On the determination of stress concentration in a stretched plate with two holes

We present a short survey of studies of the elastic interaction of two holes in a stretched plate. Special attention is paid to the study of the concentration of stresses on the contours of closely positioned holes. For two identical elliptic holes, numerical results are obtained by the method of singular integral equations. With the help of the limit transition, we determined the stress intensity factors at the vertices of semi-infinite parabolic notches. A comparison of the numerical data with known analytic solutions for two circular holes and collinear cracks is performed.