Engineering Design & Analysis 3

Yield Criteria
Tutorial Q1 – Solution

In a stressed material, two planes at right angles are subject to tensile stresses of 60 MN/m 2 and 20
MN/m2 respectively.

(a) Given that the maximum principal stress has not to exceed 100 MN/m2 determine the
maximum allowable value of shear stress on these two planes. (56.57MN/m2)

(b) Taking the yield stress = 250 MN/m2 = yt and yc = 1.5 yt, determine the factor of
safety based on

i) the maximum shear stress criterion; (2.08)

ii) the maximum shear strain energy criterion; (2.24)
iii) the Coulomb-Mohr modified shear stress criterion. (2.21)

Solution
Data:
σ1 = 100 MN/m2
σx = 60 MN/m2
σy = 20 MN/m2

(a) 2D Complex Stress System for the material:

σy = 20 MN/m2

τxy = ?
A B

Element of σx = 60 MN/m2
Material

D C

Major principal stress:

i.e. τxy = 56.57 MN/m2

[Note: the minor principal stress is given by:

= -20 MN/m2(comp)]

(b)i) ‘n’ based on Tresca:

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Data:
σyt = 250 MN/m2

or or (where σ3 = 0)

 or or

 or or  i.e. n = 2.083

ii) ‘n’ based on Von Mises:

 = 12400 i.e. n = 2.245

iii) ‘n’ based on Coulomb-Mohr:

Data:
σyt = 250 MN/m2
σyc = 1.5σyt = 1.5 x 250 = -375 MN/m2 (comp)

 i.e. n = 2.206

Note that the Coulomb-Mohr criteria is applied to brittle materials only.

Failure envelopes:
σ2
σYt
Tresca Failure
Envelope ‘Stress state’

σ1 σ1
σYc -σYt σYt
σ2
‘Load line’
Coulomb-Mohr
Failure Envelope Von-Mises Failure Envelope (Ellipse)
-σYt

σYc

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