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How to create and use Mohr’s circle

Fig1:A typical mohr's circle

Mohr’s circle is an important tool used for visualizing relations between normal stresses, maximum principal stresses, shear stresses and maximum shear stresses. Mohr circle diagram was developed by Christian Otto Mohr and it is used widely even now. We will see how to create a Mohr’s circle if normal stresses and shear stresses are given. …

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