APL 701 Continuum Mechanics

Department of Applied Mechanics

Indian Institute of Technology Delhi

Arjun Sharma

Problem Set 3
Due Date: August 21, 2019
The problems given below are from the textbook chapter 6

(1) (10 points) A body undergoes the homogeneous transformation

√
√ 3 2
x1 = 2X1 + X2
4
√
3 2
x2 = −X1 + X2 + X3
4 √4
3 2
x3 = X1 − X2 + X3
4 4

Find: (a) the direction after the deformation of a line element with direction ratios 1 : 1 : 1 in the reference
configuration; (b) the stretch of this line element.

(2) (10 points) Prove that in the homogeneous deformation, xi = ci +Aij Xj , particles which after the deformation
lie on the surface of a sphere of radius b originally lay on the surface of an ellipsoid. Prove that this ellipsoid
is a sphere of radius a if a2 Aij Aik = b2 δjk .

(3) (5 points) The velocity at a point x in space in a body of fluid in steady flow is given by

a2 (x21 − x22 ) a2 x1 x2
v=U e1 + 2U e2 + V b
e3
(x21 + x22 )2 (x21 + x22 )2
b b

where U, V are constants. Find the components of the velocity gradient, strain rate and rotation rate tensors.