MECHANICS OF SOLIDS

Mechanical III/I

DEFORMABLE BODY AND

STRAIN TENSOR

Session 18: Examples for Strain Tensor

2022
Learning Objectives
• Solve problems related to strain tensor.
Example 3.1
Consider the displacement field
𝒖= 𝒙𝟐 + 𝒚𝟐 + 𝟐 𝒊 + 𝟑𝒙 + 𝟒𝒚𝟐 𝒋 + 𝟐𝒙𝟑 + 𝟒𝒛 𝒌 𝟏𝟎−𝟒 𝒎
What are the rectangular strain components at the point
𝑷 𝟏, 𝟐, 𝟑 ?
a) Use only linear terms.
b) Use nonlinear terms also.

2 × 10−4 16 × 10−4 4 × 10−4 7 × 10−4 0 6 × 10−4

2 × 10−4 + 24.5 × 10−8 16 × 10−4 + 136 × 10−8

4 × 10−4 + 8 × 10−8 7 × 10−4 + 56 × 10−8

0 6 × 10−4 + 24 × 10−8
Example 3.2
A square glass block in the side of a skyscraper, shown in
Figure, is loaded so that the block is in a state of plane strain
(𝜺𝒛 = 𝜺𝒛𝒙 = 𝜺𝒛𝒚 = 𝟎).
a) Determine the displacements for the block for the
deformations shown and the strain components for the (𝒙,
𝒚) coordinate axes.
b) Determine the strain components for the (𝑿, 𝒀) axes.

−0.002 −0.00174

0.0025 0.00224
−0.002 0.00290
Example 3.3
A 𝟐 𝒎 by 𝟏. 𝟓 𝒎 by 𝟏 𝒎 parallelepiped is deformed by
movement of corner point 𝑨 to ′ 𝟏. 𝟗𝟗𝟖𝟓, 𝟏. 𝟒𝟗𝟖𝟖, 𝟏. 𝟎𝟎𝟎𝟗 , as
shown by the dashed lines in Figure. Calculate the following
quantities at point 𝑨:
a) the strain components;
b) the normal strain in the direction of line 𝑨𝑩; and
c) the shearing strain for perpendicular lines 𝑨𝑩 and 𝑨𝑪.

−0.00075 −0.0008 0.0009

−0.0016 −0.0006 0.00105
−0.001536
−0.0012
Example 3.4
The displacement field and strain distribution in a member
have the form
𝒖 = 𝒂𝟎 𝒙𝟐 𝒚𝟐 + 𝒂𝟏 𝒙𝒚𝟐 + 𝒂𝟐 𝒙𝟐 𝒚

𝒗 = 𝒃𝟎 𝒙𝟐 𝒚 + 𝒃𝟏 𝒙𝒚𝟐
𝜸𝒙𝒚 = 𝒄𝟎 𝒙𝟐 𝒚 + 𝒄𝟏 𝒙𝒚 + 𝒄𝟐 𝒙𝟐 + 𝒄𝟑 𝒚𝟐

What relationships connecting the constants 𝒄′𝐬 with 𝒂′𝐬 and

𝒃′𝐬 make the foregoing expressions possible?
𝑐0 = 2𝑎0 𝑐1 = 2 𝑎1 + 𝑏0

𝑐2 = 𝑎2 𝑐3 = 𝑏1
Example 3.5
Given the following system of strains
𝜺𝒙 = 𝟓 + 𝒙𝟐 + 𝒚𝟐 + 𝒙𝟒 + 𝒚𝟒 , 𝜺𝒛 = 𝟎
𝜺𝒚 = 𝟔 + 𝟑𝒙𝟐 + 𝟑𝒚𝟐 + 𝒙𝟒 + 𝒚𝟒 , 𝜸𝒚𝒛 = 𝟎
𝜸𝒙𝒚 = 𝟏𝟎 + 𝟒𝒙𝒚 𝒙𝟐 + 𝒚𝟐 + 𝟐 , 𝜸𝒛𝒙 = 𝟎

Determine whether the above strain field is possible. If it is

possible, determine the displacement components in terms of 𝒙
and 𝒚, assuming that 𝒖 = 𝒗 = 𝟎 and 𝜸𝒙𝒚 = 𝟎 at the origin.

1 3 1 5
𝑢 = 5𝑥 + 𝑥 + 𝑥𝑦 + 𝑥 + 𝑥𝑦 4 + 𝑎𝑦
2
3 5
𝑣
2 3 4
1 5
= 6𝑦 + 3𝑥 𝑦 + 𝑦 + 𝑥 𝑦 + 𝑦 − 𝑎𝑥
5
Example 3.6
The following state of strain exists at a point 𝑷
𝟏 𝟎 𝟎
𝜺𝒊𝒋 =𝒑 𝟎 𝟎 −𝟒
𝟎 −𝟒 𝟑
Determine the principal strains and the directions of the
principal strains if 𝒑 = 𝟏𝟎−𝟒 .

𝜀1 = −2.7720𝑝 𝜀2 = 𝑝 𝜀3 = 5.7720𝑝

𝜼1 = 0.8219𝒋 + 0.5696𝒌

𝜼𝟐 = 𝒊

𝜼𝟑 = 0.8219𝒋 − 0.5696𝒌