Open Access Review Article

A Rule Based Method to Construct The Mohr’s Circle for Plane Stress

Swami Karunamoorthy*

Department of Mechanical Engineering & Materials Science, Washington University in St. Louis Saint Louis, Missouri

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Received Date: November 15, 2019;  Published Date: November 20, 2019

Abstract

Mohr’s Circle is a graphical representation of the state of plane stress at a point. It is an important concept to learn for the understanding of plane stress transformation. However, it remains a challenge for both engineering as well as engineering technology students to understand the principles of Mohr’s Circle. In this paper, an emphasis is given to identify the source of pedagogical difficulty and a simple rule-based method is presented as a new approach for effective teaching as well as learning. It is a viable method to understand the Mohr’s Circle and its application to plane stress transformation.

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