Question: Suppose a large rectangular prism is made of an elastic material with E = 8 0 MPa ( note: MPa not GPa ) and =

Suppose a large rectangular prism is made of an elastic material with E =80 MPa (note: MPa not GPa) and =0.4 and has dimensions Lx =1m, Ly =1m, and Lz =2m, extending from one corner at the origin to an opposite corner at (Lx,Ly,Lz). The prisms z =0 surface is fixed and it is initially put into pure shear static equilibrium by applying surface stresses to cause an internal shear stress vector of, and THEN given an additional 40 kPa of axial tensile z-stress on its +z surface.
a) Ignoring anchor effects and assuming stress & strain are uniform, produce a plot of x displacement vs. z-position along the line from (x,y,z)=(Lx,Ly,0) to (Lx,Ly,Lz), assuming the point (Lx/2,Ly/2,0) is fixed.
b) Use FlexPDE to model the beam and determine the real displacement along this line (i.e., including anchor effects) and plot both together with a FlexPDE elevation plot.

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