Numerical investigation on the position of holes for reducing stress concentration in composite plates with bolted and riveted joints

This paper studies the effects of fiber orientaion and holes position on stress concentration and the determination of weakened areas in the composite of glass fiber reinforced epoxy resin around the hole for joints by using the finite element method. In this study, for the observation of areas affected by stress concentration Tsai-Wu failure criterion is used to determine the failed elements and ANSYS Software is implemented for modeling. In order to compare the effect of geometric parameters on stress concentration around the holes, two types of hole position arrangement along with fibers orientation have been studied. Results show that the stress concentration coefficient is lower in the second type of holes arrangement in comparison with the first type for the same component dimensions. Increasing the distance from hole center to upper or lower edge of the sample and also decreasing the distance between holes, would result in an increase in the stress concentration.