ELASTICITY

Midterm

1) In order to determine the state of stress in a thin parellogram disk as shown

in the Figure, a transformation in an oblique coordinate system  i (i  1, 2) is
adventageously carried out for establishing the required equations.

x1   1   2 cos 

x 2   2 sin 

a) Determine the base vectors

b) The covariant and contravariant metric tensor
c) The Christoffel symbols

2) Start with the equation of motion in terms of Cauchy’s stress tensor

p/klk   f l   al
Derive the corresponding equations in terms of physical components of

p( kl ) , f ( l ) and a( l )
a) in cylindrical coordinates
b) in spherical coordinates

3) Consider the following equations (mapping)

z1  3t 2 x1  t 3 x2  5
z2  3tx2  2t 2 z2,x2
Both coordinates are
z3  x3
cartesian. Undeformed
ABCD is shown in Figure.

C(-1,1) D(1,1)
z1,x1

A(-1,-1) B(1,-1)
 ELASTICITY
Midterm

At time t=1s (plot the deformed shape),and detemine, in Lagrangian description

a) Displacement, velocity and acceleration fields

b) Strain tensor, (eab=?)
c) Principal strains and their directions(axes)
d) Strain rate tensor

4) The stress components of a three dimensional state of stress in cartesian

coordinates are given as

 xx  100 MPa,  yy  60 MPa,  zz  10 MPa,  xy  20 3 MPa, yz  0, zx  0

Find: a) Principal Stresses b) Principal Axes c) Stress Devaitoric