Exercise.

Strain-Displacement relations

1. Determine whether the following strain fields are possible in a continuous

material:


c x 2  y 2 ) cxy   
cz x 2  y 2 ) 
cxyz 
a)  
y2 
b)  
y2z 

cxy  
cxyz 

2. A rectangle ABCD is scribed on a surface of a member prior to loading.

Following the application of the load, the displacement field is expressed by

u = c (2x + y2), v = c (x2  3y2)

where c = 10-4. Subsequent to loading, determine (a) the length of the sides AB
and AD; (b) the change in the angle between sides AB and AD, and (c) the
coordinates of the point A.

y
1m 2m

D C

1.5
m
A B 0.5
m x

3. A displacement field in a body is given by

u= c(x2 + 10), v = 2 cyz, w = c (xy +z2)

where c = 10-4. Determine the state of strain on the element positioned at (0,2,1).

4. The displacement field and strain distribution in a member have the form:

u = aox2y2 +a1xy2 + a2x2y

v = b0x2y + b1xy
xy = c0x2y + c1xy + c2x2 + c3y2

What relationships connecting the constants (a’s, b’s and c’s) make the foregoing
expressions possible?
5. A 100- by 150- mm rectangular plate QABC is deformed into the shape
shown by the dashed lines in Fig Q5. All dimensions in mm. Determine at
point Q: (a) the strain components, x, y xy, and (b) the principal strains and
the direction of the principal axes.

6. As result of loading, the rectangular shown in Fig Q6 deforms into a

parallelogram in which sides QA and BC shorten 0.003 mm and rotate 500
radian counterclockwise while sides AB and QC elongate 0.004 mm and
rotate 1000 radian clockwise. Determine the principal strains and the
direction of the principal axes at point Q. Take a = 20 mm and b = 12 mm

7. The principal strains at a point are 1 = 400 and 2 = 200. Determine (a) the
maximum shear strain and the direction along which it occurs, and (b) the
strains in the direction at  = 30o from the principal axes. Solve using Mohr’s
strain circle.

8. At a point in a stressed body the strains, related to the coordinate set xyz, are
given by
 200 300 200
300


 100 500 

 400 

 200 500 

Determine (a) the strain invariants; (b) the normal strain in the x’ direction, which
is directed at an angle  = 30o from the x-axis; (c) the principal strains and (d) the
maximum shear strain.

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y

Fig Q6
Fig Q5