Materials

220 – Mechanical Behavior of Materials

Homework #1, Due Friday, Jan 26th, 2018




1. Meyers & Chawla – Problem 2.1

2. Meyers & Chawla – Problem 2.2

3. For the state of stress shown below, determine the magnitude of the three principal
stresses

⎛150 50 −70⎞
⎜ ⎟
⎜⎜ 50 150 20 ⎟⎟ MPa
⎝−70 20 150 ⎠


4. A polycrystalline block of titanium measuring 10 cm x 10 cm x 10 cm is subjected to
a hydrostatic pressure of 500 MPa. Assuming E=116 GPa, calculate the dimensions
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of the block under pressure.

5. Calculate the elastic modulus of single crystals of nickel loaded along the [100],
[110] and [111] directions.

6. Meyers & Chawla – Problem 2.13

7. Meyers & Chawla – Problem 2.14

8. Assuming the sample measured in Problem 2.14 was cyliindrical with a length of
2.5cm, at what frequency would the first extenstional resonant mode appear?

9. Meyers & Chawla – Problem 2.14