PLANE STRESS TRANSFORMATION WITH MOHR'S CIRCLE

Plane stress transformation with Mohr's circle calculator is used to calculate normal stresses and shear stress at a specific point for plane stress state (σ_z=τ_zx=τ_zy=0) after the element is rotated by θ around the Z-axis. Stress transformation results are also shown with Mohr's Circle representation. If the plane stresses are known for a member, then plane stresses for different orientation (in the same plane) can be calculated with this calculator.

Plane Stress is a loading situation on a cubic element where two faces the element is free of any stress. Such a situation occurs on free surface of a structural element or machine component, at any point of the surface of that element which is not subjected to an external force. Another example for plane stress is structures which are built from sheet metals where stresses across the thickness are negligible.

Plane stress transformation formulas used for the calculations are given in the List of Equations section.

Calculator:

INPUT PARAMETERS
Parameter	Value	Unit
Normal stress (σx)		MPa psi
Normal stress (σy)
Shear stress (τxy)
Transformation angle (θ)		deg

Note: Use dot "." as decimal separator.

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RESULTS
Parameter	Value	Unit
Normal stress after transformation (σx')	---	MPa
Normal stress after transformation (σy')	---
Shear stress after transformation (τxy')	---

Definitions:

Mohr’s Circle: A graphical method to represent the plane stress (also strain) relations. It’s a very effective way to visualize a specific point’s stress states, stress transformations for an angle, principal and maximum shear stresses.

Normal Stress: Stress acts perpendicular to the surface (cross section).

Plane stress example - Free surface of structural element

Shear stress: A form of a stress acts parallel to the surface (cross section) which has a cutting nature.

Stress: Average force per unit area which results strain of material.

List of Equations:

Examples:

Reference:

• Beer.F.P. , Johnston.E.R. (1992). Mechanics of Materials , 2nd edition. McGraw-Hill