Mohr’s Circle

Methods for the Stresses on an Oblique

Section of a Body
• Two methods are used to find Stresses on an Oblique Section of a
Body
• Analytical Method
• Graphical Method
 Stresses on an Oblique Section of a Body subjected to a direct
stress in two mutually perpendicular Directions Accompanied by a
Simple Shear Stress
• a useful graphical technique for finding principal stresses and strains
in materials. Mohr’s circle also tells you the principal angles
(orientations) of the principal stresses 
• In this representation normal stresses are plotted along the horizontal
axis and shearing stresses along the vertical axis.
• The transformation equations for plane stress can be represented in
graphical form by a plot known as Mohr’s Circle.
• This graphical representation is extremely useful because it enables
you to visualize the relationships between the normal and shear
stresses acting on various inclined planes at a point in a stressed body.
• Using Mohr’s Circle you can also calculate principal stresses,
maximum shear stresses and stresses on inclined planes.
Stress Transformation Equations