DEPARTMENT OF MECHANICAL ENGINEERING

College of Engineering Thalassery

MET201 Mechanics of Solids

Tutorial-1: Analysis of Stress and strain

1. The state of stress at a point is characterised by the matrix shown. Determine T11 such that there is at
least one plane passing through the point in such a way that the resultant stress on that plane is zero.
Determine the direction cosines of the normal to that plane.
 
T11 2 1
τij =  2 0 2
1 2 0

2. Determine the principal stresses, their axes, principal shears and the associated normal stresses for the
states of stress characterised by the following stress matrices (units are 1000 kPa).
(a)  
18 0 24
τij =  0 −50 0
24 0 32

(b)  
3 −10 0
τij = −10 0 30 
0 30 −27

(c)  
12.31 4.20 0
τij =  4.20 8.96 5.27
0 5.27 4.34
3. At a point P, the rectangular stress components are, σx = 1, σy = −2, σz = 4, τxy = 2, τyz = −3 and
τzx = 1 all in units of KPa. Find the principal stresses and directions.
4. Find the principal stresses and check for invariance in the following case.
 
1 2 1
τij = 2 −2 −3
1 −3 4

5. The stress at a point is given by the three principal stresses 100, 120 and 200N/mm2 . Determine the
shear and normal stresses on a plane which has normal with direction cosines as √12 , √12 and 0.

6. The general displacement eld in a body, in Cartesian co-ordinates, is given by u = 0.015x2 y + 0.03, v =
0.005y 2 + 0.03xz, w = 0.003z 2 + 0.001yz + 0.005. Find the strain tensor, ij for point (1,0,2)
7. The displacement eld in a body is given by [(x2 + y 2 + 2)i + (3x + 4y 2 )j + (2x3 + 4z)k] × 10−4 . Obtain
the magnitude of principal strains at location (1,2,3).
8. If the displacement eld is given by ux = Kxy + y, uy = Kxy, uz = 2K(x + y), where K is a constant.
(a) Write down the strain matrix.
√
(b) What is the strain in direction nx = ny = nz = 1/ 3
 9. The displacement eld for a body is given by u = [(x2 + y 2 + 2)i + (3x + 4y 2 )j + (2x3 + 4z)k]What is
the displaced position of a point originally at (1, 2, 3)? question The rectangular components of a small
strain at a point is given by the following matrix. Determine the principal strains and the direction of
the maximum linear strain  
1 0 0
[ij ] = 0 0 −ρ/5
0 −ρ/5 3
Where ρ is your roll number.
10. The tensorial strain at the origin is given by
 
1 1 1
[ij ] = 1 0 3 × 10−2
1 3 1

Determine normal strain along the direction from (0,0,0) to (3,4,12)

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