Finite elastic deformations of an infinite plate perforated by two circular holes under biaxial tension

Summary Based on the theory of finite deformations and by the use of a given reference frame in undeformed body, stresses of an incompressible isotropic infinite plate with two circular holes subjected to biaxial tension at infinity are investigated. The material is assumed to be in the state of finite plane strain. The method of successive approximation is used in connection with the complex variable method of plane elasticity. Numerical results due to the second-order approximation theory are given for stresses, and compared with those predicted by classical theory of elasticity.

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Übersicht Es werden die Spannungen in einer unendlich ausgedehnten Platte mit zwei kreisförmigen Löchern nach der Theorie endlicher Verformungen und unter Verwendung eines im unverformten Körper festgelegten Bezugsgerüstes untersucht. Die Platte besteht aus inkompressiblem isotropen Material und wird einer im Unendlichen zweiachsialen Verzerrung ausgesetzt. Der Verzerrungszustand wird als eben angenommen. Bei den Untersuchungen werden die komplexen Methoden der ebenen Elastizitätstheorie in Verbindung mit schrittweisen Näherungen angewendet. Aufgrund einer Annäherung zweiter Ordnung werden die Spannungen numerisch ausgerechnet und mit den Werten verglichen, die von der klassischen Elastizitätstheorie vorausgesagt werden.

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The author wishes to express his hearty thanks to Osamu Tamate, Professor of Tohoku University, for directing the work.     

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