Problem Set 6

ME 444: Continuum Mechanics

D. H. Kelley
Due 29 October 2013.
1. Consider the following stress distribution:

x2
T =
0

0
0

0
0 ,
0

where and are constants.

(a) Determine and sketch the distribution of the stress vector acting on the square in the x1 = 0
plane with vertices located at (0, 1, 1), (0, 1, 1), (0, 1, 1), and (0, 1, 1).
(b) Find the total resultant force of the stress vectors acting on the square.
(c) Find the total resultant moment about the origin of the stress vectors acting on the square.
2. For any stress state T we define the deviatoric stress S to be S = T
first invariant of the stress tensor T .
(a) Show that the first invariant of the deviatoric stress
(b) Evaluate S for the stress tensor

6 5
T = 100 5 3
2 4

1
3

(tr T ) 1, where tr T is the

vanishes.

2
4 kPa.
9

(c) Show that the principal directions of the stress tensor coincide with those of the deviatoric stress
tensor.
3. Consider the stress tensor

x2
T = x3
0

x3
0
x2

0
x2 .
T33

Find an expression for T33 such that the stress tensor satisfies the equations of equilibrium in the
presence of the body force b = g e3 , where g is a constant. (That is, find the equilibrium stress in
the presence of gravity.)
4. In the absence of body forces, the equilibrium stress distribution for a certain body is
T11
T12 = T21

= Ax2 ,
= x1 ,

T22

= Bx1 + Cx2 ,
1
T33 =
(T11 + T22 ) ,
2
and all other Tij = 0. Also, the boundary plane x1 x2 = 0 for the body is free of stress. Find A, B,
and C.
5. (a) Determine the form of the energy equation if the stress tensor at a point is

. Here
Tij = (p + Dkk ) ij + 2Dij and the heat conduction obeys the Fourier law qi = k x
i
p, , and , and k are constants, Dij is the strain rate tensor, and is the temperature.
(b) Determine the stress power Tij Dij if

1 6 4
D = 6 3 2 s1 .
4 2 5