A thin rectangular plate ABCD is deformed into a parallelogram as shown in the figure below.  The width of the plate is w = 1300 mm, and the height of the plate is h = 1700 mm.   The shear strain at A is known to be +4172 μrad.  Assume a = 2.9 mm.  Calculate the magnitude of dimension b in the figure.

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A thin rectangular plate ABCD is deformed into a parallelogram as shown in the figure below.  The width of the plate is w = 1300 mm, and the height of the plate is h = 1700 mm.

 

The shear strain at A is known to be +4172 μrad.  Assume a = 2.9 mm.  Calculate the magnitude of dimension b in the figure.

A thin rectangular plate ABCD is deformed into a parallelogram as shown in the figure below. The width of the plate is w = 1300 mm,
and the height of the plate is h = 1700 mm.
The shear strain at A is known to be +4172 μrad. Assume a = 2.9 mm. Calculate the magnitude of dimension b in the figure.
y
D
h
Answer:
b=
i
W
B
a
mm
Transcribed Image Text:A thin rectangular plate ABCD is deformed into a parallelogram as shown in the figure below. The width of the plate is w = 1300 mm, and the height of the plate is h = 1700 mm. The shear strain at A is known to be +4172 μrad. Assume a = 2.9 mm. Calculate the magnitude of dimension b in the figure. y D h Answer: b= i W B a mm
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