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Structures
Data
Book
1999 Edition
Cambridge University Engineering Department1.
2.
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2.2.
23.
24,
25.
2.6.
2.7.
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29.
2.10.
3.
3.1
3.2
3.3.
34.
35.
3.6.
3.7.
8.1.
Table of Contents
Physical properties of structural materials 1
Stress and strain 1
Notation for stress.
Strain definition
Stress-strain relations for isotropic elastic solids.
Complementary shear .
Planar transformation equations for stress.
Mohr's circle of stress .
Planar transformation equations for strain,
Mobr's circle of strain..
Principal st in 3 dimensions...
Yield criteria for isotropic solids...
Beam behaviour
CUED sign convention
Compatibility
Equilibrium...
Elastic bending formulae .
Formulae for elastic analysis,
Plastic bending....
Torsion formulae. 7
Euler buckling 8
Pin jointed trusses — statical determinacy 8
Equation of virtual work 8
Soil mechanics 9
Definitions.
Classification of particle sizes. 9
Groundwater Seepage ..nrmnm:mnnnnnnnnnninnnnnnnnninnnnnnnnnnnest 10
Stresses in soils 10
Strength of soil: Cohesion hypothesis (Tresca) u
Friction hypothesis (Coulomb) well
Typical properties and forms of structural materials "1
‘Mechanical properties of steel and aluminium..... sence LI
Mechanical properties of glass fibre reinforced plastic (GFRP)... n
Structural steel sections (hot-rolled).... 12
Aluminium sections (extrusions) sen 20
Glass fibre reinforced plastic (GFRP) sections (pultrusions)...... seen DD41. Physical properties of structural materials
Values to be used in calculations (further details in Materials Data Book and Section 8)
| Steel [Aluminium | Concrete’ ] Softwood" | Water | ~ units
| Alloy along
grain ae
Young’s modulus [| 210 70 30 9 - | GPa
Shear modulus |G] 81 26 13 - - | GPa
Bulk modulus K| 175 i) 14 : 22 [GPa__|
| Poisson's ratio v] 0.30 0.33 0.15 = -
[Thermal expansion | @| 11 23 12 = 60_| x10°K™
Density 7840 2700 2400 = 1000_| kg/m?
* Typical values
For isotropic solids,
G
2. Stress and strain
2.1. Notation for stress
Gx is the normal stress on the x face acting in the x direction.
‘ry. is the shear stress on the x face acting in the y direction.
In this data book, with the exception of Section 7, tensile stresses are defined as positive.
2.2. Strain definition
q is the normal strain in the x direction.
Yo is the shear strain between the x and y faces,
€,
ou
ox
Toy
bu
oy ax
ov
ete.
where: 1, v are small displacement components with respect to rectangular co-ordinates x, y:
2.3. Stress-strain relations for isotropic elastic solids
EP VO yy —
Toy =
where: ATs temperature change.
1
1,
”
etc.
vo,,)+aaT et.
For plane stress with the z face unstressed and A7'= 0, the inverse relationship is
etc2.4.Complementary shear
From equilibrium of a small element,
ete.
From its definition,
Voy =Yyx te
2.5. Planar transformation equations for stress
x
“aL \A
vy al
From equilibrium of an elementary triangle,
\~
cay
Cag = Fxx008°O+ Gy, SinO +21 yin cOsO
Tab =O xpSin8 C080 +0 yysinO cos + rol 0s?0 ~ sino)
2.6.Mohr's circle of stress
A plot of normal stress against shear stress on a face for varying 0 gives a circle, provided a
special sign convention is used:
For Mohr's circle, shear stress is plotted positive when it is clockwise
(Gags Tap)
(x2 ty)
The stresses on perpendicular faces, (os, ~ty) and (65, fx), plot at the opposite ends of a
diameter. If new faces are considered at angle 0 (see Section 2.5), the stresses on the new faces
can be obtained by rotating the diameter of Mohr’s circle by 20in the same direction,
22.7. Planar transformation equations for strain
By geometry,
ni
Eq = xx0087O + ySin70 + 7 yySind cos
Yah = ~28xxSin8 cos + 2ey,sinO cosO + 7 yy (os?0 7 sin?6)
2.8.Mohr's circle of strain
A plot of normal strain against half shear strain for varying @ gives a circle, if the sign convention
for shear strains is the same as for corresponding shear stresses:
WZ yr yy!)
(oa “Yan'2)
The strains in perpendicular directions, (é:., -7%/2) and (6, 7a/2), plot at the opposite ends of a
diameter. If new faces are considered at angle @ (see Section 2.7), the strains in the new
directions can be obtained by rotating the diameter of Mohr’ circle by 20 in the same direction,2.9. Principal stresses in 3 dimensions
The principal stresses can be calculated as the eigenvalues of the stress matrix g, and the
principal directions are the corresponding eigenvectors.
[
Om Ty Tre
=| Ty Oy
2.10, Yield criteria for isotropic solids
Tresca's hypothesis:
max[|o4 -09 103 -03|,|03 -o)|J= ¥
Von Mises’ hypothesis:
(o;-02)° +(02-o3) +(e3- 0) =2¥?
where: Y is the current yield stress in simple tension
1, 02, 63 are the principal stresses.
3. Beam behaviour
3.1. CUED sign convention
M s
a
Ss M .
rotation displacements, x
3.2, Compatibility
where: x is the curvature
R is the local radius of curvature
5 is.adistance along a beam
v is the angle turned by tangent to the curve.
For a beam that has small transverse deflections v(x) from the x axis
ay
we3.3. Equilibrium
Ss w s+ Box 7
«CGC, ESt et ax _..
a
s-
where: M is the bending moment
S is the transverse shear force
w is the transverse external load per unit length of beam.
3.4. Elastic bending formulae
3.4.1. Longitudinal stresses
2 EAR; I= fy?da
y
M = 2.6 max
where: I is the second moment of area about a principal axis through the centroid (sce also
Mechanics Data Book)
yi the distance from the centroidal axis
‘Aw is change of curvature from an initially unstressed configuration
Z. is the elastic section modulus
Gnas is the stress at the outermost fibre.
3.4.2. Transverse shear
Ifa free body is formed by cutting out part of the eros
where: q is the total longitudinal shear force per unit longitudinal length of the beam
(shear flow)
Ae is the area of the cut off portion of the cross-section
Ac} is the first moment of area of the cut off portion about the centroidal axis
At the cut, the shear stress is on average:
where: @_is the length of the cut in the plane of the cross-section.3.5. Formulae for elastic analysis
3.5.1. Deflections for statically determinate structures
a
Ye
i y= wt
6E1
end rotation end deflection
we
3EI
end rotation central deflection
W 5
we
abn” ball
doocts sw
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63.6. Plastic bending
For a beam fully yielded in bending, carrying no axial load, the neutral axis is at the equal-area
axis, and
Zpoys Zp = flyldd
where: M, is the plas
Zp isthe plastic section modulus.
ic moment
For cross-sections that can be easily split into regions that are fully yielded in either tension or
compression,
Zp = Daily]
where: Aj is the area of a region
y;_ is the distance from the beam's equal-area axis to the centroid of the region.
3.7. Torsion formulae
3.7.1. Circular shafts
For an elastic shaft,
2,
ray J fra
T=GJ¢
where: 7’ is the applied torque
is the angle of twist per unit length
is the radius
is the polar second moment of area.
wae
3.7.2. Thin walled tubes (ie. closed sections) of arbitrary cross-section
By equilibrium,
By kinematics,
For an elastic tube,
where: q is the shear flow =rt
Ae is the area enclosed by the cross-section.
3.7.3. Thin-walled open sections
T=6d t bg
where: b is the length, and
1 is the thickness of a region of the cross-section; (
porewater Head haulyy
pressure w Potential hey
in Hydraulic gradient Vh
latum
Darcy's law for laminar flow:
wok
where: v is superficial seepage velocity
k is coefficient of permeability.
Typical values:
clays k between 10! and 10° m/s
I micron