Photoelastic analysis of a thick plate with an elliptical hole subjected to simple out-of-plane bending

A three-dimensional photoelastic analysis using the stress freezing and slicing techniques was employed to study the stress distribution and the stress-concentration factors around an elliptical hole in a plate of finite thickness. The plate was subjected to simple out-of-plane bending. A special bending device was designed to produce uniform bending moment at the two opposite free edges of the plate. Six plates with various elliptical holes were studied. The stress variation across the plate thickness at the periphery of the elliptical hole was also investigated. The experimental results were correlated with the existing theoretical solutions.     

Photoelastic stress analysis of an elliptical hole in a thick plate subjected to uniform in-plane compressive Loading

A three-dimensional photoelastic analysis was conducted to determine the stress distribution and concentration around the periphery of a centrally located elliptical hole in a plate of finite thickness. The edge of the plate was subjected to a uniformly distributed compressive uniaxial in-plane load. The principle of superposition was employed to study the effect of uniform biaxial loading.Elliptical holes with five different major/minor axis ratios () ranging from 1.0 to 2.64 were investigated. Among the results of this study, it was established that the variation of the principal stresses at the edge of the hole is not linear across the plate thickness. It was also found that in loading the plate in a direction parallel to the major axis of the ellipse, the value of the maximum tangential principal stress () occurs in a plane other than the middle plane of the plate. However, in loading the plate in a direction either parallel or perpendicular to the major axis, the maximum transverse stress ( _z ) occurs at the middle plane. In addition, the maximum value of ( _z ) was about 20 percent of the maximum value of the tangential stress for all models tested. Furthermore, the effect of the bixial loading has reduced the value of the maximum tangential stress at the periphery of the hole as compared with uniaxial loading.As a three-dimensional theoretical solution does not exist for this problem, the present findings were correlated with the well established two-dimensional solutions.     

Photoelastic analysis of an asymmetrically reinforced circular cut-out in a flat plate subjected to uniform unidirectional stress

Three-dimensional photoelastic studies of stresses around an asymmetrically reinforced circular cut-out in a flat plate under uniform unidirectional stress are reported. The frozen-stress technique, with Hysol 4290 material, was used to determine the stress distribution through four critical points on the boundary of the reinforced hole. Included were models with different cross sections of reinforcement, with various interface fillet radii and with different plate widths. For the majority of models, the ratio of volume of reinforcement to volume of hole was unity. It is concluded that, for reducing the stress concentration, there is a limit on the effectiveness of increasing the fillet radius beyond half the plate thickness. It was found that a reinforcement having a thickness of approximately 40 percent of the plate thickness was optimum and that the stress concentration decreases with volume of reinforcement. The authors believe that, with judgment, some of the conclusions reached may be applied, for design purposes, beyond the specific dimensional ranges and loading conditions of the tests.     

Normal surface displacement around a circular hole by reflection holographic interferometry

In a previous paper¹, a fringe-compensation technique was developed to improve the possibilities of stress analysis by real-time holographic interferometry. The technique is specially well suited for the measurement of small displacements in the direction of viewing. As an application of this method, the surface displacements caused by strains in the thickness direction are measured around a circular hole in a plate loaded in tension in its plane. Independent prior knowledge of the in-plane displacement is required, however, in data processing. An analytical solution to the problem is used for that purpose. The experimental results are compared to those obtained theoretically from the classical two-dimensional analysis, and from a three-dimensional analysis. The two-dimensional theory assumes a state of ‘generalized plane stress’. The three-dimensional theory, made by Alblas², takes into account the existence of stresses in the thickness direction, and the variation of the in-plane stresses through the thickness. Both theories give the same results away from the hole. They differ significantly, however, when the hole boundary is approached, where the proximity of the hole induces three-dimensional effects. The experimentally measured displacement is found to be in good agreement with both theories away from the hole. Close to the hole, a large departure from the two-dimensional results is observed. The experimental results here are close to those of three-dimensional results. The experiment is thus in good agreement with the three-dimensional theory over the whole field. But the two-dimensional theory is valid only at large distances from the hole.     

Stress-concentration factors for fatigue configurations

Stress concentrations in thin-plate configurations commonly used in fatigue bending tests were determined by photoelastic means. The test configurations were rectangular and tapered plates with a centrally located hole. These configurations were machined from plates constructed by cementing together two sheets of similar photoelastic material. A reflective-type cement was used. In this manner, photoelastic measurements for the bending case were indicative of the average between maximum fiber stress and the stress at the reflective surface. The maximum fiber stress was then computed assuming that plane sections remain plane. Although bending was of primary concern, tension tests were also performed. The measured stress concentrations are compared with available analytical solutions. In the case of bending, the results are compared with infinite-plate solutions since the perforated finite-width plate bending problem has not been solved.     

Stress concentrations associated with circular holes in cylinders and bone in torsion

Experimental studies were undertaken to determine the torsional stress concentration factors (Kt) associated with circular holes in bone. Reflective photoelasticity was used to determine the stress field around a circular hole through one wall of the bone. A single adult sheep femur was used as the torsional model, in which six circular holes were concentrically machined through the posterior cortex. These holes ranged from 10.4 percent to 66.4 percent of the mediolateral bone diameter. From the photoelastic data, a stress concentration curve was developed for bone. The maximum stress location on the boundary of the hole was found to shift from the previously expected 45-deg location. Studies on tubes made of steel and plastic, both coated with photoelastic coating, were also performed. Three different pieces of steel tubing with similar inner to outer diameters were coated with different thicknesses of photoelastic coating. The variation in coating thickness did not appear to influence the stress-concentration factors in steel. TheKt in steel for 10 percent and 20 percent defects agreed with theKt associated with similar defects in bone. A single piece of plastic tubing was used in which six holes from 10 percent to 60 percent of the tube's outer diameter were concentrically machined through one wall. The location of the maximum stress around the boundary of the hole was found to shift, and this agreed with the maximum stress shift found in the bone. Paper was presented at the 1992 SEM Spring Conference on Experimental Mechanics held in Las Vegas, NV on June 8–11.     

Hole-shape optimization in a finite plate in the presence of auxiliary holes

Minimizing the stress concentration around holes in uniaxially loaded finite plates is an important consideration in engineering design. One method for reducing the stress concentration around a central circular hole in a uniaxially loaded plate is to introduce smaller auxiliary holes on either side of the original hole to help smooth the flow of the tensile principal-stress trajectories past the original hole. This method has been demonstrated by Heywood and systematically studied by Erickson and Riley. Erickson and Riley show that for a central-hole diameter-to-plate width ratio of 0.222, the maximum stress reduction is up to 16 percent. In recent work, Durelliet al. show that the stress concentrations around holes in uniaxially loaded plates can be minimized by changing the hole shape itself till an optimum hole profile with constant stress values respectively on the tensile and compressive segments of the hole boundary is reached. By this technique the maximum stress reduction obtained for the above case is up to 20 percent. In the present work, starting with the optimum sizes and locations of central and auxiliary circular holes for a finite plate given by Erickson and Riley, a systematic study of the hole-shape optimization is undertaken. A two-dimensional photoelastic method is used. For a central-hole diameter-to-plate width ratio of 0.222, the reduction in stress-concentration factor obtained after hole-shape optimization is about 30 percent. It is also shown that it is possible to introduce the ‘equivalent ellipse’ concept for optimized holes.     

Solution of the moiré hole drilling method using a finite-element-method-based approach

The moiré hole drilling method in a biaxially loaded infinite plate in plane stress is an inverse problem that exhibits a dual nature: the first problem results from first drilling the circular hole and then applying the biaxial loads, while the other problem arises from doing the opposite, i.e., first applying the biaxial load and then drilling the circular hole. The first problem is hardly ever addressed in the literature but implies that either separation of stresses or material property identification may be achieved from interpreting the moiré signature around the hole. The second is the well-known problem of determination of residual stresses from interpreting the moiré fringe orders around the hole. This paper addresses these inverse problem solutions using the finite element method as the means to model the plate with a hole, rather than the typical approach using the Kirsch solution, and a least-squares optimization approach to resolve for the quantities of interest. To test the viability of the proposed method three numerical simulations and one experimental result in a finite width plate are used to illustrate the techniques. The results are found to be in excellent agreement. The simulations employ noisy data to test the robustness of this approach. The finite-element-method-based inverse problem approach employed in this paper has the potential for use in applications where the specimen shape and boundary conditions do not conform to symmetric or well-used shapes. Also, it is a first step in testing similar procedures in three-dimensional samples to assess the residual stresses in materials.     

Stress concentration around a hole in a radially inhomogeneous plate

The stress concentration factor around a circular hole in an infinite plate subjected to uniform biaxial tension and pure shear is considered. The plate is made of a functionally graded material where both Young’s modulus and Poisson’s ratio vary in the radial direction. For plane stress conditions, the governing differential equation for the stress function is derived and solved. A general form for the stress concentration factor in case of biaxial tension is presented. Using a Frobenius series solution, the stress concentration factor is calculated for pure shear case. The stress concentration factor for uniaxial tension is then obtained by superposition of these two modes. The effect of nonhomogeneous stiffness and varying Poisson’s ratio upon the stress concentration factors are analyzed. A reasonable approximation in the practical range of Young’s modulus is obtained for the stress concentration factor in pure shear loading.     

Winkler地基上变厚度圆板的轴对称弯曲

本文提出了Winkler地基上变厚度圆板轴对称弯曲的传递矩阵算法。首先,根据贝塞尔函数理论获得了等厚度圆板和环板单元在任意荷载作用下轴对称弯曲的解析解,这些解均由通解和特解两部分组成。基于这些解析解,导出了等厚度圆板和环板单元的传递矩阵。然后沿径向将变厚度圆板划分成一个等厚度圆板单元和一系列等厚度环板单元,应用传递矩阵算法原理获得了变厚度圆板的整体传递矩阵。引入圆板的边界条件,给出了该板每条节线上的挠度、径向转角、径向弯矩和径向剪力。最后,讨论了受均布荷载作用的简支线性变厚度圆板的弯曲,将本文数值解与解析解进行比较,证实了本文方法的有效性,并简要地讨论了地基参数对板挠度和径向弯矩的影响。     

Scattered-light analysis of a surface-flawed plate subjected to cylindrical bending

The scattered-light photoelastic technique was utilized to determine Mode I stress-intensity factors associated with a semi-elliptical surface flaw in a plate subjected to cylindrical bending. Stress-intensity factors were experimentally determined for the point of maximum flaw penetration and the point of intersection of the flaw border with the free surface of the plate. Experimental results compare favorably with those obtained in a three-dimensional finite-element analysis.     

用光弹性法测定复合应力强度因子

工程结构裂纹尖端应力强度因子(SIF)由于形状、荷载的复杂性及边界条件的不确定性,难以用解析法得到,数值计算也有困难,而光弹性法弥补了上述方法的不足。本文用环氧树脂制作圆轴模型,采用机加工的方法制作圆轴模型裂纹,然后将加载模型进行应力冻结,通过光弹性实验研究分析了圆轴裂纹尖端应力分布。由于带环形裂纹的圆轴在弯扭组合变形时,离中性轴最远的裂纹尖端处于复合裂纹状态,而三维光弹性应力冻结法是测定复杂三维问题复合裂纹的有效方法。本文用双参数法测定I型应力强度因子,用切片逐次削去法测定Ⅲ型应力强度因子,实验误差较小。     

Calibration of materials for photoelastoplastic models

Photoplasticity is a possible method of analyzing the plastic behavior in a structural member. Various problems attendant with this technique, however, especially those concerning the fundamental relationship between the fringe order and the stress, and the photoelastic material in the plastic range remain to be investigated. A few studies on this relationship in a uniaxial stress state have been presented, but no evaluations have been made in a biaxial stress state, which is considered essential for practical application of the technique. Applying the photoelastic and the moiré methods, the relationship is investigated in detail in this paper in both stress states using a tensile specimen with a central hole. It is revealed that in the plate of polycarbonate there is a linear relationship between the fringe order and the difference of principal strains in the plastic range. Paper was presented at the 1982 SESA/JSME Joint Conference on Experimental Mechanics held in Oahu and Maui, HI on May 23–29.     

Photothermoelastic investigation of stresses around a hole in a plate subjected to thermal shock

This paper contains a three-dimensional photothermoelastic study of stresses generated around the edge of a hole in a flat unrestrained plate subjected to a thermal shock uniformly applied to one face of the plate. The approach taken is experimental in nature, utilizing a newly developed three-dimensional, non-destructive photoelastic technique. An extrapolation procedure is formulated in order to determine transient fringe orders at the thermally shocked surface. For the case considered, the thermal-stress-concentration factor at the edge of the hole was found to be 1.28. Paper was presented at 1964 SESA Annual Meeting held in Cleveland, Ohio, on October 28–30. Work reported herein was conducted by the Douglas Missile and Space Systems Division under company sponsored Research and Development funds.     

Geometric elasticity problem of stress concentration in a plate with a circular hole

We use the geometric elasticity equations [1], which permit relating the medium stress state to the geometry of the Riemannian space generated by the stresses, to consider the plane problem of stress concentration near a circular hole in a thin unbounded plate loaded by normal and tangential stresses. The Riemannian space metric coefficient corresponding to the coordinate normal to the plate plane is treated as the variable thickness of the plate in three-dimensional Euclidean space, which determines the optimal law for the plate material distribution. We consider plates in uniaxial tension, biaxial tension, and shear. For the plate with thickness variation laws thus obtained, we construct direct numerical solutions of the corresponding classical elasticity problems and determine the stress concentration factors.     

Photoelastic analysis of stresses around oblique holes

A three-dimensional photoelastic analysis was conducted to determine the magnitude and distribution of stresses around oblique holes in a uniaxially loaded plate. The holes were circular and inclined at angles of 45 deg and 60 deg with the faces of the plate. The plate-thickness-to-hole-diameter ratiot/D was 2.40. One end of each hole was blended to the face of the plate through a break radius equal to the radius of the hole. The plate dimensions were sufficiently large to simulate conditions of an infinite plate. The plates were loaded perpendicular to the plane of skewness. Stress distributions were obtained on sections perpendicular to the direction of loading. Results point to two critical areas of stress concentration: one at the acute-angle intersection of the hole and the surface of the plate and the other in the break-radius area. The stress concentrations in the latter area reach values of 4.6 and 6.7 compared to 3.6 and 4.5 at the acute-angle intersection, for the inclination angles of 45 deg and 60 deg, respectively. A simplified analysis used for the break-radius area gave results in agreement with the experiment. Thus, it was shown that break radii in oblique penetrations may have deleterious rather than beneficial effects. Comparison of results for the acute-angle intersection with existing theoretical and experimental values shows a definite and pronounced dependence of the stress-concentration factor on thickness-to-diameter ratio.     

Axisymmetric bending of functionally graded circular magneto-electro-elastic plates

Axisymmetric bending of functionally graded circular magneto-electro-elastic plates of transversely isotropic materials is analyzed based on linear three-dimensional theory of elasticity coupled with magnetic and electric fields. The transverse loads are expanded in Fourier-Bessel series and therefore can be arbitrarily distributed along the radial direction. The radial distributions of the displacements are assumed in combination of Fourier-Bessel series and polynomials as well as the electric potential and magnetic potential. If the material properties obey the exponential law along the thickness of the plate, two three-dimensional exact solutions for two unusual boundary conditions can be derived since they satisfy the governing equations and specified boundary conditions point by point. For simply supported or clamped boundary, the obtained solutions satisfy the governing equations exactly and the boundary conditions approximately. A layer wise model is also introduced to treat with the plates whose material property components vary independently and arbitrarily along the thickness of the plates. The numerical results are finally tabulated and plotted to demonstrate the presented method and agree well with those from finite element methods.     

Stress Concentration in an Orthotropic Plate with a Circular Hole under Dynamic Loading

The paper sets forth a photoelastic method for the determination of the dynamic stress concentration factor near a hole in an orthotropic plate. The stress distribution at the periphery of a circular hole is analyzed. The stress concentration factors for orthotropic and isotropic plates under dynamic and statical loading are compared     

形状记忆合金椭圆孔口问题的有限单元法

基于Lagoudas形状记忆合金(SMA)三维本构模型,假设材料为各向同性,推导了SMA平面应力状态的增量型本构方程,继而编写了ABAQUS用户自定义材料(UMAT)子程序,研究了在双向拉伸情况下,外载荷、温度、椭圆孔口长短轴之比对超弹性SMA椭圆孔口板中应力诱发马氏体相变区的影响。数值结果表明:应力诱发马氏体相变首先发生在椭圆孔口长轴端点部位,在外加载荷作用下逐渐扩展到板内,并由内向外形成马氏体相区、相变混合区和奥氏体相区;SMA板内应力诱发马氏体完全相变区面积与施加外载荷成正相关,与温度成负相关;随着椭圆孔口长短轴之比增大,SMA板内应力诱发马氏体完全相变区面积呈现出先减小后增大的趋势;拉应力差值相同时,相较于拉应力沿椭圆孔口长轴方向较大的情况,当拉应力沿椭圆孔口短轴方向较大时,SMA板内完全相变区面积较大,椭圆孔口周边应力集中现象更明显。     

SINGULAR SOLUTIONS OF ANISOTROPIC PLATE WITH AN ELLIPTICAL HOLE OR A CRACK

In the present paper, closed form singular solutions for an infinite anisotropic plate with an elliptic hole or crack are derived based on the Stroh-type formalism for the general anisotropic plate. With the solutions, the hoop stresses and hoop moments around the elliptic hole as well as the stress intensity factors at the crack tip under concentrated in-plane stresses and bending moments are obtained. The singular solutions can be used for approximate analysis of an anisotropic plate weakened by a hole or a crack under concentrated forces and moments.They can also be used as fundamental solutions of boundary integral equations in BEM analysis for anisotropic plates with holes or cracks under general force and boundary conditions.