2.1 - Traction contribution
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Define traction in your own words.
💡 Hint: Consider forces acting at the boundaries.
Explain what the stress tensor represents.
💡 Hint: Think about how stress is distributed in three dimensions.
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What is traction?
💡 Hint: Focus on what happens inside a material when loads are applied.
True or False: The stress tensor can vary with position within a body.
💡 Hint: Think about how stress distributes differently at various points.
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A cuboidal beam of dimensions 2m x 1m x 1m is subjected to a uniform load of 500N across one face. Calculate the traction force acting on that face.
💡 Hint: Use the definition of traction to guide your calculations.
Given a cuboid with varying traction calculated as σ(x) = 3x² + 2x + 1, determine the total traction force on a face from x=0 to x=2 using integration.
💡 Hint: Review integration techniques to solve this problem.
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