Question

What is the force per unit area at this point acting normal to the surface with unit nor- Side View √√ mal vector n = (1/ 2)ex + (1/ 2)ez ? Are there any shear stresses acting on this surface?

Answer 1

Complete Question:

Given $\sigma = \left[\begin{array}{ccc}10&12&13\\12&11&15\\13&15&20\end{array}\right]$ at a point. What is the force per unit area at this point acting normal to the surface with$\b n = (1/ \sqrt{2} ) \b e_x + (1/ \sqrt{2}) \b e_z$   ? Are there any shear stresses acting on this surface?

Answer:

Force per unit area, $\sigma_n = 28 MPa$

There are shear stresses acting on the surface since $\tau \neq 0$

Explanation:

$\sigma = \left[\begin{array}{ccc}10&12&13\\12&11&15\\13&15&20\end{array}\right]$

equation of the normal, $\b n = (1/ \sqrt{2} ) \b e_x + (1/ \sqrt{2}) \b e_z$

$\b n = \left[\begin{array}{ccc}\frac{1}{\sqrt{2} }\\0\\\frac{1}{\sqrt{2} }\end{array}\right]$

Traction vector on n, $T_n = \sigma \b n$

$T_n = \left[\begin{array}{ccc}10&12&13\\12&11&15\\13&15&20\end{array}\right] \left[\begin{array}{ccc}\frac{1}{\sqrt{2} }\\0\\\frac{1}{\sqrt{2} }\end{array}\right]$

$T_n = \left[\begin{array}{ccc}\frac{23}{\sqrt{2} }\\0\\\frac{27}{\sqrt{33} }\end{array}\right]$

$T_n = \frac{23}{\sqrt{2} } \b e_x + \frac{27}{\sqrt{2} } \b e_y + \frac{33}{\sqrt{2} } \b e_z$

To get the Force per unit area acting normal to the surface, find the dot product of the traction vector and the normal.

$\sigma_n = T_n . \b n$

$\sigma \b n = (\frac{23}{\sqrt{2} } \b e_x + \frac{27}{\sqrt{2} } \b e_y + \frac{33}{\sqrt{2} } \b e_z) . ((1/ \sqrt{2} ) \b e_x + 0 \b e_y +(1/ \sqrt{2}) \b e_z)\\\\\sigma \b n = 28 MPa$

If the shear stress, $\tau$, is calculated and it is not equal to zero, this means there are shear stresses.

$\tau = T_n - \sigma_n \b n$

$\tau = [\frac{23}{\sqrt{2} } \b e_x + \frac{27}{\sqrt{2} } \b e_y + \frac{33}{\sqrt{2} } \b e_z] - 28( (1/ \sqrt{2} ) \b e_x + (1/ \sqrt{2}) \b e_z)\\\\\tau = [\frac{23}{\sqrt{2} } \b e_x + \frac{27}{\sqrt{2} } \b e_y + \frac{33}{\sqrt{2} } \b e_z] - [ (28/ \sqrt{2} ) \b e_x + (28/ \sqrt{2}) \b e_z]\\\\\tau = \frac{-5}{\sqrt{2} } \b e_x + \frac{27}{\sqrt{2} } \b e_y + \frac{5}{\sqrt{2} } \b e_z$

$\tau = \sqrt{(-5/\sqrt{2})^2 + (27/\sqrt{2})^2 + (5/\sqrt{2})^2} \\\\ \tau = 19.74 MPa$

Since $\tau \neq 0$, there are shear stresses acting on the surface.