Introduction to Concept of Stress

Lecture #2
References:
Beer, F.P. et al. (2011) Mechanics of materials. 6th Ed. SI. McGraw-Hill.
Hibbeler, R.C. (2011) Mechanics of materials. 8th Ed. Prentice Hall.

Stress: Overview
Lecture #2
Objectives
Stress
Normal

Shear
Bearing
Punching
Practice

Mechanics of Materials - relate the external forces with the internal state
External
Internal State
Loading
Stress
Strain
Deformation
Axial or Normal
Shear
(plates and
connections)

not discussed

Moment: Flexure

Summary
Bending

Homework
Transverse Shear
(beams)

Moment: Torsion
Torsion

Special Case: Thin-Walled Pressure Vessels

Identify the relationship of the force, area of application and stress [Average Stress Formula]

Procedure for Analysis v1.0

Lecture #2
Objectives

Stress
Normal

Shear
Bearing
Punching

Internal resultant loading

FBD
Use equilibrium equations

Stresses

Practice
Summary
Homework

Problem 2.1 Normal Stress

Lecture #2
Objectives
Stress
Normal

Shear
Bearing
Punching

The bar in the figure below has a constant

width of 35 mm and a thickness of 10 mm.
Determine the maximum average normal
stress in the bar when it is subjected to the
loading shown.

Practice
Summary
Homework

Identify the different stresses developed in a member/part of a structure

Problem 2.2 Shear Stress

Lecture #2
Objectives
Stress
Normal

Shear
Bearing

Determine the average shear stress in the

20-mm-diameter pin at A and the 30-mmdiameter pin at B that support the beam in
the figure shown

Punching
Practice
Summary
Homework

Identify the different stresses developed in a member/part of a structure

Summary
Lecture #2
Objectives

Stress
Normal

Shear

Bearing
Punching
Practice

Summary
Homework

Stress - intensity of load or force per unit

area
= P/A - stresses acting
normal/perpendicular to the area.
= V/A - stresses acting parallel or tangent
to the area
3D State of stress and the complimentary
property of shear
Bearing and punching stresses

Identify the different stresses developed in a member/part of a structure

Problem 2.3 Homework

Lecture #2
Objectives
Stress
Normal

With pin diameter equal to 20 mm, ddetermine the

maximum value of average

Shear

Bearing

Normal stress on link AB

Normal stress on link BC
Shear stress on Pin A

Punching
Practice
Summary
Homework

Read on strains:
Hibbeler (8th, 2010) Sections 2.1, 2.2, 3.1 3.5
Beer (6th, 2006) Sections 2.1 2.5, 2.14
Identify the different stresses developed in a member/part of a structure