# Recent questions tagged stress-strain

The stress state at a point in a material under plane stress condition is equi-biaxial tension with a magnitude of $10\: MPa$. If one unit on the $\sigma -\tau$ plane is $1\: MPa$, the Mohr's circle representation of the state-of-stress is given by a circle with a radius ... radius of $10$ units on the $\sigma -\tau$ plane a point on the $\tau$ axis at a distance of $10$ units from the origin
The state of stress at a point in a component is represented by a Mohr’s circle of radius $100$ MPa centered at $200$ MPa on the thermal stress axis. On a plane passing through the same point, the normal stress is $260$ MPa. The magnitude of the shear stress on the same plane at the same point is _______ MPa
A cylindrical rod of diameter $10$ mm and length $0.1$m fixed at one end. The other end is twisted by an angle of $10^{\circ}$ by applying a torque. If the maximum shear strain in the rod is $p \times 10^{-3}$, then $p$ is equal to ____ (round off to two decimal places).
During a high cycle fatigue test, a metallic specimen is subjected to cyclic loading with a mean stress of $+140$ MPa, and a minimum stress of $-70$ MPa. The $R$-ratio (minimum stress to maximum stress) for this cyclic loading is _____ (round off to one decimal place)
Consider the stress-strain curve for an ideal elastic-plastic strain hardening metal as shown in the figure. The metal was loaded in uniaxial tension starting from $O$. Upon loading, the stress-strain curve passes through initial yield point at $P$, and then strain ... same specimen is reloaded in tension from point $R$, the value of stress at which the material yields again is _______ MPa.
A plane-strain compression (forging) of a block is shown in the figure. The strain in the $z$-direction is zero. The yield strength $(S_y)$ in uniaxial tension/compression of the material of the block is $300 \: MPa$ and it follows the Tresca (maximum shear stress) criterion. Assume ... $340 \: MPa$ (compressive) $340 \: MPa$ (tensile) $260 \: MPa$ (compressive) $260 \: MPa$ (tensile)
In a UTM experiment, a sample of length $100 \: mm$, was loaded in tension until failure. The failure load was $40 \: kN$. The displacement, measured using the cross-head motion, at failure, was $15 \: mm$. The compliance of the UTM is constant and is given $5 \times 10^{-8} \: m/N$. The strain at failure in the sample is ______$\%$
A carpenter glues a pair of cylindrical wooden logs by bonding their end faces at an angle of $\theta = 30^{\circ}$ as shown in the figure. The glue used at the interface fails is Criterion 1: the maximum normal stress exceeds $2.5$ MPa Criterion 2: the maximum ... fails only because of criterion $1$ fails only because of criterion $2$ fails because of both criterion $1$ and $2$ does not fail
The state of stress at a point, for a body in plane stress, is shown in the figure below. If the minimum principal stress is $10$ kPa, then the normal stress $\sigma_y$ (in kPa) is $9.45$ $18.88$ $37.78$ $75.50$
If $\sigma_1$ and $\sigma_3$ are the algebraically largest and smallest principal stresses respectively, the value of the maximum shear stress is $\dfrac{\sigma_1 +\sigma_3}{2} \\$ $\dfrac{\sigma_1 -\sigma_3}{2} \\$ $\sqrt{\dfrac{\sigma_1 +\sigma_3}{2}} \\$ $\sqrt{\dfrac{\sigma_1 -\sigma_3}{2}}$
The principal stresses at a point in a critical section of a machine component are $\sigma _{1}=60$ MPa, $\sigma _{2}=5$ MPa and $\sigma _{3}=-40$ MPa. For the material of the component, the tensile yield strength is $\sigma _{y}=200$ MPa. According to the maximum shear stress theory, the factor of safety is $1.67$ $2.00$ $3.60$ $4.00$
The state of stress at a point is $\sigma _{x}=\sigma _{y}=\sigma _{z}=\tau _{xz}=\tau _{zx}=\tau _{yz}=\tau _{zy}=0$ and $\tau _{xy}=\tau _{yx}=50$ MPa. The maximum normal stress (in MPa) at that point is ________.
A rectangular region in a solid is in a state of plane strain. The $(x, y)$ coordinates of the corners of the undeformed rectangle are given by $P(0, 0), Q(4, 0), R(4, 3), S(0, 3)$. The rectangle is subjected to uniform strains, $\varepsilon _{xx}=0.001, \varepsilon _{yy}=0.002,\gamma _{xy}=0.003$. The deformed length of the elongated diagonal, up to three decimal places is _______ units.
In the engineering stress-strain curve for mild steel, the Ultimate Tensile Strength (UTS) refers to Yield stress Proportional limit Maximum stress Fracture stress
In a metal forming operation when the material has just started yielding. the principal stresses are $\sigma_{1}=+180 MPa, \sigma_{2}=-100 MPa, \sigma_{3}=0$. Following von Mises' criterion, the yield stress is _________ MPa.
A motor driving a solid circular steel shaft transmits $40$ kW of power at $500$ rpm. If the diameter of the shaft is $40$ mm, the maximum shear stress in the shaft is _____________MPa.
In a sheet metal of $2$ $mm$ thickness a hole of $10$ $mm$ diameter needs to be punched. The yield strength in tension of the sheet material is $100$ $MPa$ and its ultimate shear strength is $80$ $MPa$. The force required to punch the hole (in $kN$) is __________
A square plate of dimension $L \times L$ is subjected to a uniform pressure load $p=250 \: MPa$ on its edges as shown in the figure. Assume plane stress conditions. The Young’s modulus $E=200 \: GPa$ .The deformed shape is a square of dimension $L− 2\delta$. If $L = 2 \: m$ and $\delta=0.001 \: m$, the Poisson’s ratio of the plate material is __________
Engineering strain of a mild steel sample is recorded as $0.100\%$. The true strain is $0.010\%$ $0.055\%$ $0.099\%$ $0.101\%$
In a structural member under fatigue loading, the minimum and maximum stresses developed at the critical point are $50$ $MPa$ and $150$ $MPa$, respectively. The endurance, yield, and the ultimate strengths of the material are $200$ $MPa$, $300$ $MPa$ and $400$ $MPa$, respectively. The factor of safety using modified Goodman criterion is $\dfrac{3}{2} \\$ $\dfrac{8}{5} \\$ $\dfrac{12}{7} \\$ $2$
In the figure, the load $P=1 \: N$, length $L=1 \: m$, Young’s modulus $E=70 \: GPa$, and the cross-section of the links is a square with dimension $10 \: mm \times 10 \: mm$. All joints are pin joints. The stress (in $Pa$) in the link $AB$ is ___________ (Indicate compressive stress by a negative sign and tensile stress by a positive sign.)
A rigid horizontal rod of length $2L$ is fixed to a circular cylinder of radius $R$ as shown in the figure. Vertical forces of magnitude $P$ are applied at the two ends as shown in the figure. The shear modulus for the cylinder is $G$ and the Young’s modulus is $E$. The vertical deflection at point A is $PL^3/(\pi R^4G)$ $PL^3/(\pi R^4E)$ $2PL^3/(\pi R^4E)$ $4PL^3/(\pi R^4G)$
A machine element XY, fixed at end X, is subjected to an axial load P, transverse load F, and a twisting moment T at its free end Y. The most critical point from the strength point of view is a point on the circumference at location Y a point at the center at location Y a point on the circumference at location X a point at the center at location X
A thin cylindrical pressure vessel with closed-ends is subjected to internal pressure. The ratio of circumferential (hoop) stress to the longitudinal stress is $0.25$ $0.50$ $1.0$ $2.0$
A shaft with a circular cross-section is subjected to pure twisting moment. The ratio of the maximum shear stress to the largest principal stress is $2.0$ $1.0$ $0.5$ $0$
A hypothetical engineering stress-strain curve shown in the figure has three straight lines $PQ, QR, RS$ with coordinates P$(0,0)$, Q$(0.2,100)$, R$(0.6,140)$ and S$(0.8,130)$. $'Q'$ is the yield point, $'R'$ is the UTS point and $'S'$ the fracture point. The toughness of the material (in $MJ/m^3$) is __________
The principal stresses at a point inside a solid object are $\sigma _1$ = $100$ $MPa$, $\sigma _2$ = $100$ $MPa$ and $\sigma _3$ = $0$ $MPa$. The yield strength of the material is $200$ $MPa$. The factor of safety calculated using Tresca (maximum shear stress) theory is $n_T$ ... . Which one of the following relations is TRUE? $n_T=(\sqrt{3}/2)n_V$ $n_T=(\sqrt{3})n_V$ $n_T=n_V$ $n_V=(\sqrt{3})n_T$
A horizontal bar with a constant cross-section is subjected to loading as shown in the figure. The Young’s moduli for the sections $AB$ and $BC$ are $3E$ and $E$, respectively. For the deflection at $C$ to be zero, the ratio $\displaystyle{\frac{P}{F}}$ is ____________
A cylindrical tank with closed ends is filled with compressed air at a pressure of $500$ $kPa$. The inner radius of the tank is $2$ $m$, and it has wall thickness of $10$ $mm$. The magnitude of maximum in-plane shear stress (in $MPa$) is ________
For the given fluctuating fatigue load, the values of stress amplitude and stress ratio are respectively $100$ $MPa$ and $5$ $250$ $MPa$ and $5$ $100$ $MPa$ and $0.20$ $250$ $MPa$ and $0.20$
Which one of the following types of stress-strain relationship best describes the behaviour of brittle materials, such as ceramics and thermosetting plastics, ($\sigma$ = stress and $\varepsilon$ = strain)?
The stress-strain curve for mild steel is shown in the figure given below. Choose the correct option referring to both figure and table. ... $P-3, Q-4, R-1, S-5,T-2, U-6$ $P-4, Q-1, R-5, S-2,T-3, U-6$
In a structure subjected to fatigue loading, the minimum and maximum stresses developed in a cycle are $200$ $MPa$ and $400$ $MPa$ respectively. The value of stress amplitude (in $MPa$) is _______