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6/20/2017 1Introduction

Chapter1
Introduction
ThiscoursebuildsupontheconceptslearnedinthecourseMechanicsofMaterialsalsoknownasStrengthof
[Link]
straininadditiontorevisitingtheconceptofaforceanddisplacementthatonewouldhavemasteredina
firstcourseinmechanics,[Link]
equationsconnectingthesefourconcepts,namelystraindisplacementequation,constitutiveequation,
equilibriumequationandcompatibilityequation.Figure1.1pictoriallydepictstheconceptsthattheseequations
[Link],thestraindisplacementrelationallowsonetocomputethestraingivenadisplacementconstitutive
relationgivesthevalueofstressforaknownvalueofthestrainorviceversaequilibriumequation,crudely,
relatesthestressesdevelopedinthebodytotheforcesandmomentappliedonitandfinallycompatibility
equationplacesrestrictionsonhowthestrainscanvaryoverthebodysothatacontinuousdisplacementfield
couldbefoundfortheassumedstrainfield.

Figure1.1:Basicconceptsandequationsinmechanics

[Link]
ofmaterialscourse,onewasintroducedtothevariouscomponentsofthestressandstrain,namelythenormal
andshear,intheproblemsthatwassolvednotmorethanonecomponentofthestressorstrainoccurred
[Link]
[Link],inthiscourseweshallbegeneralizingtheseconceptsandequationsto
facilitatethreedimensionalanalysisofstructures.

Beforeventuringintothegeneralizationoftheseconceptsandequations,afewdrawbacksofthedefinitions
[Link]
[Link],insection1.1welookatthefourconceptsinmechanicsandin
[Link]
[Link],insection1.3welookintovarious
[Link],inthis
courseweshallbeonlyfocusingontheelasticresponseormoreprecisely,nondissipativeresponseofthe
[Link],insection1.4weoutlinethreewaysbywhichwecansolveproblemsinmechanics.

1.1BasicConceptsinMechanics

1.1.1Whatisforce?

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[Link],it
canbeassociatedwiththetwitchingofthemuscle,feelingoftheburdenofmass,lineartranslationofthemotor,
[Link],astheconceptofforce
hasnowbeeningrained.

[Link],theposition1(xo)andvelocity(vo)of
thebodyisknownatsometime,t=to,thenoneisinterestedinknowingwherethisbodywouldbeatalater
time,t=[Link],iftheacceleration(a)ofthebodyatanylaterinstantintimeis
[Link]

(1.1)

thenfromTaylorsseries


(1.2)

whichwhenwrittenintermsofxo,voandareducesto2


(1.3)

Thus,ifthefunctionfaisknownthenthepositionofthebodyatanyotherinstantintimecanbedetermined.
Thisfunctionisnothingbutforceperunitmass3,asperNewtonssecondlawwhichgivesadefinitionforthe
[Link]
laterinstancecanbeobtainedfromknowingitscurrentpositionandvelocity.

Itispertinenttopointoutthatthisfunctionfacouldalsobeprescribedusingtheposition,xandvelocity,vof
thebodywhicharethemselvesfunctionoftime,[Link],fa=
g(x(t),v(t),t).However,facouldnotarbitrarilydependont,[Link]
[Link]
theseobjectivityrequirementsareandhowtoprescribefunctionsthatmeetthisrequirementsubsequentlyin
chapter6.

Next,[Link]?
Since,positionisavectorandaccelerationissecondtimederivativeofposition,[Link],it
followsfromequation(1.1)[Link],[Link]
experimentsalsoshowthatadditionofforcesfollowvectoradditionlaw(ortheparallelogramlawofaddition).
[Link]
distinguishesavectorfromascalarandhenceconfirmsthatforceisavector.

Asasummary,weshowedthatforceisamathematicalconstructwhichisusedtomathematicallydescribe
themotionofbodies.

1.1.2Whatisstress?

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Asisevidentfromfigure1.1,[Link]
introductorycourseinmechanicsforstressare:

Stressistheforceactingperunitarea
Stressistheresistanceofferedbythebodytoaforceactingonit

Whilethefirstdefinitiontellshowtocomputethestressfromtheforce,thisdefinitionholdsonlyforsimple
[Link]
casesarepresentedjustasanexample.Case1:Acantileverbeamofrectangularcrosssectionwithauniform
pressure,p,appliedonthetopsurface,asshowninfigure1.2a.Accordingtothedefinition1thestressinthe
beamshouldbep,butitisnot.Case2:Anannularcylindersubjectedtoapressure,patitsinnersurface,as
[Link].
Also,thestressisnotp,[Link],the
[Link]
therearevariouscomponentsofthestressnorwhethertheareaoverwhichtheforceisconsideredtobe
[Link](orstressvector),t(n)
andstresstensor,.

(a)Acantileverbeamwithuniformpressureappliedonitstopsurface.

(b)Anannularcylindersubjectedtointernalpressure.

Figure1.2:Structuressubjectedtopressureloading

[Link]
[Link]
[Link],sinceforceisa
vectorquantitythistractionisalsoavectorquantity.Thecomponentofthetractionalongthenormaldirection4,
niscalledasthenormalstress((n)).Themagnitudeofthecomponentofthetraction5actingparalleltotheplane
iscalledastheshearstress((n)).

IftheforceisdistributedoverthedeformedareathenthecorrespondingtractioniscalledastheCauchy
traction(t(n))andiftheforceisdistributedovertheundeformedororiginalareathattractioniscalledasthePiola
traction(p(n)).Ifthedeformedareadoesnotchangesignificantlyfromtheoriginalarea,thenboththesetraction
wouldhavenearlythesamemagnitudeanddirection.Moredetailsaboutthesetractionispresentedinchapter4.

Thestresstensor,isalinearfunction(crudely,amatrix)thatrelatesthenormalvector,ntothetraction
[Link]
[Link],dependingonoverwhichareathe
forceisdistributed,[Link](ortrue)stresstensor,andthePiolaKirchhoff

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stresstensor(P).Whilethesetwotensorsmaynearlybethesamewhenthedeformedareaisnotsignificantly
differentfromtheoriginalarea,[Link]
theabsenceofbodycouples,Cauchystresstensorhastobesymmetrictensor(crudely,symmetricmatrix)and
[Link]
[Link],therearemanyotherstressmeasuresobtainedfrom
theCauchystressandthegradientofthedisplacementwhichshallbestudiedinchapter4.

1.1.3Whatisdisplacement?

Thedifferencebetweenthepositionvectorsofamaterialparticleattwodifferentinstancesoftimeiscalledas
[Link],thedisplacementofthematerialparticlewoulddependontimetheinstancesbetween
[Link]
[Link],[Link]
[Link],tractionandstresstensorsareintroducedtoexplain(ormathematically
capture)thisdisplacement.

Thedisplacementfieldisatleastdifferentiabletwicetemporallysothataccelerationcouldbecomputed.
[Link],
thebasictenantofcontinuummechanicsisthatthedisplacementfieldiscontinuousspatiallyandispiecewise
[Link]
entirebodyitisrequiredtobetwicedifferentiablenotnecessarilyovertheentirebodybutonlyonsubsetsofthe
[Link],incontinuummechanicsinterpenetrationoftwosurfacesorseparationandformationofnew
[Link]
attempttousecontinuummechanicsconceptstounderstandtheprocessoffracture.

Abodyissaidtoundergorigidbodydisplacementifthedistancebetweenanytwoparticlesthatbelongsto
[Link]
[Link]
[Link],abodyissaidtobedeformableifitallowsrelativedisplacementofits
[Link],allrealbodiesaredeformable,attimesonecouldidealizea
givenbodyasrigidundertheactionofcertainforces.

1.1.4Whatisstrain?

[Link],stressesare
[Link],onerequiresameasure
(ormetric)[Link]
displacementisthestretchratio,(A),definedastheratioofthedeformedlengthtotheoriginallengthofa
materialfiberalongagivendirection,A.(NotethathereAisaunitvector.)However,thismeasurehasthe
drawbackthatwhenthebodyisnotdeformedthestretchratiois1(byvirtueofthedeformedlengthbeingsame
astheoriginallength)andhenceinconvenienttowritetheconstitutiverelationoftheform

(1.4)

where(A)[Link]
deformed,thefunctionfshouldbesuchthatf(1)=[Link](1)=
0andthatfbeaonetoonefunctionisthoughttobedifficultwhenfisanonlinearfunctionof(A).Consequently,
anothermeasureofrelativedisplacementissoughtwhichwouldbe0whenthebodyisnotdeformedandless
[Link],(A).There
[Link]
thestrain:

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(1.5)

[Link],ifm=1in(1.5a)thentheresulting
strainiscalledastheengineeringstrain,ifm=1,itiscalledasthetruestrain,ifm=2itisCauchyGreen
[Link](A)=ln((A)),iscalledastheHenckystrainorthelogarithmicstrain.

Justlikethetractionandhencethenormalstresschangeswiththeorientationoftheplane,thestretchratio
alsochangeswiththeorientationalongwhichitismeasured.Weshallseeinchapter3thatatensorcalledthe
CauchyGreendeformationtensorcarriesalltheinformationrequiredtocomputethestretchratioalongany
[Link]
inanyplane.

1.2BasicEquationsinMechanics

Havinggainedasuperficialunderstandingofthefourconceptsinmechanicsnamelytheforce,stress,
displacementandstrain,letuslookatthefourequationsthatconnecttheseconceptsandthereasoningusedto
obtainthem.

1.2.1Equilibriumequations

EquilibriumequationsareNewtonssecondlawwhichstatesthattherateofchangeoflinearmomentumwould
[Link]
forces,namely,[Link]
[Link]
[Link]
[Link],[Link]
gravitationalforce,[Link]
andhencearegenerallyexpressedasperunitmassofthebodyanddenotedbyb.

OnfurtherassumingthattheNewtonssecondlawholdsforanysubpartofthebodyandthatthestressfield
iscontinuouslydifferentiablewithinthebodytheequilibriumequationscanbewrittenas:

(1.6)

whereisthedensity,[Link]
[Link]()canbefoundinchapter2.

Also,therateofchangeofangularmomentummustbeequaltothenetappliedmomentonthebody.
Assumingthatthemomentisgeneratedonlybythecontactforcesandbodyforces,thisconditionrequiresthat
[Link],=t,wherethesuperscript
()[Link](1.6)should
hold.Seechapter5fordetailedderivation.

1.2.2StrainDisplacementrelation

Therelationshipthatconnectsthedisplacementfieldwiththestrainiscalledasthestraindisplacement
[Link]
[Link],allthesestrainsaresomefunctionofthegradientofthedeformationfield,Fcommonly
[Link]
materialparticlethatbelongstothebodyatanyinstanceintimewiththematerialparticleidentifiedbyits
[Link],inchapter3weshowthat,thestretchratioalongagivendirectionAis,
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(1.7)

whereC=FtF,[Link],F=1and
hence,C=1and(A)=[Link],onecandeveloptheexpressionforthe
stretchratio,[Link],thedisplacementfieldcanbeafunctionofthe
coordinatesofthematerialparticlesinthereferenceorundeformedstateorthecoordinatesinthecurrentor
[Link]
configurationitiscalledasLagrangianrepresentationofthedisplacementfieldandthegradientofthis
[Link]
otherhandifthedisplacementisafunctionofthecoordinatesofthematerialparticleinthedeformedstate,such
arepresentationofthedisplacementfieldissaidtobeEulerianandthegradientofthisEuleriandisplacement
[Link](seechapter
3),

(1.8)

where,1standsforidentitytensor(seechapter2foritsdefinition).Now,therightCauchyGreendeformation
tensorcanbewrittenintermsoftheLagrangiandisplacementgradientas,

(1.9)

NotethattheifthebodyisundeformedthenH=[Link],ifonecannotseethedisplacementofthebodythen
itislikelythatthecomponentsoftheLagrangiandisplacementgradientaregoingtobesmall,sayoforder103.
Then,[Link],theequation(1.9)forthiscase
whenthecomponentsoftheLagrangiandisplacementgradientissmallcanbeapproximatelycalculatedas,

(1.10)

where

(1.11)

iscalledasthelinearizedLagrangianstrain.Weshallseeinchapter3thatwhenthecomponentsofthe
Lagrangiandisplacementgradientissmall,thestretchratio(1.7)reducesto

(1.12)

ThuswefindthatLcontainsinformationaboutchangesinlengthalonganygivendirection,Awhenthe
[Link],itiscalledasthelinearizedLagrangian
strain.Weshallinchapter3derivethevariousstraintensorscorrespondingtothevariousdefinitionofstrains
giveninequation(1.5).

Further,sinceFF1=1,itfollowsfrom(1.8)that

(1.13)

whichwhenthecomponentsofboththeLagrangianandEuleriandisplacementgradientaresmallcanbe
approximatedasH=[Link],whenthecomponentsoftheLagrangianandEuleriandisplacementgradientsare
[Link],theEulerianlinearizedstraindefinedas,

(1.14)
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andtheLagrangianlinearizedstrain,Lwouldbethesamewhenthecomponentsofthedisplacementgradients
aresmall.

Equation(1.14)isthestraindisplacementrelationshipthatwewouldusetosolveboundaryvalueproblems
inthiscourse,aswelimitourselvestocaseswherethecomponentsoftheLagrangianandEuleriandisplacement
gradientissmall.

1.2.3Compatibilityequation

ItisevidentfromthedefinitionofthelinearizedLagrangianstrain,(1.11)[Link],it
[Link],onecannotprescribearbitrarilythesesixcomponentssinceasmooth
[Link]
placedonhowthissixcomponentsofthestraincouldvaryspatiallysothatasmoothdifferentiabledisplacement
[Link],thecompatibilityconditionis

(1.15)

Thederivationofthisequationaswellasthecomponentsofthecurl()operatorinCartesiancoordinatesis
presentedinchapter3.

Itshouldalsobementionedthatthecompatibilityconditionincaseoflargedeformationsisyettobe
[Link],Cisprescribed,the
restrictionsthathavetobeplacedontheseprescribedcomponentssothatasmoothdifferentiabledeformation
fieldcouldbeobtainedisunknown,exceptforsomespecialcases.

1.2.4Constitutiverelation

Broadlyconstitutiverelationistheequationthatrelatesthestress(andstressrates)withthedisplacement
gradient(andrateofdisplacementgradient).WhiletheabovethreeequationsEquilibriumequations,strain
displacementrelation,compatibilityequationsareindependentofthematerialthatthebodyismadeupof
and/ortheprocessthatthebodyissubjectedto,theconstitutiverelationisdependentonthematerialandthe
[Link]
andtohaveasmanyequationsasthereareunknowns,aswillbeshowninchapter6.

Thefidelityofthepredictions,namelythelikelydisplacementorstressforagivenforcedependsonlyonthe
[Link]
[Link],alotofresearchisbeingundertakentoarriveatbetterconstitutive
relationsformaterials.

Itisdifficulttohaveaconstitutiverelationthatcoulddescribetheresponseofamaterialsubjectedtoany
[Link],usuallyconstitutiverelationsareprescribedforaparticularprocessthatthematerialundergoes.
[Link]
undergodifferentprocessesdependingonthestimuliforexample,thesamematerialcouldrespondelastically
orplasticallydependingonsay,[Link]
[Link],[Link]
shalldesist.

Traditionally,theconstitutiverelationissaidtodependonwhetherthegivenmaterialbehaveslikeasolidor
[Link]

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[Link]
below:

Solidisonewhichcanresistsustainedshearforceswithoutcontinuouslydeforming
Solidisonewhichdoesnottaketheshapeofthecontainer

[Link],
[Link],thesame
materialwouldbehavelikeasolid,likeamixtureofasolidandafluidorlikeafluiddependingonsay,the
[Link]
[Link],asweshallsee,thisclassificationofagivenmaterialas
[Link],the
responseofmaterialscouldbeclassifiedbasedon(1)Whetherthereisconversionofenergyfromoneformto
anotherduringtheprocess,and(2)[Link],inthe
followingsection,weclassifytheresponseofmaterialsbasedonthermodynamics,wealsogivethecommonly
[Link],aswellasinalltheseclassifications,itis
assumedthattherearenochemicalchangesoccurringinthebodyandhencethecompositionofthebody
remainsaconstant.

1.3ClassificationoftheResponseofMaterials
First,itshouldbeclarifiedthatoneshouldnotgetconfusedwiththerealbodyanditsmathematicalidealization.
[Link],theearth
[Link]
[Link]
[Link],theallmaterialresponses,some
[Link],insomecases,thislossinthe
mechanicalenergyissmallthatitcanbeidealizedashavingnoloss,i.e.,anondissipativeprocess.

1.3.1Nondissipativeresponse

Aresponseissaidtobenondissipativeifthereisnoconversionofmechanicalenergytootherformsofenergy,
[Link],[Link]
definitionsofelasticresponse,

Ifthebodysoriginalsizeandshapecanberecoveredonunloading,theloadingprocessissaidtobe
elastic.
Processesinwhichthestateofstressdependsonlyonthecurrentstrain,issaidtobeelastic.

Thefirstdefinitionisoflittleuse,becauseitrequiresonetodoacomplimentaryprocess(unloading)todecide
[Link],thoughusefulfor
decidingonthevariablesintheconstitutiverelation,italsorequiresonetodoacomplimentaryprocess(unload
andloadagain)[Link]
notsufferfromthisdrawback.Inchapter6weprovideexampleswherethesethreedefinitionsarenot
[Link],manyprocesses(approximately)satisfyallthethreedefinitions.

[Link],ifthebodyis
isolatedatanyinstantofloading(ordisplacement)thenthestress,displacement,internalenergy,entropydonot
changewithtime.

Idealgas,[Link]
certainstresslevel,calledtheyieldstress,[Link],the
notionthatonlysolidsrespondinanondissipativemannerisnotcorrect.

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Thus,forthesenondissipative,thermodynamicallyequilibratedprocessestheCauchystressandthe
[Link],forisotropicmaterials(see
chapter6forwhenamaterialissaidtobeisotropic),f(,F)=[Link],inclassicalelasticityitiscustomary
toassumethatCauchystressinaisotropicmaterialisafunctionofthedeformationgradient,= (F).On
requiringtherestriction6duetoobjectivityandsecondlawofthermodynamicstohold,itcanbeshownthatif
= (F),then

(1.16)

whereR= R(J1,J2,J3)istheHelmoltzfreeenergydefinedperunitvolumeinthereferenceconfiguration,also
calledasthestoredenergy,B=FFtandJ1=tr(B),J2=tr(B1),J3= .Whenthecomponentsofthe
displacementgradientissmall,then(1.16)reducesto,

(1.17)

onneglectingthehigherpowersoftheLagrangiandisplacementgradientandwhereandarecalledasthe
[Link](1.17)[Link]
lawistheconstitutiveequationthatweshallbeusingtosolveboundaryvalueproblems.

Beforeconcludingthissection,[Link](1.16)
therelationshipbetweenCauchystressandthedisplacementgradientcanbenonlinearwhentheresponseis
[Link]
isalsotruethatiftheresponseisdissipative,therelationshipbetweenthestressandthedisplacementgradientis
[Link],nonlinearrelationshipbetweenthestressandthedisplacementgradientdoesnot
[Link],nonlinearrelationshipbetweenthestressandthedisplacement
gradientisonlyanecessaryconditionfortheresponsetobedissipativebutnotasufficientcondition.

1.3.2Dissipativeresponse

Aresponseissaidtobedissipativeifthereisconversionofmechanicalenergytootherformsofenergy.A
[Link],
whichweshallseeinsomedetail.

Plasticresponse

Amaterialissaidtodeformplasticallyifthedeformationprocessproceedsthroughthermodynamically
[Link],ifthebodyisisolatedatanyinstantofloading(ordisplacement)
thenthestress,displacement,internalenergy,[Link]
dissipative,[Link],thestressdoesnot
dependontherateofloadingordisplacementbyvirtueoftheprocessproceedingthroughthermodynamically
equilibratedstates.

Forplasticresponse,theclassicalconstitutiverelationisassumedtobeoftheform,

(1.18)

whereFp,q1,q2areinternalvariableswhosevaluescouldchangewithdeformationand/[Link]
illustration,wehaveusedtwoscalarinternalvariablesandonesecondordertensorinternalvariablewhilethere
[Link]
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physicalinterpretationbutingeneral,thesevariableneednothaveanymeaningandareproposedfor
mathematicalmodelingpurposeonly.

Thus,whenamaterialdeformsplastically,itdoesnotreturnbacktoitsoriginalshapewhenunloadedthere
[Link],[Link]
ofloading(ordisplacement).Metalslikesteelatroomtemperaturerespondplasticallywhenstressedabovea
particularlimit,calledtheyieldstress.

Viscoelasticresponse

Ifthedissipativeprocessproceedsthroughstatesthatarenotinthermodynamicequilibrium7,thenitissaidto
[Link],ifabodyisisolatedatsomeinstantofloading(ordisplacement)thenthe
displacement(orthestress)[Link]
[Link],whenaviscoelastic
materialissubjectedtoaconstantdeformationfield,itsstresschangeswithtimeandthisiscalledasstress
[Link]
haveaconstantstrain.

Theconstitutiverelationforaviscoelasticresponseisoftheform,

(1.19)

where denotesthetimederivativeofstressand [Link]


wehavetruncatedtofirstordertimederivatives,thegeneraltheoryallowsforhigherordertimederivativestoo.

Thus,theresponseofaviscoelasticmaterialdependsontherateatwhichitisloaded(ordisplaced)apart
fromthehistoryoftheloading(ordisplacement).Theresponseofaviscoelasticmaterialchangesdependingon
[Link]
[Link]
alongtime(asymptotically)wouldtendtozeroorremainthesameconstantvaluethatitisimmediatelyafterthe
removalofload.

Constitutiverelationsoftheform,

(1.20)

whichisaspecialcaseoftheviscoelasticconstitutiverelation(1.19),isthatofaviscousfluid.

Insometreatmentsofthesubject,aviscoelasticmaterialwouldbesaidtobeacombinationofaviscous
[Link]
severalphilosophicalproblemsassociatedwiththisviewpointaboutwhichwecannotelaboratehere.

Viscoplasticresponse

[Link],
inordertomodelthisclassofresponsetheconstitutiverelationhastobeoftheform,

(1.21)

whereFp,q1,q2aretheinternalvariableswhosevaluescouldchangewithdeformationand/[Link]
[Link]
fortheviscoplasticresponse(1.21)encompassesviscoelastic,plasticandelasticresponseasaspecialcase.
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Inthiscase,[Link],aconstantdeformationcauses
[Link].
[Link]
thisunrecovereddeformationvarieswithrateofloading,[Link]
dependanceoftheconstantvaluethattheunrecovereddeformationtendsontherateofloading,couldbetaken
asthecharacteristicofviscoplasticresponse.

Figure1.3showsthetypicalvariationinthestrainforvariousresponseswhenthematerialisloaded,heldat
aconstantloadandunloaded,[Link]
loading,helpsonetodistinguishvariouskindsofresponses.

Figure1.3:Schematicofthevariationinthestrainwithtimeforvariousresponseswhenthematerial
isloadedandunloaded.

Asmentionedalready,inthiscourseweshallfocusontheelasticornondissipativeresponseonly.

1.4SolutiontoBoundaryValueProblems
Aboundaryvalueproblemisoneinwhichwespecifythetractionappliedonthesurfaceofabodyand/or
displacementoftheboundaryofabodyandareinterestedinfindingthedisplacementand/orthestressatany
[Link]
boundarytractionand/[Link]
[Link],inaboundary
valueproblemoneneedstoprescribethegeometryofthebody,theconstitutiverelationforthematerialthatthe
[Link]
[Link]
displacementandstressfieldshouldsatisfytheequilibriumequations,constitutiverelations,compatibility
conditionsandboundaryconditions.

Thepurposeofformulatingandsolvingaboundaryvalueproblemisto:

Toensurethestressesarewithinprescribedlimits
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Toensurethatthedisplacementsarewithinprescribedlimits
Tofindthedistributionofforcesandmomentsonpartoftheboundarywheredisplacementsarespecified

[Link]

Displacementboundarycondition:Herethedisplacementoftheentireboundaryofthebodyaloneis
[Link]
Tractionboundarycondition:Herethetractionontheentireboundaryofthebodyaloneisspecified.
ThisisalsocalledasNeumannboundarycondition
Mixedboundarycondition:Herethedisplacementisspecifiedonpartoftheboundaryandtractionis
[Link]
overanypartofboundary
Robinboundarycondition:Hereboththedisplacementandthetractionarespecifiedonthesamepartof
theboundary.

Therearethreemethodsbywhichthedisplacementandstressfieldinthebodycanbefound,satisfyingall
[Link]
choiceofamethoddependsonthetypeofboundarycondition.

1.4.1Displacementmethod

[Link],usingthestraindisplacementrelation,(1.14)the
[Link],(1.17)[Link]
thensubstitutedintheequilibriumequation(1.6)toobtain3secondorderpartialdifferentialequationsinterms
ofthecomponentsofthedisplacementfieldas,

(1.22)

where()[Link]
[Link](1.22)[Link],inthedisplacementmethodequation
(1.22)issolvedalongwiththeprescribedboundarycondition.

Ifthreedimensionalsolidelementsareusedformodelingthebodyinfiniteelementprograms,thenthe
weakenedformofequation(1.22)issolvedforthespecifiedboundaryconditions.

1.4.2Stressmethod

Inthismethod,thestressfieldisassumedsuchthatitsatisfiestheequilibriumequationsaswellasthe
[Link],intheabsenceofbodyforcesandstaticequilibrium,it
canbeeasilyseenthatiftheCartesiancomponentsofthestressarederivedfromapotential,= (x,y,z)called
astheAirysstresspotentialas,

(1.23)

[Link],thestrainiscomputedusing

(1.24)

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obtainedbyinvertingtheconstitutiverelation,(1.17).Inordertobeabletofindasmoothdisplacementfield
fromthisstrain,ithastosatisfycompatibilitycondition(1.15).Thisprocedureisformulatedinchapter7andis
followedtosolvesomeboundaryvalueproblemsinchapters8and9.

1.4.3Semiinversemethod

ThismethodisusedtosolveproblemswhentheconstitutiverelationisnotgivenbyHookeslaw(1.17).When
theconstitutiverelationisnotgivenbyHookeslaw,displacementmethodresultsinthreecouplednonlinear
[Link],simplifying
assumptionsaremadeforthedisplacementfield,whereinathedisplacementfieldisprescribedbutforsome
constantsand/[Link](1.16),onehasto
makeanassumptiononthecomponentsofthestresswhichwouldbenonzeroforthisprescribeddisplacement
[Link],thesenonzerocomponentsofthestressfieldisfoundintermsoftheconstantsandunknown
[Link]
boundaryconditions,oneobtainsdifferentialequationsfortheunknownfunctionsandalgebraicequationsto
[Link]
[Link]
[Link]
inthiscourse.

Finally,wesaythattheboundaryvalueproblemiswellposedif(1)Thereexistadisplacementandstress
fieldthatsatisfiestheboundaryconditionsandthegoverningequations(2)Thereexistonlyonesuch
displacementandstressfield(3)Smallchangesintheboundaryconditionscausesonlysmallchangesinthe
[Link](1.17)isusedforthe
constitutiverelationisknowntobewellposed,aswillbediscussedinchapter7.

1.5Summary

Thusinthischapterweintroducedthefourconceptsinmechanics,thefourequationsconnectingtheseconcepts
[Link]
[Link],onewouldunderstandallthedetails.
However,readingthesamechapterattheendofthiscourse,[Link]
summarizestheconceptsthatshouldbeassimilatedanddigestedduringthiscourse.

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