Preparation¶

• Read section 3-4, 3-5, 3-9, 3-10, 3-11, 3-12
• Check on the Wikipedia page on Cauchy's Stress Tensor

Concepts¶

After this lesson you should be able to:

• Compute various stresses due to axial loads, bending, and torsion.
• Be able to find the resultant stress on any arbitrary plane
• Compute the principal stresses at a point

Upcoming Due Dates¶

• Four in-notebook detailed designs will be due Friday, October 7th in class
• Homework #2 will be due October 10th