MEC201 Solid Mechanics

UNIT 2

Dr. Manpreet Singh

Professor/Head CAD/CAM Mechatronics
School of Mechanical Engineering, LPU, Phagwara
What is the significance of principal stresses
A. Generally major principal stress is used for the design calculations
B. Minor principal stress is the minimum stress possible
C. There is no shear stress on the planes of principal stresses
D. All of above
How to draw Mohr’s circle
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O1aSA-SWR94
• https://youtu.be/VwB_zIeh9Rg
Sign conventions.

a) Shear Plotted b) Shear Plotted

Down UP
Clockwise (-ve) Anticlockwise (+ve)
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Find out Major and minor principal stresses and
maximum shear stress along with its locations
A body is subjected to a pure tensile stress of 200 units. What is
the maximum shear produced in the body at some oblique plane
due to the above?

A. 100 units
B. 75 units
C. 50 units
D. 0 units
In a strained material one of the principal stresses is four times
that of other. The maximum shear stress in the same case is τ max.
Then, what is the value of the maximum principle stress?

A. τmax
B. 2 τmax
C. 4 τmax
D. 8/3 τmax
In a bi-axial stress problem, the stresses in x and y directions are σ x=
400 MPa and σy=100 MPa. The maximum principal stress in MPa, is:

A. 50
B. 100
C. 150
D. 400
Different states
A metal pipe of 1m diameter contains a fluid having a pressure of 10
kgf/cm2. lf the permissible stress in the metal is 250 kgf/cm 2, then
the thickness of the metal required for making the pipe would be:

A. 5mm
B. 10mm
C. 20 mm
D. 25 mm
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