Mohr’s circle

Draws Mohr’s circle for given stress – values before and after rotation.

Inputs are the stress – values and the angle of rotation.

Version 1, 29.07.2023

\documentclass[tikz,border=10pt]{standalone}
\usetikzlibrary{calc}
\tikzset{prerot/.style = {line width = 1.5pt, color = gray},
postrot/.style = {line width = 1.5pt, color = red},
reflineprerot/.style = {line width = 1.pt, color = gray, dashed},
reflinepostrot/.style = {line width = 1.pt, color = black, dashed}}
\begin{document}
\begin{tikzpicture}[scale=0.6]
%Choose stress values
\def\sigmax{9} % upper normal-stress value before rotation
\def\sigmay{3} % lower normal-stress value before rotation
\def\tauxy{4} % shear-stress value before rotation
\def\phi{13} % angle for rotation
\pgfmathsetmacro\sigmam{0.5*(\sigmax+\sigmay)} % compute center of circle
\pgfmathsetmacro\sigmad{0.5*(\sigmax-\sigmay)} % compute x-component of radius
\pgfmathsetmacro\r{sqrt((\sigmad)^2+\tauxy^2)} % compute radius of circle
% compute upper normal-stress value after rotation:
\pgfmathsetmacro\sigmau{\sigmam+\sigmad*cos(2*\phi)+\tauxy*sin(2*\phi)}
% compute lower normal-stress value after rotation:
\pgfmathsetmacro\sigmav{\sigmam-\sigmad*cos(2*\phi)-\tauxy*sin(2*\phi)}
% compute shear-stress value after rotation:
\pgfmathsetmacro\tauuv{-\sigmad*sin(2*\phi)+\tauxy*cos(2*\phi)}
\def\s{0.5} % parameter for small offsets
\pgfmathsetmacro\w{\sigmam+\r+\s} % parameter for width
\pgfmathsetmacro\h{\r+\s} % parameter for height
%
%\draw[step=0.5,gray] (-4*\s,-\h) grid (\w+\s,\h+\s);% turn on grid if wanted
%
% coordinate system
\draw[line width = 1pt,-latex] (0,-\h)--(0,\h)
node[at end, anchor = south] {$\tau$};
\draw[line width = 1pt,-latex] (0,0)--(\w,0)
node[at end, anchor = west] {$\sigma$};
%
% draw circle
\draw[color = blue, line width = 1pt] (\sigmam,0) circle (\r);
%
% draw system before rotation
% draw connecting line
\draw[prerot](\sigmax,\tauxy) - -(\sigmay,-\tauxy);
\node at (\sigmax,\tauxy) [anchor=south west, prerot] {$P_1$};
 
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