ENGINEERING DESIGN
(DMCD 3523)
SHAFIZAL BIN MAT
Faculty of Mechanical Engineering
Universiti Teknikal Malaysia Melaka
Tel: 012-3901784/06-2332491
Email: shafizal@[Link]
Room: 8/6/88 (academic building)
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CHAPTER 2
COMBINED STRESS AND
MOHR’S CIRCLE
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LEARNING OUTCOME
Draw the complete Mohr’s circle as an aid in
completing the analyses for the maximum stresses.
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GENERAL CASE OF COMBINED
STRESS
Consider a small stress
element which combined
stresses.
Stresses can be normal
stresses and/or shear
stresses.
Consider only two
dimensional stresses, i.e. in
the x and y direction.
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PRINCIPAL STRESSES
Combination of applied stresses
(normal and shear) that produces
maximum normal stress.
Max/min principal stress
x y x y
2
1 xy 2
2 2
x y x y
2
2 xy 2
2 2
Angle of principal stress element
Measured from the positive x-axis
(shown in figure). Positive sign
calls for a clockwise rotation of
element and vise versa.
arctan 2 xy x y
1
2
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PRINCIPAL STRESSES
Max shear stress
x y
2
max xy 2
2
Angle for maximum shear stress element
arctan x y 2 xy
1
2
Average normal stress
avg x y 2
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PRINCIPAL STRESSES
Summary
See example 4-1
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THE MOHR’S CIRCLE
The Mohr’s circle enables the following computation
with relative ease and better accuracy:
Max/min principal stresses and their
directions.
Max shear stress and the orientation of the
planes.
Value of normal stresses that act on the
planes where the max shear stresses act.
Values of the normal and shear stresses that
act on an element with any orientation.
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THE MOHR’S CIRCLE
Drawing the Mohr’s circle
Perform stress analysis and determine the magnitudes and directions
of the normal and shear stresses acting at the point of interest, using
the convention:
Tensile stresses are positive; compressive negative.
Shear stresses that tend to rotate element clockwise are positive;
otherwise negative.
Set up the normal and shear stress (σ, τ) plane and locate the point on
it.
Connect the points. The line that cuts the σ-axis is the center of the
circle, O, and radius of the circle, R:
x y
R xy
2
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THE MOHR’S CIRCLE
Locating the points: The Mohr’s circle
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THE MOHR’S CIRCLE
using
MDESIGN
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MOHR’S CIRCLE SPECIAL
STRESS CONDITIONS
Pure uniaxial tension
Pure uniaxial compression
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MOHR’S CIRCLE SPECIAL
STRESS CONDITIONS
Pure torsional shear
Uniaxial tension combined with torsional shear
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THANK YOU
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