X is above the x axis

Some points that you should be careful

about

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XY is tilted the Mohr Circle by an angle determined by xx , yy

and xy .
XY is horizontal if and only if xy is 0.
XY is vertical if and only if xx = yy.

XY is at an angle 2 to XY.
(It may look from the picture that it is at an angle from the
horizontal. That is a coincidence.)

Principal Stresses
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What is this angle?

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This angle is 2p.

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Where p is the angle

at which principal
stresses are achieved.

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Some comments about principal stresses

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Principal stresses occur when shear stresses vanish

One of the principal stresses is the maximum stress
possible
The other principal stress is the minimum stress possible

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