How to practice Strain tensor and stress tensor, Representation by Mohr’s circle, elasticity, stiffness and compliance tensor, Yield criteria, Plastic deformation by slip and twinning.

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Question 32

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The hydrostatic stress for the stress tensor provided below is _____ MPa (in integer).


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Question 62

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A cylindrical specimen is subjected to plastic deformation in tension up to a uniform elongation of 10%. The final cross-sectional area of the gage section is found to be 20 mm

.
The initial cross-sectional area of the gage section is _____ mm

(rounded off to an integer).

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Question 25

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Match the concepts listed in Column I with the phenomena listed in Column II.
Column I | Column II P. Peierls-Nabarro stress | 1. Yield point phenomenon Q. Cottrell’s atmosphere | 2. Fatigue R. Paris law | 3. Dislocation glide S. Considère’s criterion | 4. Onset of necking
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Question 34

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A single crystal is oriented such that the normal to the slip plane makes an angle of

with the tensile axis. If the slip direction makes an angle of

with respect to the tensile axis and the critical resolved shear stress for slip is

, then the tensile stress at which plastic deformation commences is ______

. (Round off to one decimal place)

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Question 43

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An isotropic metallic cuboid block shown in the figure has a coefficient of linear thermal expansion

, Young’s modulus

and Poisson’s ratio

. The dimensions of the cuboid are

,

and

in the X, Y and Z directions, respectively. It is rigidly constrained against expansion in the X direction. However, it is free to expand in the Y and Z directions. It is initially stress-free. Subsequently, it is heated so that its temperature increases by

. What would be the CHANGE in the dimension of the cuboid in the Y direction?
Assume linear elasticity, and that thermal as well as mechanical strains are infinitesimally small.
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Question 56

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A thin plate is loaded in plane stress condition with

The maximum principal stress in

is __________ (round off to nearest integer).

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Question 26

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For a material that undergoes strain hardening, necking instability occurs during tensile testing when __________
Given:

= true stress and

= true strain.
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Question 63

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Given the stress tensor

the maximum shear stress is ________ MPa (round off to the nearest integer).

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Question 7

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For uniaxial tensile stress-strain behaviour of polycrystalline aluminium, which one of the following statements is FALSE?
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Question 18

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A body is subjected to a state of stress given by the following stress tensor:

MPa.
If yielding is predicted by the Tresca Criterion, the uniaxial tensile yield stress (in MPa) of the body should be less than or equal to: __________ (round off to nearest integer).

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