Influences of surface on the interaction between holes or edge

The effects of surface energy on the interaction between holes or edge are investigated. Three typical problems are discussed: (1) an infinite plate containing two holes of unequal size subjected to an all-round tension, (2) a circle disc containing an eccentric hole subjected to uniform pressure on either external or internal surface, (3) a semi-infinite plate containing an unstressed circular hole subjected to a uniform tension parallel to its straight edge. The problems are solved by series expansion in bipolar coordinates. The results show that the surface energy significantly affects the stress concentrations around the holes as the size of the holes shrinks to nanometers. Meanwhile, the interaction between the holes or edge influences the stress distribution around the holes or edge, which becomes evident as the holes or edge close to each other and is affected by the surface effect significantly.     

Strength analysis of an elastic plane containing a square lattice of circular holes under mechanical loading

The strength characteristics of an elastic plane weakened by a square lattice of circular holes are considered. The stress concentrations in three distinct lattices under the conditions of uniaxial tension/compression in various directions are studied. The minimum and maximum values of the stress concentrations are calculated, and the stress fields in various lattices are considered. We show that under the compression conditions fracture can occur inside the material rather than on the hole boundaries. It is demonstrated that in dense lattices the stress concentrations exhibit power-law dependence on the structure parameter equal to the ratio of the length of the interval between the holes to the hole radius.     

Elastoplastic state of flexible cylindrical shells with two circular holes

The elastoplastic state of thin cylindrical shells with two equal circular holes is analyzed with allowance made for finite deflections. The shells are made of an isotropic homogeneous material. The load is internal pressure of given intensity. The distribution of stresses along the hole boundary and in the stress concentration zone (when holes are closely spaced) is analyzed by solving doubly nonlinear boundary-value problems. The results obtained are compared with the solutions that allow either for physical nonlinearity (plastic strains) or geometrical nonlinearity (finite deflections) and with the numerical solution of the linearly elastic problem. The stresses near the holes are analyzed for different distances between the holes and nonlinear factors.Translated from Prikladnaya Mekhanika, Vol. 40, No. 10, pp. 107–112, October 2004.     

A new analytical-numerical method for calculating interacting stresses of a multi-hole problem under both remote and arbitrary surface stresses

Based on the elementary solutions and new integral equations, a new analytical-numerical method is proposed to calculate the interacting stresses of multiple circular holes in an infinite elastic plate under both remote stresses and arbitrarily distributed stresses applied to the circular boundaries. The validity of this new analytical-numerical method is verified by the analytical solution of the bi-harmonic stress function method, the numerical solution of the finite element method, and the analytical-numerical solutions of the series expansion and Laurent series methods. Some numerical examples are presented to investigate the effects of the hole geometry parameters (radii and relative positions) and loading conditions (remote stresses and surface stresses) on the interacting tangential stresses and interacting stress concentration factors (SCFs). The results show that whether the interference effect is shielding (k <1) or amplifying (k> 1) depends on the relative orientation of holes (α) and remote stresses (σ_x^∞, σ_y^∞). When the maximum principal stress is aligned with the connecting line of two-hole centers and σ_y^∞ <0.5σ_x^∞, the plate containing two circular holes has greater stability than that containing one circular hole, and the smaller circular hole has greater stability than the bigger one. This new method not only has a simple formulation and high accuracy, but also has an advantage of wide applications over common analytical methods and analytical-numerical methods in calculating the interacting stresses of a multi-hole problem under both remote and arbitrary surface stresses.     

Reinforcement of a plate with a circular hole by an eccentric circular patch

We study the reinforcement of an infinite elastic plate with a circular hole by a larger eccentric circular patch completely covering the hole and rigidly adjusted to the plate along the entire boundary of itself. We assume that the plate and the patch are in a generalized plane stress state generated by the action of some given loads applied to the plate at infinity and on the boundary of the hole. We use the power series method combined with the conformal mapping method to find the Muskhelishvili complex potentials and study the stress state on the hole boundary and on the adhesion line. We consider several examples, study how the stresses depend on the geometric and elastic parameters, and compare the problem under study with the case of a plate with a circular hole without a patch. In scientific literature, numerous methods for reinforcing plates with holes, in particular, with circular holes, have been studied. In the monographs [1, 2], the problem of reinforcing the hole edges by stiffening ribs is solved. Methods for reinforcing a circular hole by using two-dimensional patches pasted to the entire plate surface are studied in [3, 4]. The case of a plate with a circular cut reinforced by a concentric circular patch adjusted to the plate along the boundary of itself or along some other circle was studied in [5, 6]. The reinforcement of an elliptic hole by a confocal elliptic patch was considered in [7].     

含功能梯度材料加强环的任意几何形状孔附近应力集中分析

基于复变函数理论,结合保角变换技术研究含功能梯度材料（FGM）加强环的任意几何形状孔附近应力集中。采用分层均匀化方法,给出了远场均布载荷作用下材料参数沿孔周法线方向任意变化的FGM加强环内的复势函数解。通过数值算例,详细讨论了加强环内杨氏模量不同变化规律对三角形、正方形、矩形等各种几何形状孔附近应力分布的影响。结果表明：通过在孔周衬入FGM加强环并合理选择加强环内材料参数的递变规律,可以有效缓解各种几何形状孔附近的应力集中。同时通过一些特例与已有文献比对验证了本文结果的正确性。     

Stress Concentration Factor in Functionally Graded Plates with Circular Holes Subjected to Anti-plane Shear Loading

Stress concentration factors due to the presence of geometrical discontinuities (circular holes) in functionally graded plates are derived. The material property inhomogeneity is assumed to be in the radial direction originating at the center of the plate. Variable separable closed-form solutions are obtained for the stresses and displacements in functionally graded plates (without and with holes) subjected to anti-plane shear loading. The stresses in functionally graded plates without a hole are not homogeneous as it is in the case of homogeneous plates. Either a stress concentration (more than the applied stress) or dilution (less than the applied stress) occurs depending on whether the modulus increases (hardening graded material) or decreases (softening graded material) away from the center of the graded plate without a hole. A novel definition of the stress concentration factor due to the geometrical discontinuity in functionally graded plates is derived. The effect of the circular hole in functionally graded plates is to magnify (compared to homogeneous plates) the stress concentration when the modulus decreases away from the center of the hole (softening material). Beneficial reduction of the stress concentration factor is achieved in hardening functionally graded materials.     

布孔方式对孔洞材料宏观力学性能影响的研究

运用材料破坏过程分析MFPA2D系统,从细观力学和损伤力学角度,研究了布孔方式对孔洞材料宏观力学性能以及破坏机理的影响。在研究中,分别建立了三种含双孔、四孔以及多孔的正方形数值模型。双孔以沿试件垂直中心线重叠布置,沿试件水平中心线并列布置和沿试件对角线倾斜布置三种方式进行布孔,四孔以正方形和菱形两种布孔方式置于试件中央区域,多孔成排布置并使其相邻四孔成正方形和菱形镶嵌于试件中。然后对这三种试件分别进行了标准的单轴压缩数值试验。通过对试验结果的讨论,阐明了布孔方式对孔洞材料宏观力学行为和细观损伤机理的影响。结果表明:孔洞的相互作用既可以增强应力集中程度,也可以减弱应力集中程度;正方形布孔方式比菱形布孔方式使孔洞材料具有更高的承载能力;多孔材料的延性断裂行为是孔洞应力屏蔽作用和材料损伤局部化行为共同作用的结果。     

压电体中考虑表面效应时开裂孔洞的断裂特征

研究了反平面机械载荷和面内电载荷作用下压电体中考虑表面效应时孔边双裂纹问题的断裂特征。基于Gurtin-Murdoch表面理论模型，通过构造映射函数，利用复势电弹理论获得了应力场和电位移场的闭合解答。给出了裂纹尖端应力强度因子、电位移场强因子和能量释放率的解析解。讨论了开裂孔洞几何参数和施加力电载荷对电弹场强因子和能量释放率的影响。     

Electromagnetoelastic problem for an infinite plate with known electrical potentials at hole boundaries

The plane electromagnetoelastic problem for an infinite plate with cracks and holes for known electrical potentials at the boundaries of the cracks and holes is solved using generalized complex potentials and conformal mapping, series, and least squares methods. The electromagnetoelastic state and variation of the stress intensity coefficient versus the geometric and physicomechanical properties of the material was studied for plates with two circular holes, a crack and a circular hole, or two cracks.     

含孔边非均匀材料圆环的无限大薄板的应力集中系数

对于含圆孔及孔边非均匀材料圆环的无限大薄板，假设非均匀材料的弹性模量沿径向按照指数函数变化，而泊松比为常数，分别导出了双轴拉伸和纯剪切作用时孔边及界面处的应力集中系数的解析解．通过数值算例详细分析了非均匀材料圆环的弹性模量的变化对无限大薄板的孔边及界面处的应力集中系数的影响．研究结果表明，合理选择孔边非均匀材料圆环的材料性能变化参数可有效地缓解薄板的孔边应力集中程度．本文的研究结果可为含圆孔的薄板的设计提供一定的参考．     

Incremental Hole Drilling for Residual Stress Analysis of Thin Walled Components with Regard to Plasticity Effects

The incremental hole-drilling method is widely used in residual stress depth distribution analysis. However, two specific difficulties with the generalization of the incremental method exist, including the consideration of the sample thickness and residual stress states close to the local material’s yield strength. The stress concentration effect of the hole can lead to plastic deformation in the vicinity of the hole, which results in an overestimation of residual stresses. Typically, the effect of the component’s thickness and the plasticity effects are analyzed separately and correction approaches are proposed. In the current paper, we analyze the combined effects of plasticity and thickness on residual stress analysis using the incremental hole-drilling method. A systematic study was performed on steel samples with (i) isotropic and (ii) anisotropic elastic and elasto-plastic material behavior with varying thicknesses ranging between 1 mm and 4 mm. Electronic speckle pattern interferometry (ESPI) hole-drilling experiments were conducted on beam samples loaded using a 4-point bending fixture. Finite element simulations were conducted to gain insight into the effects of incremental hole-drilling. The results indicate that reducing the component’s thickness increases the plastic deformation in the vicinity of the hole and results in significant stress deviations. Thin components bend during hole-drilling as a result of the loss of stiffness, which amplifies the plasticity effect.     

Asymptotic analysis of stresses in an isotropic linear elastic plane or half-plane weakened by a finite number of holes

The problem of an isotropic linear elastic plane or half-plane weakened by a finite number of small holes is considered. The analysis is based on the complex potential method of Muskhelishvili as well as on the theory of compound asymptotic expansions by Maz’ya. An asymptotic expansion of the solution in terms of the relative hole radii is constructed. This expansion is asymptotically valid in the whole domain, i.e. both in the vicinity of the holes and in the far-field. The approach leads to closed-form approximations of the field variables and does not require any numerical approximation. Several examples of the interaction between holes or holes and an edge are presented.     

Diffraction of stress waves by a free or reinforced hole in an orthotropic plate

Photoelastic plates made of an orthotropic material are used to model the dynamic stress state near free and reinforced circular holes under blast loading. The diffraction of stress waves by holes in a thin-walled plate is studied. Experimental data are used to analyze the dynamic stress concentration in a plate with a hole in which quasilongitudinal and quasitransverse waves propagate __________ Translated from Prikladnaya Mekhanika, Vol. 43, No. 7, pp. 73–78, July 2007.     

Buckling of cylinders with cutouts under axial compression

An experimental study was carried out to clarify the effects of circular holes on the buckling of circular cylinders under axial compression. The effect of reinforcements was also examined by placing thin annular plates around the cutouts. Tests were performed on polyester shells with radius-to-thickness ratio of 400 and 100 and with two diametrically opposed circular holes. If a hole is small enough, there are no appreciable effects on the buckling strength of the cylinder. However larger cutouts result in a significant reduction of the buckling load. When doublers are placed around the holes, the buckling load approaches the value for the complete cylinder with no cutouts as the stiffening volume increases. Paper was presented at the 1982 SESA-JSME Joint Conference held in Oahu and Maui, HI on May 23–30, 1982.     

Effect of initial flaw shape on crack extension in orthotropic composite materials

An analytical study is presented showing the effects of the notch tip geometry on the location and direction of crack growth from an existing notch in a unidirectional fibrous composite modelled as a homogeneous, anisotropic, elastic material. Anisotropic elasticity and the normal stress ratio theory are used to study crack growth from elliptical notches in unidirectional composites. Sharp cracks, circular holes, and ellipses are studied under far-field tension, and shear loading. Limited comparisons are made showing good correlation with experimental results.     

Surface tension-induced stress concentration around a nanosized hole of arbitrary shape in an elastic half-plane

This paper studies surface tension-induced stress concentration around a nanosized hole of arbitrary shape inside an elastic half-plane. Of particular interest is the maximum hoop stress on the hole’s boundary with relation to the point of maximum curvature and the distance between the hole and the free surface of the half-plane. The shape of the hole is characterized by a conformal mapping which maps the exterior of the hole onto the exterior of the unit circle in the image plane. On using the technique of conformal mapping and analytic continuation, the complex potentials of the half-plane are expressed in a series form with unknown coefficients to be determined by Fourier expansion method. Detailed numerical results are shown for elliptical, triangular, square and rectangular holes. Two basic conclusions are that the hoop stress increases with decreasing hole size and the maximum hoop stress generally appears nearby but not exactly at the point of maximum curvature. In addition, it is shown that the hoop stress nearby the point of maximum curvature on the hole’s boundary increases rapidly with decreasing distance between the hole and the free surface of the half-plane. On the other hand, if the distance between the hole and the free surface is more than three times the hole size, the effect of the free surface on the stress concentration around the hole is ignorable and the elastic half-plane can be treated approximately as an elastic whole plane.     

Stress distribution in physically and geometrically nonlinear thin cylindrical shells with two holes

The elastoplastic state of thin cylindrical shells weakened by two circular holes is analyzed. The centers of the holes are on the directrix of the shell. The shells are made of an isotropic homogeneous material and subjected to internal pressure of given intensity. The distribution of stresses along the hole boundaries and over the zone where they concentrate (when the distance between the holes is small) is analyzed using approximate and numerical methods to solve doubly nonlinear boundary-value problems. The data obtained are compared with the solutions of the physically nonlinear (plastic strains taken into account) and geometrically nonlinear (finite deflections taken into account) problems and with the numerical solution of the linearly elastic problem. The stress-strain state near the two holes is analyzed depending on the distance between them and the nonlinearities accounted for __________ Translated from Prikladnaya Mekhanika, Vol. 41, No. 11, pp. 88–95, November 2005.     

Compression of solid and annular circular discs bonded to rigid surfaces

Although it is noted in the literature that the presence of a central hole in an elastic layer bonded to rigid surfaces can cause significant drop in its compression modulus, not much attention is given for investigating thoroughly and in detail the influence of the hole on the layer behavior. This paper presents analytical solutions to the problem of the uniform compression of bonded hollow circular elastic layers, which includes solid circular layers as a special case as the radius of hollow section vanishes. The closed-form expressions derived in this study are advanced in the sense that three of the commonly used assumptions in the analysis of bonded elastic layers are eliminated: (i) the incompressibility assumption, (ii) the “pressure” assumption and (iii) the assumption that plane sections remain plane after deformation. Through the use of the analytical solutions derived in the study, the compressive behavior of bonded circular discs is studied. Particular emphasis is given to the investigation of the effects of the existence of a central hole on the compression modulus, stress distributions and maximum stresses/strains in view of three key parameters: radius ratio of the hole, aspect ratio of the disc and Poisson’s ratio of the disc material.     

定向断裂控制爆破的空孔效应实验分析

采用新型数字激光动态焦散线实验系统, 对爆炸荷载作用下空孔周围的动应力场分布及空孔对爆生主裂纹扩展行为的影响进行了研究。研究结果表明, 在空孔周围强应力场的影响下, 2条相向扩展的爆生主裂纹逐渐向空孔处偏转, 并在空孔处贯通; 空孔附近的主应力方向与炮孔连心线夹角基本稳定在约12°, 增大空孔尺寸对空孔附近的主应力方向影响不明显; 爆炸应力波与空孔相互作用, 产生反射拉伸波, 改变了主裂纹尖端的应力场, 降低了主裂纹的扩展速度, 且空孔直径越大, 主裂纹的扩展速度越低; 当爆生主裂纹扩展到空孔附近时, 主裂纹尖端动态应力强度因子再次出现上升的趋势。