Elasticity/Equilibrium example 3

Example 3

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Given:

If a material is incompressible (  = 0.5), a state of hydrostatic stress ( ) produces no strain. The corresponding stress-strain relation can be written as

 

where   is an unknown hydrostatic pressure which will generally vary with position. Also, the condition of incompressibility requires that the dilatation

 

Show:

Show that the stress components and the hydrostatic pressure   must satisfy the equations

 

where   is the body force.

Solution

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We have,   Also,

 

Therefore,

 

Since  , the above relation gives  . Therefore,

 

The strain-stress relations are

 

Differentiating the strains so that they correspond to the compatibilityrelation is two-dimensions, we have

 

In terms of the compatibility equation,

 

From the two-dimensional equilibrium equations,

 

Therefore, differentiating w.r.t   and   respectively,

 

Adding,

 

Hence,

 

Substituting back into the compatibility equation,

 

Hence,