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Returning to the particular case of plane strain, and selecting
the x and y axes in the plane of strain, we have P
z
5 g
zx
5 g
zy
5 0.
Thus, the z axis is one of the three principal axes at Q, and the cor-
responding point in the Mohr-circle diagram is the origin O, where
P 5 g 5 0. If the points A and B that define the principal axes within
the plane of strain fall on opposite sides of O (Fig. 7.70a), the cor-
responding principal strains represent the maximum and minimum
normal strains at point Q, and the maximum shearing strain is equal
to the maximum in-plane shearing strain corresponding to points D
and E. If, on the other hand, A and B are on the same side of O
(Fig. 7.70b), that is, if P
a
and P
b
have the same sign, then the maxi-
mum shearing strain is defined by points D9 and E9 on the circle of
diameter OA, and we have g
max
5 P
max
.
We now consider the particular case of plane stress encoun-
tered in a thin plate or on the free surface of a structural element
or machine component (Sec. 7.1). Selecting the x and y axes in the
plane of stress, we have s
z
5 t
zx
5 t
zy
5 0 and verify that the z axis
is a principal axis of stress. As we saw earlier, if the deformation is
elastic and if the material is homogeneous and isotropic, it follows
from Hooke’s law that g
zx
5 g
zy
5 0; thus, the z axis is also a principal
axis of strain, and Mohr’s circle can be used to analyze the transfor-
mation of strain in the xy plane. However, as we shall see presently,
it does not follow from Hooke’s law that P
z
5 0; indeed, a state of
plane stress does not, in general, result in a state of plane strain.†
Denoting by a and b the principal axes within the plane of
stress, and by c the principal axis perpendicular to that plane, we let
s
x
5 s
a
, s
y
5 s
b
, and s
z
5 0 in Eqs. (2.28) for the generalized
Hooke’s law (Sec. 2.12) and write
P
a
5
s
a
2
ns
b
(7.55)
P
b
52
ns
a
1
s
b
(7.56)
P
c
52
n
1s
a
1 s
b
2
(7.57)
Adding Eqs. (7.55) and (7.56) member to member, we have
P
a
1 P
b
5
1 2 n
1s
a
1 s
b
2
(7.58)
Solving Eq. (7.58) for s
a
1 s
b
and substituting into Eq. (7.57), we
write
P
c
52
1 2 n
1P
a
1 P
b
2
(7.59)
The relation obtained defines the third principal strain in terms of
the “in-plane’’ principal strains. We note that, if B is located between
A and C on the Mohr-circle diagram (Fig. 7.71), the maximum shear-
ing strain is equal to the diameter CA of the circle corresponding to
a rotation about the b axis, out of the plane of stress.
7.12 Three-Dimensional Analysis of Strain
†See footnote on page 486.
Z ⫽ OB
D
E
␥
A
min
⑀
max
max
⑀
⑀
1
2
␥
1
2
(a)
Z ⫽ OB
E
D
D'
E'
␥
A
min
⫽ 0
⑀
max
⫽
max
⑀
a
⑀
⑀
1
2
␥
1
2
(b)
Fig. 7.70 Mohr’s circle for plane strain.
OC
B
E
D
D'
E'
␥
A
max
⑀
1
2
␥
1
2
Fig. 7.71 Mohr’s circle strain analysis
for plane stress.
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