TR2005_MECHANICS OF DEFORMABLE SOLIDS

Dr. Nguyen Song Thanh Thao

Department of Aerospace Engineering

Ho Chi Minh City University of Technology
nguyensongthanhthao@hcmut.edu.vn

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➢ Contents
▪ Deformation
▪ Strain

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➢ Displacement is the absolute movement of a point with respect to a

fixed reference frame
➢ Deformation is the relative movement with respect to another point on
the same body
➢ Strain is a measure of the intensity of deformation used in the design
against deformation failures
✓ Lagrangian strain is computed by using the original undeformed geometry
as a reference
✓ Eulerian strain is computed using the final deformed geometry as a
reference

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➢ Normal strain

➢ Shear strain

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➢ Example 1
The plate shown in Fig. is fixed connected along AB and held in the
horizontal guides at its top and bottom, AD and BC. If its right-side CD is
given a uniform horizontal displacement of 2 mm, determine (a) the
average normal strain along the diagonal AC, and (b) the shear strain at E
relative to the x, y axes.

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➢ Strain state

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➢ Strain state

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➢ Plane strain

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➢ Plane strain

Long cylindrical pressure

vessel subjected to
internal/external pressure
and constrained at the ends

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➢ Strain gauge

➢ Strain Gauge Bridge Circuit: measure stress by the degree of

discrepancy

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