| Abstract: | The exact solution of the problem of the deflection of an anisotropic plate weakened by an aperture is known only for the case in which the aperture has the shape of a circle or an ellipse [1, 2]. An exact solution has not been derived for any other aperture shapes. Approximate methods [3–6] which are widespread for the case of multiply connected anisotropic plates [7] are applied to the determination of the bending moments in an anisotropic plate near an aperture differing little from an elliptical or circular one.Translated from Zhurnal Prikladnoi Mekhaniki i Tekhnicheskoi Fiziki, No. 5, pp. 168–177, September–October, 1977. |
