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RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN ELASTICITY AND RIGIDITY MODULES.

Consider the square element ABCD, with sidesThe, subject to pure shearq, as shown in figure 1.
The element AEĆ D is the square ABCD deformed by the action ofq. Take BF as a perpendicular to the
diagonal DE. Befthe shear strain and G the stiffness modulus.
F q
Note that the diagonal deformation
AND B Ç Ç

q
The
f

THE D
√
The
Figure 1

As the strain angle is very small, it is assumed that , therefore,

the diagonal deformation

√ √

Given that . Thus,

Now, it is known that the above-mentioned pure shear also causes axial tensile stressqin the diagonal
direction of DB and axial compressionqin the direction perpendicular to that direction. These two stresses cause
tensile deformation along the diagonal DB, given by:

With being Poisson's ratio, and the modulus of elasticity.

From (1) and (2), we have that:

Ie,
 RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN ELASTICITY AND COMPRESSIBILITY MODULES

and
x
s
z
Figure 2.

In figure 2, we see a body being subjected to a uniaxial tension in the directionx. The elongation caused by
the tension in the directionxis followed by contraction in the other perpendicular directions, so that:

As the Poisson ratio is given by:

and

Figure 3.

Imagine a cube, like the one shown in Figure 3, subjected to hydrostatic compressionP. It will undergo
compression in the three directions with repercussion in the other two orthogonal directions, causing a volumetric
deformation given by:

As , from (3) one has that:

Since it is an isotropic material, the deformations will be equal in all directions, like this:
 By Hooke's law,

So, from (5)

Ie,

Or (6)