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8.39 Determine the principal stresses in a three dimensional stress system in which:

𝜎𝑥𝑥 = 40𝑀𝑁/𝑚2

𝜎𝑦𝑦 = 60𝑀𝑁/𝑚2

𝜎𝑧𝑧 = 50𝑀𝑁/𝑚2

𝜏𝑥𝑦 = 30𝑀𝑁/𝑚2

𝜏𝑦𝑧 = 20𝑀𝑁/𝑚2

𝜏𝑧𝑥 = 10𝑀𝑁/𝑚2

Solution:

Representing in form of stress tensor

𝜎𝑥𝑥 − 𝜎𝑝 𝜎𝑥𝑦 𝜎𝑥𝑧 𝑙
( 𝜎𝑥𝑦 𝜎𝑦𝑦 − 𝜎𝑝 𝜎𝑦𝑧 ) (𝑚) = 0
𝜎𝑧𝑥 𝜎𝑧𝑦 𝜎𝑧𝑧 − 𝜎𝑝 𝑛

40 20 30 𝑙
(20 60 10) (𝑚) = 0
30 10 50 𝑛

Stress Invariants (𝐼1 , 𝐼2 , 𝐼3 )

𝐼1 = 𝜎𝑥𝑥 + 𝜎𝑦𝑦 + 𝜎𝑧𝑧

𝐼1 = 40 + 60 + 50

𝐼1 = 150 𝑀𝑁/𝑚2

𝐼2 = −(𝜎𝑥𝑥 𝜎𝑦𝑦 + 𝜎𝑦𝑦 𝜎𝑧𝑧 + 𝜎𝑧𝑧 𝜎𝑥𝑥 ) + 𝜏𝑥𝑦 2 + 𝜏𝑦𝑧 2 + 𝜏𝑧𝑥 2

𝐼2 = −(40(60) + 60(50) + 50(40)) + 202 + 102 + 302

𝐼2 = −(2400 + 3000 + 2000) + 400 + 100 + 900

𝐼2 = −7400 + 1400 = −6000𝑀𝑁/𝑚2

𝐼3 = 𝜎𝑥𝑥 𝜎𝑦𝑦 𝜎𝑧𝑧 + 2𝜏𝑥𝑦 𝜏𝑦𝑧 𝜏𝑧𝑥 − 𝜎𝑥𝑥 𝜏𝑥𝑦 2 − 𝜎𝑦𝑦 𝜏𝑦𝑧 2 − 𝜎𝑧𝑧 𝜏𝑧𝑥 2

𝐼3 = (40𝑥60𝑥50) + 2(20)(10)(30) − 40(102 ) − 60(302 ) − 50( 202 )

CVE/12/9406 pg. 1
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𝐼3 = 120000 + 12000 − 4000 − 54000 − 20000

𝐼3 = 54000 𝑀𝑁/𝑚2

𝜎𝑝 3 − 𝐼1 𝜎𝑃 2 − 𝐼2 𝜎𝑃 − 𝐼3 = 0

Substituting the values of I1, I2, and I3

𝜎𝑝 3 − 150𝜎𝑃 2 + 6000𝜎𝑃 − 54000 = 0

𝜎𝑝1 = 12.68 𝑀𝑁/𝑚2

𝜎𝑝2 = 90 𝑀𝑁/𝑚2

𝜎𝑝3 = 47.32 𝑀𝑁/𝑚2

CVE/12/9406 pg. 2