Question

On the inner surface of the cylinder, the third principal stress is not zero. The third principal stress acts in the radial direction. Determine the third principal stress. Include the proper sign for your value.

Answer 1

σ1, σ2 and σ3.

Step-by-step explanation:

The three principal stresses are labelled or written as σ1, σ2 and σ3. The σ1 is the maximum principal stress or most tensile stress, σ2 is the intermediate principal stress and σ3 is the minimum or most compressive principal stress. Principal stresses are the maximum and minimum extensional stresses present in an object. The principal directions have no shear stresses connected with them.