Homework 3
Homework 3
2. A tensile load of 2*103 N is applied to a steel bar of cross-sectional area 600 mm2. If the
load were applied to an aluminum bar to achieve the same strain with the former, what
would be its cross-sectional area? (𝐸st= 2.1 *105 MPa, 𝐸al= 0.703 *105 MPa)
3. When iron is compressed hydrostatically with 2*102 N/mm2, the volume is changed by
0.1 %. Determine the volume change:
a) If it is subjected to an axial compressive stress of 6*102 N/mm2?
b) When it is confined under a biaxial compressive stress of 3*102 N/mm2?
4. A cubic specimen of 50 mm side is sheared with a force of 600 kN. The shear strain
measured is 6*10−3. If the Poisson’s ratio 𝜐 is 0.25, calculate the change in length of the
same cubic material when it is subjected to a uniaxial tensile force of 1000 kN.
6. When a cubic material of 120 mm side is loaded uniaxially with a compressive load of
6*104 N, its volume changes by 0.1%. How much will the volume change be if the same
amount of load is applied biaxially and triaxially?
7. A tensile load of 142 kN is applied to a cylindrical specimen of a steel alloy (displaying
the stress-strain behavior shown in the figure below) that has a cross-sectional diameter
of 10 mm.
a) Will the specimen experience elastic and/or plastic deformation? Why?
b) If the original specimen length is 500 mm, how much will it elongate when the given
load is applied?
c) Determine the permanent deformation in the specimen when it is fully unloaded from
the given loading state.
8. Determine the modulus of elasticity 𝐸 and the Poisson’s ratio 𝜐 of the Hookean solid
whose circular cross sectional area is 1∙104 mm2 and length is 100 mm by using data in
the following table.
9. A test bar with a diameter of 128 mm and a gage length of 500 mm is loaded elastically
with tensile load 16*104 N and is elongated 3.6 mm. Its diameter is 127.8 mm under
load.
a) What is the bulk modulus of the bar?
b) What is the shear modulus of the bar?
10. Show the “hysteresis loop” in a stress-strain curve during loading and unloading and
explain why this phenomenon occurs.
12. A single crystal of zinc is oriented for a tension test such that its slip plane normal
makes an angle of 60° with the tensile loading axis. Three possible slip directions make
angles of 30°, 45°, and 60° with the same tensile loading axis.
a) For which of these three slip directions, the plastic flow starts at the lowest normal
stress?
b) If plastic deformation begins at a tensile stress of 2.5 MPa, determine the critical
resolved shear stress for zinc.