WHAT IS STRAIN?

STRAIN IS RATION OF THE CHANGE IN LENGTH IN A

PARTICULAR DIRECTION AND THE ORIGINAL
LENGTH IN THE SAME DIRECTION BEFORE CHANGE.

MATHEMATICALLY: = L/L
UNIT: m/m or inch/inch (Basically it is unitless
parameter)
TYPES OF STRAINS
 STRESS AND STRAIN RELATIONSHIPS
IN THIS COARSE OUR CONCERN IS LIMITED TO 1-
D AND 2-D STRAIN. 1-D STRAINS ARE COMPUTED
BY FORUMLATIONS WHILE 2-D WILL BE
DISCUSSED LATER IN TOPIC OF MOHRS CIRCLE IN
SAME COARSE.
FOR 1-D STRESS STRAIN ANSLYSIS :
=Ex
Where : is strain
E is modulus of elasticity of the material
is stress developed in material
we know : =P/A and =L/L

also : = E

substituting values of stresses and strain in

above equation we get:
P/A = E L/L

Or L = PL/(AE)
 FOR SOLVING STRESS AND STRAIN PROBLEMS
WE MAY COME UP TO A POINT WHERE
UNKNOWN VARIABLES SUCH AS STRESSES AND
STRAINS IN STRUCTURAL MEMBERS MAY
EXCEED THE NUMBER OF EQUATIONS TO SOLVE
THE SYSTEM HENCE THERE WE WILL NEED MORE
EQUATIONS TO SOLVE THE SYSTEM TO
DETERMINE UNKNOWNS . HENCE SUCH
EQUATIONS ARE CALLED COMPATIBILITY
EQUATIONS, AND ARE ESTABLISHED BASED ON
THE CONDITIONS GIVEN CONSIDERING
BOUNDARY CONDITIONS OR SLOPE CONDITIONS
ETC ( DISCUSSED IN NEXT VIDEOS THAT HOW TO
MAKE THOSE EQUATIONS INCLUDING
EXAMPLES) .