SHANGHAI JIAO TONG UNIVERSITY, SHANGHAI CN
Stress-Strain Laws
Applications of Matrix Theory
12-12-2017
Submitted to:
Dr. Fang Wang
Submitted by:
Muhammad Khizar Shafique
117050990004
School of Materials Science and Engineering
Table of Contents
Introduction .......................................................................................................................................... 2
Hooke’s Law .......................................................................................................................................... 2
Generalized Hooke’s Law ..................................................................................................................... 3
Generalized Hooke’s Law in Three Dimensions ................................................................................. 4
Strain-to-Stress Relation .................................................................................................................. 4
Stress-to-Strain Relation .................................................................................................................. 5
Thermal Effect Relation.................................................................................................................... 5
Generalized Hooke’s Law for Two Dimensions .................................................................................. 6
Plane Stress ....................................................................................................................................... 6
Conclusion ............................................................................................................................................. 7
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Introduction
Stress–strain analysis is an engineering discipline that uses many methods to determine the
stresses and strains in materials and structures subjected to forces. In continuum
mechanics, stress is a physical quantity that expresses the internal forces that neighboring
particles of a continuous material exert on each other, while strain is the measure of the
deformation of the material.
Stress analysis is a primary task for material engineers involved in the design and material
selection of structures of all sizes, such as tunnels, bridges and dams, aircraft and rocket
bodies, mechanical parts, and even plastic cutlery and staples. Stress analysis is also used in
the maintenance of such structures, and to investigate the causes of structural failures.
In engineering, stress analysis is often a tool rather than a goal in itself; the ultimate goal
being the design of structures and artifacts that can withstand a specified load, using the
minimum amount of material or that satisfies some other optimality criterion.
Stress analysis may be performed through classical mathematical techniques, analytic
mathematical modelling or computational simulation, experimental testing, or a
combination of methods. Here I will use matrices to explain the Stress-Strain calculation for
materials.
Hooke’s Law
Hooke's law is a principle of
physics that states that the
force (F) needed to extend or
compress a spring by some
distance X scales linearly with
respect to that distance. That
is: F = kX, where k is a constant
factor characteristic of the
spring: its stiffness, and X is
small compared to the total
possible deformation of the
spring.
Hooke's law is only a first-order linear approximation to the real response of springs and
other elastic bodies to applied forces. It must eventually fail once the forces exceed some
limit, since no material can be compressed beyond a certain minimum size, or stretched
beyond a maximum size, without some permanent deformation or change of state. Many
materials will noticeably deviate from Hooke's law well before those elastic limits are
reached.
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The modern theory of elasticity generalizes Hooke's law to say that the strain (deformation)
of an elastic object or material is proportional to the stress applied to it. However, since
general stresses and strains may have multiple independent components, the
"proportionality factor" may no longer be just a single real number, but rather a linear map
(a tensor) that can be represented by a matrix of real numbers.
Generalized Hooke’s Law
The one-dimensional Hooke’s la
relates 1D normal stress to 1D
extensional strain through two
material parameters introduced
previously: the modulus of
elasticity E, also called You g’s
modulus a d Poisso ’s ratio ѵ.
The modulus of elasticity
connects axial stress σ to a ial
strai Ɛ:
� = �� ⇒ � =
�
�
⇒ �=
�
�
Uniaxial tension test
Poisso ’s ratio ѵ is defined as
ratio of lateral strain to axial
strain:
Torsion Test
ѵ = |
������� �����
������� �����
|= −
� ��� �����
� ��� �����
The − sig is i trodu ed for o e ie e so that ν o es out positive. For structural
aterials ѵ lies i the ra ge . ≤ ѵ < 0.5. For most metals ѵ ≈ . 5–0.35. For concrete and
era i s, ѵ ≈ . . For ork ѵ ≈ . For ru er, ѵ ≈ .5 to pla es. A aterial for hi h ѵ = 0.5
is called incompressible.
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Generalized Hooke’s Law in Three Dimensions
Strain-to-Stress Relation
Pulli g the
aterial
Ne t, pull the
appl i g σxx along x will produce normal strains:
�
aterial
Fi all pull the
aterial
=
�
;�
�
=
�
;�
�
=
�
�
=
�
;�
�
=
�
;�
�
=
�
�
=
�
;�
�
=
�
;�
�
=
�
�
σyy along y to get the strains:
�
σzz along z to get the strains:
�
In the general case the cube is subjected to combined normal stresses σxx, σyy and σzz. Since
we assumed that the material is linearly elastic, the combined strains can be obtained by
superposition of the foregoing results:
ѵ�
ѵ�
�
�
�
�
= �
= �
= �
+�
+�
+�
+�
+�
+�
−
−
=
� − ѵ� − ѵ�
�
�
�
�
�
ѵ�
ѵ�
=−
+
−
=
−ѵ� +� − ѵ�
�
�
�
�
ѵ�
�
ѵ�
−
+
=
−ѵ� − ѵ� + �
=−
�
�
�
�
=
The shear strains and stresses are connected by the shear modulus as:
�
�
�
�
�
�
� =� =
=
; � =� =
=
; � =� =
=
�
�
�
�
�
�
The above equations can be expressed in the following matrix:
ѵ
ѵ
−
−
�
�
�
ѵ
ѵ
−
−
�
�
� �
�
ѵ
ѵ
�
�
−
−
� = �
�
� �
�
�
�
�
�
[� ]
[� ]
[
�
�]
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Stress-to-Strain Relation
To get stresses if the strains are given, the most expedient method is to invert the matrix
equation
�
�
�
Here �̂ is a
�
�
[�
]
=
effe ti e
�̂
[
�̂ ѵ
�̂ − ѵ
�̂ ѵ
−ѵ
�̂ ѵ
�̂ ѵ
odulus
odified
�
�
Poisso ’s ratio:
�
− ѵ
�̂ =
Thermal Effect Relation
�̂ ѵ
�̂ ѵ
�̂ − ѵ
�
�
�
�
�
�
] [� ]
+ѵ
To incorporate the effect of a temperature change ∆T with respect to a base or reference
temperature, add α∆T to the three normal strains in the previous strain relations
�
=
�
=
�
=
�
�
�
(�
− ѵ�
(−ѵ� +�
− ѵ�
(−ѵ�
− ѵ� ) + �∆T
− ѵ� ) + �∆T
+ � ) + �∆T
No change in the shear strain-stress relation is needed because if the material is linearly
elastic and isotropic, a temperature change only produces normal strains. The stress-tostrain matrix relation expands as follows:
�
�
�
�
�
[� ]
�
ѵ
−
�
ѵ
−
�
=
[
−
ѵ
�
�
ѵ
−
�
ѵ
�
ѵ
−
�
−
�
�
�
�
�
�
�
�
[�
�]
]
+ �∆
[ ]
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Inverting this relation provides the stress-strain relations that account for a temperature
change:
�
�
�
�
�
[�
]
=
As before �̂ is a
�̂
[
−ѵ
�̂ ѵ
�̂ ѵ
effe ti e
�̂ ѵ
�̂ − ѵ
�̂ ѵ
odulus
�̂ =
�̂ ѵ
�̂ ѵ
�̂ − ѵ
odified
�
− ѵ
�
�
�
�
�
�
�
�
] [� ]
−
Poisso ’s ratio:
��∆
− ѵ
[ ]
+ѵ
Note that if all mechanical normal strains � , � and � vanish, but ∆ ≠ , the normal
stresses given above relation are nonzero. Those are called initial thermal stresses, and are
important in engineering systems exposed to large temperature variations, such as rails,
turbine engines, satellites or reentry vehicles1.
Generalized Hooke’s Law for Two Dimensions
Two specializations of the foregoing 3D equations to two dimensions are of interest in the
applications: plane stress and plane strain. Plane stress is more important in Aerospace
stru tures, hi h te d to e thi . I’ll o l e e plai i g these i short gi i g refere es
fro the Hooke’s La for Three Di e sio s
Plane Stress
In this case all stress components with a z component are assumed to vanish. For a linearly
elastic isotropi aterial. The σzz strain, often called the transverse strain or thickness strain
in applications, in ge eral ill e o zero e ause of Poisso ’s ratio effe t. By considering
temperature changes the matrix form for plane stress in 2D would become:
ѵ
−
�
�
�
�
ѵ
�
−
[� ] =
[� ] + �∆ [ ]
� �
�
ѵ
ѵ
�
−
−
�
�
[
�]
1
University of Colorado (Online lectures from Department of Aerospace Engineering)
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And also we can find the other expression
�
�
�̂ �̂ ѵ
��∆
[� ] = [�̂ ѵ �̂
] [� ] −
[ ]
− ѵ
�
�
�
Similarly we can also find the expressions for plane strain and later include the temperature
change parameters in it to make a matrix for calculations of plane strain
Conclusion
A matrix stress and strain implementation is made that becomes simpler than tensor
notation as usual. The effective stress is calculated using the indicated matrix notation,
starting from a deviatoric stress state. The effective stress defines a functional flow
condition which, besides the principle of normality, solves an equation for the incremental
plastic deformation. The plastic work is determined, as usual, from the state of stresses and
strains. Finally, the effective plastic strain is obtained as a function of the plastic working
and the effective stress, both in the case of plastic deformation at constant volume and
with variable volume model2.
2
Matrix stress-strain working method for determining the effective plastic strain, M. Sánchez et.al., 2015
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