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Two important observations concerning the above tension test are the following:
(1) after the onset of plastic deformation, the material will be seen to undergo
negligible volume change, that is, it is incompressible.
(2) the force-displacement curve is more or less the same regardless of the rate at
which the specimen is stretched (at least at moderate temperatures).
Cartesian tensor
In geometry and linear algebra, a Cartesian tensor uses an orthonormal
basis to represent a tensor in a Euclidean space in the form of components.
Converting a tensor's components from one such basis to another is done
through an orthogonal transformation.
The most familiar coordinate systems are the two-dimensional and
three-dimensional Cartesian coordinate systems. Cartesian tensors may
be used with any Euclidean space, or more technically, any finite-dimensional
vector space over the field of real numbers that has an inner product.
The Compatibility Relations
Differentiating the first of 1.2.5 twice with respect to y , the second twice with respect to x and the third once each with respect to x and y yields
This compatibility condition is an equation which must be satisfied by the strains at all material particles.
Physical Meaning of the Compatibility Condition
When all material particles in a component deform, translate and rotate, they need to meet up again very much like the pieces of a jigsaw puzzle
must fit together.
This is the average of the three principal stresses. For example, if s1 = s2 = s3 = p where p is the pressure, then sh = p. The remaining stain energy
in the state of stress is determined by the octahedral shear stress and is given by
We expect yielding when the octahedral shear stress is equal to or exceeds a stress criterion value for failure for a given material, which is the
octahedral stress criterion h0 t :
Principal stresses and directions
The normal and shear traction components σnn and σnt will vary according to the orientation of the cutting-plane. It is reasonable to
assume that among these planes, there is one on which the shear tractions vanish, i.e., σnt = 0. This plane is called the principal plane,
and its orientation is called the principal orientation�→�. The normal component of the traction σnn acting on the principle plane
has the magnitude λ and it is named the principal stress.
The traction acting on the principal plane can be expressed by a simple vector argument and by using Eq.
Torsion – Non-Circular Cross-Sections
Torsional stress is much more difficult to calculate when the cross-section is not circular. Below I show how to calculate the torsional
stress and angle of twist for an equilateral triangle, rectangle, square, and ellipse. However, there can be many more cases where you
will have to derive these equations on your own.
Generalized Hook’s Law
The generalized Hooke’s Law also reveals that strain can exist without stress. For example, if the member is experiencing a load in
the y-direction (which in turn causes a stress in the y-direction), the Hooke’s Law shows that strain in the x-direction does not equal
to zero. This is because as material is being pulled outward by the y-plane, the material in the x-plane moves inward to fill in the
space once occupied, just like an elastic band becomes thinner as you try to pull it apart. In this situation, the x-plane does not have
any external force acting on them but they experience a change in length. Therefore, it is valid to say that strain exist without stress in
the x-plane.