National University of Sciences and Technology

College of E&ME
Take Home Quiz
Dept of Mechanical Engineering
Max Marks: 20
No. of Pages: 1

Subj: Continuum Mechanics

Instr: Imran Akhtar, PhD

This quiz is due before the final exam. It would carry the weightage of 3 quizzes. It should
be an individual effort with no group work allowed.
The deformation of a body is given by
u1 = 3X12 + X2
u2 = 2X22 + X3
u3 = 4X32 + X1
1. Find the principal strains at the material point (1,1,1) in the reference configuration.
2. Find the axis of the maximum strain through the material point (1,1,1) in the reference configuration.
3. Find the direction cosines of the line into which this axis is deformed.