Advanced Structural Analysis/Part I - Theory/General Properties of Materials/Measures/Elasticity/Broad Implications

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Broad Implications edit

As is the case with many elementary physical laws, Hooke's law, stating the linear correlation between load and deformation, spans the small and simple, and the big and complex. For instance, the theory is a good approximation of simple test specimens subjected to axial loading. Naturally, it is also an accurate physical model for linear springs. And it is even valid for very complex structures, so long as they respond linearly. These are all trivial and perhaps self-evident statements, yet they are powerful and important.

Load and Stress edit

To expand on this, let's consider an initially stress free quasi-static linear-elastic mechanical system that is subjected to one load   which has some fixed direction and point of application. The global equilibrium of the system is sustained by a pattern of internal stresses in the structure. The specific shape of the stress pattern is required to achieve equilibrium at each point in the structure. That is, if the stress magnitude   at some point   differed from the equilibrium state   by a factor  , the system would automatically strive to reach the unique pattern of equilibrium. One could however obtain a new equilibrium state that abides the new condition at   by altering the stress levels in the material surrounding   by the same factor  . A state of equilibrium is thus reached if

\begin{equation} \sigma_i = k \sigma_{i0} \end{equation}

If the refactoring of the stress magnitudes is propagated throughout the system, including the point at which the load is applied, global equilibrium will be achieved. Consequently, also the magnitude of the load itself would have to be altered by the factor   in this scenario. Hence we can write

  (2)

Equation () and () yields

  (3)

Where   is a constant.

Equation () is only true if the normalized stress pattern is unaffected by the magnitude of   in the considered interval. If instead, the system is nonlinear, i.e. responds differently depending on the magnitude of  , equation () is not be true/reliable.

Load and Strain edit

Moreover, Hookes law and equation () gives us

 

 

 

Load and Displacement edit

Let's consider a path   that runs through a continuous linear elastic body.   has two endpoints   and  .

The relative change   in distance in some direction between the two points can be formulated

 

Displacement and Strain edit

From equation () and () we get

 

Displacement and Stress edit

From equation () and () we get

 

Generalization edit

Moving on to a more general point of view, we state the following definition

  (3)

Where   is a constant and   and   are some linearly dependent structural measures at   and  , respectively.

From equation (3) and the superposition principle we conclude that

      (4) 

The independent parameters of (4) can be obtained by performing   tests/calculations. It follows that it is easy to, for instance, scale linear test results according to different safety factors.

It is important to know whether or not the structure is linear before drawing any critical conclusions from the theory of elasticity. Common sources of non-linear behavior in a structure are material, geometric, contact and dynamic effects.