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    What are the shear and principal stresses for given stress components?

    im still not sure what exactly my drawing should look like? i know that the 2 angles should be 45 degrees apart which they are. so ill rotate the drawing counter clockwise 9 degrees? and then have my new stress values coming out of it? or the old stress values? I am still not getting it, so...
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    What are the shear and principal stresses for given stress components?

    so for the principal angle, i just rotate the square 9 degrees counter clockwise? do i do anything for the shear angle? and on this new figure, would the forces now be perpendicular to the shape or to the original axis?
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    What are the shear and principal stresses for given stress components?

    thanks ill go check into my signs. and a_s is the associated angle of the shear (alpha sub s). there is a diagram of a square showing the perpendicular and parallel forces acting on it, but how can i redraw the new configuration?
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    What are the shear and principal stresses for given stress components?

    id like to think i did this right, but i just want to make sure. i can't do symbols so let d equal sigma. the stress components are d_xx= 200 MPa, d_xy= 50 MPa, d_yy=-100 MPa. I need to find the max shear stress, and the principal stresses, and then a_s and a_p. heres what i got: max...
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    A couple easy questions related to polymers

    1. HIPS is a : a)Polystyrene-Polybutadiene blend b)High Impact Polybutadiene Blend c)Polystyrene-Polybutadiene copolymer blended with polystyrene and polybutadiene d)High polystyrene matrix material I'm pretty sure it's not B, and I'm leaning towards C, but I'm not very confident...
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    Does Length Affect Stress Calculation in Material Science?

    Homework Statement A bar of material is 1ft long and has a cross sectional area of 2 square inches. If a force of 10,000 lbs is put on the bar, what is the stress? Homework Equations stress= force (in pounds)/ area (square inches) The Attempt at a Solution this seems very easy...
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