Mechanics of Materials I:

Fundamentals of Stress & Strain and Axial Loading

Dr. Wayne Whiteman
Senior Academic Professional and Director of the Office of Student Services
Woodruff School of Mechanical Engineering
Module 23 Learning Outcome
• Represent the transformation of plane
stress using Mohr’s Circle
 Plane Stress

Mohr’s Circle
Graphical tool for the depiction of the
transformation equations for plane stress
 x  y     y
2 2
 
 n     nt  02   x    xy2
 2   2 
  x  y 
2

Radius =     xy2
 2 
 x  y 
Center:  ,0    AVG ,0
 2 
The angle on Mohr’s circle is 2 times the stress block angle

Mohr’s circle is a circle where each point

represents the stress  and  on a
particular plane through a single point
 Plane Stress

Mohr’s Circle
  y     y 
2 2

 n  x    nt  02   x    xy2
 2   2 
   x  y 
2

Radius =  x y    xy2 Center:  ,0    AVG ,0 

 2   2 

Sign Convention
Normal Shear
(+ )

(-) (-)

(+ )
(+ ) Tension Clockwise (+ )
( - ) Compression Counterclockwise ( - )
 Mohr’s Circle (+ )
(+ )
  y     y 
2 2

 n  x    nt  02   x    xy2 (-) (-)
 2   2  (+ )
(-)
   x  y 
2

Radius =  x y    xy2

 2 
Center: 
 2
,0    AVG ,0 
 


Horizontal face Vertical face

H    y , yx  V    x , xy 