calculates the magnitude and direction of the maximum in-plane shear stress
Usage
tauMax(sigmaX, sigmaZ, tauXZ)
Arguments
- sigmaX
normal stress acting in the horizontal direction
- sigmaZ
normal stress acting in the vertical direction
- tauXZ
shear stress acting on the same plane as "sigmaX"
Value
A two-element list containing
"tauMax"
maximum in-plane shear stress
"theta"
angle of maximum in-plane shear stress (in degrees)
Author
Kyle Elmy and Jim Kaklamanos
Examples
tauMax(sigmaX = 80, sigmaZ = 120, tauXZ = 20)
#> $tauMax
#> [1] 28.28427
#>
#> $theta
#> [1] 67.5
#>