WHAT IS STRAIN?

STRAIN IS RATION OF THE CHANGE IN LENGTH IN A

PARTICULAR DIRECTION AND THE ORIGINAL
LENGTH IN THE SAME DIRECTION BEFORE CHANGE.

MATHEMATICALLY: = L/L
UNIT: m/m or inch/inch (Basically it is unitless
parameter)
TYPES OF STRAINS
 STRESS AND STRAIN RELATIONSHIPS
IN THIS COARSE OUR CONCERN IS LIMITED TO 1-D
AND 2-D STRAIN. 1-D STRAINS ARE COMPUTED BY
FORUMLATIONS WHILE 2-D WILL BE DISCUSSED
LATER IN TOPIC OF MOHRS CIRCLE IN SAME COARSE.
FOR 1-D STRESS STRAIN ANSLYSIS :
=Ex
Where : is strain
E is modulus of elasticity of the material
is stress developed in material
we know : =P/A and =L/L

also : = E

substituting values of stresses and strain in

above equation we get:
P/A = E L/L

Or L = PL/(AE)
 FOR SOLVING STRESS AND STRAIN PROBLEMS WE
MAY COME UP TO A POINT WHERE UNKNOWN
VARIABLES SUCH AS STRESSES AND STRAINS IN
STRUCTURAL MEMBERS MAY EXCEED THE NUMBER
OF EQUATIONS TO SOLVE THE SYSTEM HENCE
THERE WE WILL NEED MORE EQUATIONS TO SOLVE
THE SYSTEM TO DETERMINE UNKNOWNS . HENCE
SUCH EQUATIONS ARE CALLED COMPATIBILITY
EQUATIONS, AND ARE ESTABLISHED BASED ON THE
CONDITIONS GIVEN CONSIDERING BOUNDARY
CONDITIONS OR SLOPE CONDITIONS ETC
( DISCUSSED IN NEXT VIDEOS THAT HOW TO MAKE
THOSE EQUATIONS INCLUDING EXAMPLES) .