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Theory of Elastic Failure

This document discusses different theories for determining failure in materials under complex stresses. It states that materials fail under simple tension or compression when stresses reach the elastic limit. For complex stresses, failure is determined practically or theoretically. Several common theories are described that relate the three principal stresses of a complex stress system to the elastic limits of simple stresses, including maximum principal stress theory, maximum principal strain theory, maximum shear stress theory, maximum strain energy theory, and maximum shear strain energy theory. The document concludes by mentioning design conditions for different failure theories.

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Theory of Elastic Failure

This document discusses different theories for determining failure in materials under complex stresses. It states that materials fail under simple tension or compression when stresses reach the elastic limit. For complex stresses, failure is determined practically or theoretically. Several common theories are described that relate the three principal stresses of a complex stress system to the elastic limits of simple stresses, including maximum principal stress theory, maximum principal strain theory, maximum shear stress theory, maximum strain energy theory, and maximum shear strain energy theory. The document concludes by mentioning design conditions for different failure theories.

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 In case of material subjected to simple state of stress (tension

or compression), failure occurs when the stress in the material


reaches the elastic limit stress.
 In case of material subjected to complex stresses, the stage of
failure is determined either to practically or theoretically.
 Non-applicability of any one theory to all states of stresses
and to all materials has resulted in propagation of different
theories relating the complex stresses to elastic limit in simple
tension or compression.
 Since the complex stress system can be simplified into three
principal stresses, the problem reduced to linking the three
principal stresses to the stresses at elastic limit in case of
simple stresses.
• The common most theories are

1. Maximum principal stress theory

2. Maximum Principal strain theory

3. Maximum shear stress theory

4. Maximum strain energy theory

5. Maximum shear strain energy theory


1. Maximum Principal stress theory
or
Maximum normal stress theory
Maximum principal strain theory
Maximum shear stress theory
4. Maximum strain energy theory
5. Maximum shear strain energy theory
or
Distortion energy theory
Design conditions for various failure theory
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