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ELASTICITYAIRY’S STRESS FUNCTION BY JONNALAGADDA SRI HARSHA VISWESWARA R MUDIAM UNDER GUIDANCE OF Dr. LARRY D. PEEL (ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR) TEXAS AM UNIVERSITY, KINGSVILLE MEEN 5330 CONTINUUM MECHANICS NOV, 14 2005 INTRODUCTION One of the main difficulties in solving elasticity problems is that we are required to calculate a vector field or if we are solving for stress we need to calculate a tensor field. This requires to solve at least three, possibly six partial differential equations. A promising approach is to find a way to reduce the coupled partial differential equations to a single partial differential equations for scalar valued function, which is then used later to deduce the stresses and strains. This can’t be done by 3D, but the Airy stress function is one way to do this for a plane stress or strain problem[1]. Elasticity Definition “An elastic body is defined as one which regains its original dimensions after the forces acting on it are removed”. Elasticity of a substance depends on the material possessing linear stress and strain relations. The range of stress and strain for which the behavior is linearly elastic will be known as elastic range. Stress in 1D, 2D 3D Stress is the internal distribution of forces within a body that balances and react to the loads applied to it. It is a tensor quantity. Stress in One Dimension The definition of Normal stress, , is sometimes called engineering stress and is used for rating the strength of material loaded in one dimensional. Stress is a simplified definition of stress that includes the change in cross sectional area. Stress in Two Dimensions Two dimensional state of stress is also know as Plane stress or plane strain. This two dimensional state models with the state of stresses in a flat thin plate loaded in the plane of the plate. shows the stresses on the x-and y-faces of a Differential element. Stress in a plane