Due date: 28/02/2024, 11.
00 am Total Marks: 90
Maulana Azad National Institute of Technology Bhopal
Department of Mechanical Engineering
Mechanical Behaviour of Materials (ME 369)
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Assignment 2
1. Determine the displacement gradient, strain and rotation tensors eij and ωij for the
following displacement fields (10)
(a) u =Ax2, v = Bxy, w = Cxyz
(b) u = Ayz3, v = Bxy2, w = C (x2 + z2)
2. The displacement field in microunits for a body is given by (10)
u = (x2+y) i + (3 + z)j + (x2 + 2y)k
Determine the principal strain at (3, 1, -2) and the direction of minimum principal strain.
3. A two dimensional square body initially 1.00 cm by 1.00 cm was deformed into a rectangle
0.95 cm by1.1 cm as shown in the figure below: (5)
(a) calculate the strain εx’ along the diagonal from its initial and final dimensions. Then
calculate the strains εx and εy, along the edges and use the strain transformation
equations to find the strain along the diagonal and compare the two values of εx’.
(b) Repeat (a) for a 1.00 cm by 1.00 cm square deformed in to a 0.5 cm by 2.0 cm
Rectangle and compare the results
4. In a nylon part (Young’s Modulus = 2GPa and Poisson’s ratio = 0.35) the normal strains at
a free surface are measured along the three directions shown in the figure below, where α = β
= 45°. If εa = 0.1 X 10-3, εb = -0.2 X 10-3, εc = 0.4 X 10-3,
Determine the following:
(a) The three principal strains and their directions; (6)
(b) The magnitude of greatest shear strain; (2)
(c) The three principal stresses and their directions; (9)
(d) The magnitude of the greatest shear stress; (3)
5. A rectangular type strain gage rosette is employed to measure strains on the free surface
of an aluminium alloy part, with the result being 𝜀0° = -1550 x 10-6, 𝜀90° = 720 x 10-6 and
𝜀45° = 3800 x 10-6. Estimate the stresses σx, σy, τxy at this point and also determine the
maximum normal stress and the maximum shear stress. (10)
6. (i) What is the importance of octahedral stresses and octahedral planes? (2)
(ii) The state of stress at two points A and B in a body is found to be
𝟓𝟎 𝟔𝟎 𝟎 𝟐𝟎𝟎 𝟏𝟎𝟎 𝟎
σA = 𝟔𝟎 𝟏𝟎𝟎 𝟎 MPa σB = 𝟏𝟎𝟎 𝟎 𝟎 MPa
𝟎 𝟎 𝟐𝟎𝟎 𝟎 𝟎 𝟐𝟓𝟎
Determine (a) octahedral normal and (b) octahedral shear stresses for both the state of
stress. (8)
7. (a) Determine the magnitude of maximum shear stresses and direction cosines of the
planes of maximum shear stress in terms of principal stresses computed for any
arbitrary stress state. (10)
(b) Show that the planes of maximum shear stresses are perpendicular to each other. (4)
(c) Draw the planes of maximum shear stress in a cube with coordinate axis as the
directions normal to principal planes. (3)
(d) What is the role of maximum shear stresses during deformation of materials? Why we
are interested in knowing their magnitudes and planes of their action? (3)
8. The measured strains for a rectangular rosette, attached to a stresses steel member are
𝜀0° = -220 μm/m, and 𝜀45° = +120 μm/m, 𝜀90° = +220 μm/m. What are the principal stresses
and in which directions do they act? E = 30 GPa and ν = 0.3. (5)
