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Figure (a) ?
Figure (b) ?
Equilibrium conditions ?
Why?
Transformation of Plane Stress
What does
it show ?
Transformation of Plane Stress
What does
it show ?
What does
it show ?
What does
it show ?
Transformation of Plane Stress
Principal Stresses and Principal Angles
Principal Stresses and Principal Angles
The previous equations 7.5 and 7.6 are the parametric equations of a circle.
The equations 7.5 and 7.6 are combined to yield the following parametric
equation for a circle.
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Principal Stresses Principal Angles
Which is the equation of a circle of radius R centered at the point C of
abscissa and ordinate 0 (Fig. 7.7).
It can be observed that, due to the symmetry of the circle about the horizontal
axis, the same result would have been obtained if, instead of plotting M, we
had plotted a point N of abscissa and ordinate (Fig. 7.8).
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Principal Stresses and Principal Angles
The two points A and B where the circle of Fig. 7.7 intersects the
horizontal axis are of special interest: Point A corresponds to the
maximum value of the normal stress , while point B corresponds to its
minimum value.
Besides, both points correspond to a zero value of the shearing stress
Thus, the values of the parameter which correspond to points A and B
can be obtained by setting in Eq. (7.6). We write
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Principal Stresses and Principal Angles
This equation defines two values that are 180 degrees apart, and thus
two values that are 90 degrees apart.
Either of these values can be used to determine the orientation of the
corresponding element (Fig. 7.9)
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Principal Stresses and Principal Angles
Principal planes: these are the planes having only the values of normal
stresses and zero shearing stresses as shown by points A and B in Fig. 7.7.
Principal stresses: these are the normal stresses occurring on the
principal planes.
Principal angles: these are the angles showing the orientation of principal
stresses.
From Fig. 7.7, we observe that
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Principal Stresses and Principal Angles
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Maximum Shearing Stresses
Referring again to the circle of Fig. 7.7, we note that the points D and E
located on the vertical diameter of the circle correspond to the largest
numerical value of the shearing stress
Since, the abscissa of points D and E is the values of
the parameter corresponding to these points are obtained by setting
in Eq. (7.5). It follows that the sum of the last two terms
in that equation must be zero. Thus, for we write
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Maximum Shearing Stresses
Or
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Application of the Transformation Eqs.
These equations are usually called the transformation equations for
plane stress because they transform the stress components from one set
of axes to another.
The explanation lies in the fact that the stress does not enter the
equations of equilibrium used in deriving the Equations.