9a. Failure Theories (SSES Ch. 9.0-9.2)
• Types of Failure
• Maximum Normal Stress
• Maximum Shear Stress (Tresca)
• Maximum Distortional Energy (von Mises)
• Example Problems
Practice Problems
• 9-1 • 9-2 • 9-3 • 9-4
Modules/Tools/Tables
• Stress Transformation Calculator
Brittle Failure of the U.S. Liberty Ship,
Esso Manhattan, March 29, 1943, New York.