Technical University „Gheorghe Asachi” of Iasi

Faculty of Civil Engineering and Building Services

Department of Structural Mechanics
Strength of Materials – Part I

ASSIGNMENT No. 3
(Due date: April 12th, 2017)

I. At a point of a deformable loaded body the stress tensor is:

 20  n 30  n  N
T    (n is the personal number)
 30  n 80  n  mm
2

a) Plot the stresses on an infinitesimal square considered around the

point;
b) Determine the stress on an inclined plane passing through the
point defined by the angle   10  n ;
c) Determine the principal stresses at the point and the principal
directions;
d) Determine the maximum shear stress at the point and the normal
stress corresponding to the plane of the maximum shear stress;
N
e) Determine the strain tensor at the point T when: E  2.1  105 2
mm
and   0.3
f) Determine the principal strains at the point by using: 1) the
elements of the strain tensor; 2) generalized Hooke’s law;
g) Determine the maximum shear strain at the point;

II. At a point of a deformable loaded body the strain tensor is:

 6n 15  n  5
T    10
 15  n 10  n 

N
a) Determine the stress tensor at the point Tσ knowing E  2.1  105
mm2
and   0.3 ;
b) Determine the principal strains;
c) Determine the principal stresses at the point by using the generalized
Hooke’s law.