# GATE Questions & Answers of Mohr’s Circle for Plane Stress and Plane Strain

## What is the Weightage of Mohr’s Circle for Plane Stress and Plane Strain in GATE Exam?

Total 9 Questions have been asked from Mohr’s Circle for Plane Stress and Plane Strain topic of Mechanics of Materials subject in previous GATE papers. Average marks 1.44.

If $\sigma_1$ and $\sigma_3$ are the algebraically largest and smallest principal stresses respectively, the value of the maximum shear stress is

The state of stress at a point, for a body in plane stress, is shown in the figure below. If the minimum principal stress is 10 kPa, then the normal stress $\sigma_y$ (in kPa) is

The state of stress at a point is MPa. The maximum normal stress (in MPa) at that point is__________

The state of stress at a point on an element is shown in figure (a). The same state of stress is shown in another coordinate system in figure (b).

The components $\style{font-family:'Times New Roman'}{\left(\tau_{xx},\tau_{yy},\tau_{xy}\right)}$ are given by

The state of sttress at a point is given by ${\sigma }_{x}=-6$ MPa, ${\sigma }_{y}=4$ MPa, and ${\tau }_{xy}=-8$ MPa.The maximum tensiile stress (in MPa) at the point is ________

The state of stress at a point under plane stress condition is

and ${\tau }_{xy}=40MPa$

The radius of the Mohr’s circle representing the given state of stress in MPa is

The state of plane-stress at a point is given by σx =−200MPa, σy = 100MPa and $\tau$= 100MPa . The maximum shear stress in MPa is

If the principal stresses in a plane stress problem are ${\sigma }_{1}$ = 100 MPa,${\sigma }_{2}$ = 40 MPa, the magnitude of the maximum shear stress (in MPa) will be