and minimum normal stresses                                                             ii.      Can be found out by taking derivative of with respect the angle  and we…

a.       The stresses acting on the inclined x1y1 element can be expressed in terms of the stresses on…

a.)    When the material is in plane stress in the xy plane, only the x and y faces of the element are…

a)      Types of loading i)        Static load: applied slowly, so that it causes no vibrational or dynamic effects…

)       The work done by the load is equal to the area below the load-displacement…

 are positive in tension and shear stresses  are positive when they tend to produce counterclockwise rotation…

) of prismatic bars subjected to tensile or compressive centroidal loads is proportional to both…

1.)    Shear stress acting on a positive face of an element is positive if it acts in the positive direction of one of…

 is a measure of the distortion, or change in shape, of the element and is called…

i. Direct shear (or simple shear) in which the shear stresses are created by the direct…