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The document discusses strain tensors and components for various displacement fields and deformed geometries. It includes determining displacements, strain components, principal strains and directions for different examples involving plane strain, parallelepipeds, and general strain fields.

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Assignment 03

The document discusses strain tensors and components for various displacement fields and deformed geometries. It includes determining displacements, strain components, principal strains and directions for different examples involving plane strain, parallelepipeds, and general strain fields.

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AS CONTINUUM MECHANICS
ASSIGNMENT NO 3
STRAIN TENSOR
1. The displacement field for a body is given by
𝑢 = [(𝑥2 + 𝑦2 + 2)𝒊 + (3𝑥 + 4𝑦2)𝒋 + (2𝑥3 + 4𝑧)𝒌]10−4
What is the deformed position of a point originally at (1, 2,3)?
2. Consider the displacement field
𝑢 = [𝑦2𝒊 + 3𝑦𝑧𝒋 + (4 + 6𝑥2)𝒌]10−2
What are the rectangular strain components at the point 𝑃(1, 0,2)? Use only linear terms.
3. A rectangular airplane wing spar (Figure P3.3) is loaded so that a state of plane strain (𝜀𝑧 = 𝜀𝑧𝑥 = 𝜀𝑧𝑦 =
0) exists.
(a) Determine the displacements for the spar for the deformations shown and the strain components at
point B.
(b) Let the 𝑋 axis extend from point 0 through point 𝐵. Determine 𝜀𝑋 at point 𝐵.
4. A machine part in the form of a parallelepiped (Figure P3.4) is deformed into the shape indicated by the
added straight lines. The displacements are given by the following relations: 𝑢 = 𝐶1𝑥𝑦𝑧, 𝑣 = 𝐶2𝑥𝑦𝑧 and
𝑤 = 𝐶3𝑥𝑦𝑧.
(a) Determine the state of strain at point 𝐸 when the coordinates of point 𝐸∗ for the deformed body are
(1.504, 1.002, 1.996).
(b) Determine the normal strain at 𝐸 in the direction of line 𝐸𝐴.
(c) Determine the shear strain at 𝐸 for the undeformed orthogonal lines 𝐸𝐴 and 𝐸𝐹.

Figure P3.3 Figure P3.4


5. Determine whether the following strain fields are possible in a continuous material:

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𝑐(𝑥 2 + 𝑦2) 𝑐𝑥𝑦 𝑐𝑧(𝑥2 + 𝑦2) 𝑐𝑥𝑦𝑧


(a) [ ] (b) [ ]
𝑐𝑥𝑦 𝑦2 𝑐𝑥𝑦𝑧 𝑦2𝑧
where 𝑐 is a small constant.
6. The strain distribution in a member have the form
𝜀𝑥 = 𝑎0 + 𝑎1𝑦2 + 𝑦4
𝜀𝑦 = 𝑏0 + 𝑏1𝑥2 + 𝑥4
𝛾𝑥𝑦 = 𝑐0 + 𝑐1𝑥𝑦(𝑥2 + 𝑦2 + 𝑐2)
What relationships connecting the constants (𝑎′s, 𝑏′s, and 𝑐′s) make the foregoing expressions possible?
7. State the conditions under which the following is a possible system of strains:
𝜀𝑥 = 𝑎 + 𝑏(𝑥2 + 𝑦2)𝑥4 + 𝑦4 𝜀𝑧 = 0
𝜀𝑦 = 𝛼 + 𝛽(𝑥2 + 𝑦2)𝑥4 + 𝑦4 𝛾𝑦𝑧 = 0
𝛾𝑥𝑦 = 𝐴 + 𝐵𝑥𝑦(𝑥2 + 𝑦2 − 𝐶2) 𝛾𝑧𝑥 = 0

8. The following state of strain exists at a point 𝑃


0.02 −0.04 0
[𝜀𝑖𝑗] = [−0.04 0.06 −0.02]
0 −0.02 0
In the direction 𝑃𝑄 having direction cosines 𝑙 = 0.6, 𝑚 = 0 and 𝑛 = 0.8, determine 𝜀𝑃𝑄. What is the
cubical dilatation at point 𝑃?
9. The displacement field in micro units for a body is given by
𝑢 = (𝑥2 + 𝑦)𝒊 + (3 + 𝑧)𝒋 + (𝑥2 + 2𝑦)𝒌
Determine the principal strains at (3, 1, −2) and the direction of the minimum principal strain.
10. The following state of strain exists at a point 𝑃
0.02 −0.04 0
[𝜀𝑖𝑗] = [−0.04 0.06 −0.02]
0 −0.02 0
Determine the principal strains and the directions of the maximum and minimum principal strains.

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