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(Where direction of rotation of the reference system is not specified, consider it in anticlockwise
sense. Also consider anticlockwise rotation as +ve and clockwise rotation as -ve)
1. A body is deformed in such a way that after deformation the displacement components of
any point may be given by
u = (6x + 4y) x 10-3
v = (-2x + z) x 10-3
w = (1.2x + 6y - 6z) x 10-3
Show that body rotations and strains are independent of the position of the point, and find
their values.
2. The general displacement field in a body, in Cartesian coordinates, is given as
u = 0.015x2y + 0.03
v = 0.005y2 + 0.03xz
w = 0.003z2 + 0.001yz + 0.005
Find the strain and rotation tensors εij and wij for point (1,0,2).
3. Using the displacement field
r 2 2 -2
u = [y iˆ + 3yz ĵ + (4 + 6x ) k̂ ] x 10
What is the increase in length per unit length in the y-direction of an infinitesimal
segment at the (1, 0, 2) along the y-axis.
r
u = x/100 iˆ + y2/200 ĵ + (0.02 + y2z/500) k̂
r
What is the displacement of a point at position r = 6 iˆ + 2 ĵ . What is the matrix for
giving the deformation in a small domain at the origin?
5. Given the following displacement field
r
u = [x2 iˆ + (2y 2 +3z) ĵ + 10 k̂ ] x 10-3.
What is the increase in distance between two points (0,1,0) and (2,-1,3) in the undeformed
geometry as a result of deformation? What is the elongation per unit length in the y-
direction of a line segment originally in the y-direction in a small domain about (1,3,2)?
r
u = [(6y + 5z) iˆ + (-6x+3z) ĵ +(-5x-3y) k̂ ] x 10-3.
Show that this displacement field is that of rigid body rotation. What is the rotation vector
for the body?
7. The following state of strain exists at a point in a body
0.01 − 0.02 0
[eij ] = − 0.02 0.03 − 0.01
0 − 0.01 0
In the above problem, a new reference x ' y ' z ' is formed by rotating the original reference
system xyz by + 450 with respect to z axis. What is the strain tensor at the point of interest
for this new reference?
r
u = (x2 + y) iˆ + (3+z) ĵ + (x2 +2y) k̂ .
9. For the displacement field given below, what are the strain components at (1, 2, 3). Use
only linear terms.
r
u = [(x2 + y2 +2) iˆ + (3x+4y2) ĵ + (2x3 +4z) k̂ ] x 10-4.
r
10. What are the strain components for the displacement field u = [(x2 + y2 +2) iˆ +
(3x+4y2) ĵ + (2x3 +4z) k̂ ] x 10-4, if non-linear terms are also included?
11. The displacement field is given by
ux = k(x2 + 2z), uy = k(4x + 2y2 + z), uz = 4kz2 , k is a very small constant. What are the
strains at (2, 2, 3) in directions
a) nx = 0, ny = 1/(2)1/2 , nz = 1/(2)1/2
b) nx = 1, ny = nz= 0
c) nx =0.6, ny =0, nz= 0.8
12. The state of strain at a given point in a body is given by the strain tensor
0.002 0 − 0.004
[eij ] = 0 − 0.006 0.001
− 0.004 0.001 0
Find the invariants of the strain tensor and the spherical and deviatorial components of
strain tensor.
13. The rectangular components of a small strain at a point are given by the following matrix.
Determine the principal strains and the directions of the maximum unit strain.
1 0 0
[eij ] = p 0 0 − 4
p = 10-4
0 − 4 3
14. Find the values of maximum shear strains if ε 00 = 2.85, ε 600 = -7.0, ε 1200 =-5.0 (in micro
strains). Indicate their planes and the values of maximum and minimum strains.
15. If the axes of reference are rotated about z-axis through 45O for the following strain
tensor, find the transformed strain tensor.
0.002 0 − 0.004
[eij ] = 0 − 0.006 0.001
− 0.004 0.001 0
16. If the unit strains in a 2-D case are as follows
17. In a rectangular rosette, the recorded strains are ε 00 = -110 x 10-6, ε 450 = 60 x 10-6 , ε 900 =
110 x 10-6 . Find graphically or otherwise the principal strains.
18. Conventional strains are defined as ε = (L - L0 )/ L0 where L is the final length and L0 is
the initial length. If a new quantity, natural or logarithmic strain is defined as εn = loge(L/
L0), prove that for small strain εn → ε.
19. Show that a strain state described in rectangular Cartesian coordinates as εz = γxz = γyz = 0
and εx = k(x2 + y2), εy = k(y2 + z2), γxy = k ' xyz where k, k ' are small constants, is not a
possible state of strain for a continuum.
20. For a plane strain case, the strains are specified as under. State whether they are
compatible.
εxx= y2 + 5xy
εyy= y2x + x2
2
γ xy = 2xy + y