Cairo University Engineering Elasticity & Plasticity

Faculty of Engineering 3rd Year Mechanical

Mech. Design &Production Dept. Sheet 2
Strain

1) The displacement components in a strained body are:

u = 0.01 x + 0.002 y2 mm, v = 0.02 x2 + 0.02 z3 mm, w = 0.001 x +0.005 mm.
a) What is the change in distance between two points which, before deformation, have
coordinates (3,2,0) and (-1,14,5)?
b) Determine the state of strain at point (3,1,2).

2) A 40 x 60 cm rectangular plate OABC is deformed into a shape O'A'B'C' shown in the

figure. Find:
a) The strain components x, y, xy.
b) The principal strains and the direction of the principal axes.
y

A' B
B'
A

O C x
O'
C'

3) The square plate in the following figure is loaded so that the plate is in a state of plane strain
(z = zx = zy = 0).
a) Determine the displacements for the plate for the deformation shown, and also determine
the strain components in the xy-axes.
b) Determine the strain components for the XY axes.
y

A' B'

A B

X
Y

 C' C x
O,O'
4) The parallelepiped in the following figure is deformed into the shape indicated by the
dashed straight lines (small displacements). The displacements are given by the following
relations:
u = C1 x y z, v = C2 x y z, w = C3 x y z.
a) Determine the state of strain at point E when the coordinates of point E' in the deformed
body are (1.503,1.001,1.997).
b) Determine the normal strain at E in the direction EA.
z

F,F'
G

E
D,D'
E' C,C' y

A,A'
B,B'

5) At a point in a stressed body the strains related to the coordinate set xyz are given by:

2 3 2 
ε xyz =  3 - 1 5  ×10-6
 2 5 - 4 
Determine:
a) The strain invariants.
b) The normal strain in x' direction; which is directed at an angle θ=30o from the x-axis.
c) The principal strains.
d) The maximum shear strain.
e) The dilatation.

6) A three – dimensional state of strain is given by:

ε x = 4×10-4 ε y = 6×10-4 ε z = 2×10-4
γ xy = 3×10-4 γ yz = 3×10-4 γ zx = -5×10-4
a) Write down the matrix representing this state of strain.
b) Calculate the strain invariants.
c) Determine the volume expansion per unit volume.

7) Determine the values of the constants a1, a2, a3, a4, a5 and a6 so that the following state of
strain be possible:
ε x = 3x 2 y 2 + a1y 3 z 2 ε y = 4a 2 y 3 z + 2a 3 x 2 y z 2
ε z = 3a4 x y z 2 + 2x 3 y 2 γ yz = 3y 4 + 4x 2 y 2 z + 2a 6 x 3 y z
γ xy = 2a5 x 3 y + x y 2 z 2 γ zx = a 4 y z 3 + 3a6 x 2 y 2 z - 2x y 3 z