Department of Mechanical Engineering

Middle East Technical University

ME543

ME 543 Theory of Elasticity, Homework 1
Due: October 20, 2011


Pr. 1) For the given second- and first-order tensors

,
3 2 3
2 0 2
3 1 1
(
(

=
ij
a ,
5 1 0
1 0 1
2 0 2
(
(

=
ij
b ,
1
5
10
(
(

=
i
c ,
1
0
0
(
(

=
i
d

compute the following quantities: ,
jk ij
b a ,
ji ij
b a ,
ik j ij
c a .
k j mjk
d c For each case, point out
whether the given quantity is a scalar, vector, or a higher-order tensor.


Pr. 2) The strain energy density function is defined as follows:

,
2
1
ij ij
W = , 3 , 2 , 1 , = j i

where
ij
is the stress tensor, and
ij
is the strain tensor. The relationship between
ij
and
ij

is expressed as

, 2
kk ij ij ij
+ = . 3 , 2 , 1 , , = k j i

In this equation, and material constants.
(a) Show that ( )
2
2
kk ij ij
W

+ =
(b) Calculate , W if ( ) Pa, 10 115
6
= ( ) GPa, 10 77
6
= and

. 10
1 2 1
2 2 0
1 0 1
4

(
(

=
ij


Pr. 3) The components of a second- and a first-order tensor in a particular coordinate frame are
given by


(
(

=
0 2 7
2 2 0
4 1 2
ij
C ,
(
(

=
6
4
1
i
b .


Determine the components of each tensor in a new coordinate system found through a rotation
of

30 about the
2
x - axis. Choose a CW rotation when viewing down the negative
2
x - axis.