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PROBLEMS (8.116 through 120)   The state of strain at a point in a thin  steel plate is given in the 
following table.  Calculate:  
(a)   The in-plane principal strains and the maximum in-plane shear strain.  
(b)   The absolute or true maximum shearing strain (
 = 0.3).  
Sketch the results found in part (a) on properly oriented deformed elements. 
          
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                     Problem   
            y
         
y
 
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                      8.116                          400
                        100
                  200
          
 
                      8.117                         -900
                        400
                 -200
  
 
                      8.118                         -720
                          0  
                  300
  
 
                      8.119                           200
                        600
                  600
 
 
                      8.120                           500
                      -100
                   150
 
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SOLUTION (116) 
 
     (a)       400 100
' 250
2
μ
== 
       1
110
' tan 16.8
215 o
p
θ
−
== 
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        " 16.8 45 61.8o
s
θ
=+=
 
       22
100 150 180.3R
=+=  
       max 2 361R
μ
= 
      
4303.180250
1
 
      
703.180250
2
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Continued on next slide 
430 
 
61.8o
 
70 
 
250 
250 
 
16.8o
 
 
360 
    2
 
 (
) 
1
   
(μ) 
400, -100) 
2
(
2'
p
 
 
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