Homework 4

Handed out: Saturday, November 06, 2021

Due: Friday, November 12, 2021 Midnight

Notes:
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Problem 1:
Most general form of fourth order elastic constant for isotropic material is Cijkl = αδij δkl + βδik δjl + γδil δjk ,
for any arbitrary constant α, β and γ. Derive the expression σij = λekk δij + 2µeij using the above expression.

Problem 2:
For isotropic materials, show that the principal axes of strain coincide with the principal axes of stress. Deter-
mine the expression of principal stresses in terms of the principal strains.

Problem 3:
The elastic constants Young’s modulus, modulus of rigidity and bulk modulus are required to be positive.
What is the minimum and maximum value of poisson’s ratio which satisfies the above condition.

Problem 4:
Show that the following stress components satisfy the equations of equilibrium with zero body forces, but are
not the solution to a problem in elasticity:

σx = c[y 2 + ν(x2 − y 2 )] (1)

2 2 2
σy = c[x + ν(y − x )] (2)
2 2
σz = cν(x + y ) (3)
τxy = −2νcxy (4)
τyz = τzx = 0 (5)
c = constant 6= 0 (6)

Problem 5:
Derive the equilibrium equation for isotropic material in vector form, in terms of displacements and lame’s

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constants.

Problem 6:
A rectangular steel plate (E = 207GP a, ν = 0.29) of thickness 4 mm is subjected to a uniform bi-axial stress
field as shown in the following figure. Assuming all fields are uniform, determine changes in the dimensions of
the plate under this loading. Write a Matlab/Python program to determine the change in dimensions, and to
plot deformed shape of the plate.

Figure 1:

Problem 7:
The displacement field in a material is given by ux = Axy, uy = Ay 2 where A is a small constant. (a) Verify
whether the strain compatibility condition is satisfied (b) Write a Matlab/Python program to compute the
stresses for a given values of x and y co-ordinates.(Program input should be x and y values, and output should
be 2-D stresses). Assume material as steel with elastic properties E = 207Gpa, ν = 0.29.(Assume A=0.1)