Stress-Concentration Factors for a Countersunk Hole in a Flat Bar in Tension and Transverse Bending

1978 ◽  
Vol 45 (4) ◽  
pp. 929-932 ◽  
Author(s):  
Y. F. Cheng

A series of three-dimensional photoelastic experiments was performed to determine the maximum stresses and stress-concentration factors at countersunk holes in a flat bar in tension and transverse bending. In the tension case, the maximum stress was found at the base of the countersunk and the stress-concentration factor was approximately 33 percent higher than those found in a straight hole. In the bending case, the neutral plane was shifted toward the surface containing the straight part of the hole and the stress-concentration factor was practically the same as those found in straight holes.

2020 ◽  
Vol 29 (2) ◽  
pp. 568-583
Author(s):  
Raphael Basilio Pires Nonato

Stress concentration factors (SCFs) for some set of fixed geometrical and loading cases can be obtained experimentally, analytically, and computationally. In order to accomplish this, tables and charts that relate a geometrical ratio and a specific type of loading with their correspondent stress concentration factor are commonly available. Although these resources are abundantly accessible for the most common cases, their reading and interpretation processes often imply parallax error. To overcome this difficulty, the approximate or interpolated equations may be applied. However, the application of the adequate equation in a non-structured manner can be time consuming when there are several cases to be calculated within the context of a whole design. Thus, the study of two geometrical cases of plates under tension in elastic range enabled the comparison of SCFs obtained from three sources: (a) chart reading; (b) approximate proven equations; and (c) specific computer program developed by the author. In addition, the program provides the user with the nominal and the maximum stresses for both cases. Results provided by the software were then validated through the comparison with the approximate equations applied in the mathematical modelling of the experimental charts.


Author(s):  
Yuhui Huang ◽  
Chengcheng Wang ◽  
Shan-Tung Tu ◽  
Fu-Zhen Xuan ◽  
Takamoto Itoh

Finite element analysis is adopted to study the stress concentration of pit area under tension-torsion loading. The stress concentration factors under regular evolution and irregular evolution of pits are investigated by conducting a series of three-dimensional semi-elliptical pitted models. Based on the finite element analysis, it can be concluded that pit aspect ratio (a/2c) is a significant parameter affecting stress concentration factor (SCF) for regular evolution pits. Pits, having higher aspect ratio, are very dangerous form and can cause significant reduction in the load carrying capacity. When local dissolution occurs in the pitting area, SCF will have a sharp increase, it is more probable for a crack to initiate from these areas compared with pits for regular evolution. Furthermore, local dissolution coefficient is proposed to study effect of local dissolution within the pit on SCF.


Author(s):  
Kyle R. McLaughlin ◽  
Tugce Kasikci ◽  
Igor Tsukrov ◽  
Brad L. Kinsey

Tearing concerns in sheet metal forming have traditionally been predicted by comparing the strain state imposed on a material to its associated strain based Forming Limit Diagram. A shortcoming of this strain based failure criterion is that the Forming Limit Curves exhibit strain path dependence. Alternatively, a stress based failure criterion was introduced and shown analytically and numerically to exhibit less strain path dependence. In our past research, an analytical model was created to predict the stress based Forming Limit Curve. Inputs into the model include a material constitutive relationship, anisotropic yield criterion and a critical stress concentration factor, defined as the ratio of the effective stress in the base material to the effective stress in the necking region. This stress concentration factor is thought to be a material parameter, which characterizes a material’s ability to work harden and prevent the concentration of stress which produces the necking condition. In this paper, the critical stress concentration factors for steel and aluminum alloys were determined by comparing analytical model predictions and experimental data and found to be significantly different. A setup is then proposed to experimentally measure the critical stress concentration factors and initial results are presented.


1966 ◽  
Vol 17 (2) ◽  
pp. 177-186 ◽  
Author(s):  
L. H. Mitchell

SummaryThe stress-concentration factor is calculated for an infinite plate in tension containing a doubly-symmetrical hole whose boundary consists of parts of three intersecting circles. A suggestion is made for modifying the results to apply to a strip.


2007 ◽  
Vol 353-358 ◽  
pp. 74-77
Author(s):  
Zheng Yang ◽  
Chong Du Cho ◽  
Ting Ya Su ◽  
Chang Boo Kim ◽  
Hyeon Gyu Beom

Based on detailed three-dimensional finite element analyses, elastic stress and strain field of ellipse major axis end in plates with different thickness and ellipse configurations subjected to uniaxial tension have been investigated. The plate thickness and ellipse configuration have obvious effects on the stress concentration factor, which is higher in finite thickness plates than in plane stress and plane strain cases. The out-of-plane stress constraint factor tends the maximum on the mid-plane and approaches to zero on the free plane. Stress concentration factors distribute ununiformly through the plate thickness, the value and location of maximum stress concentration factor depend on the plate thickness and the ellipse configurations. Both stress concentration factor in the middle plane and the maximum stress concentration factor are greater than that under plane stress or plane strain states, so it is unsafe to suppose a tensioned plate with finite thickness as one undergone plane stress or plane strain. For the sharper notch, the influence of three-dimensional stress state on the SCF must be considered.


1976 ◽  
Vol 98 (1) ◽  
pp. 332-339 ◽  
Author(s):  
H. T. Gencsoy ◽  
J. F. Hamilton ◽  
C. C. Yang

Standard transmission photoelastic techniques were used to determine the resultant stress concentration factors produced by multiple stress raisers in flat, rectangular bars under uniaxial tension. Observations were made on the overlapping stress fields due to various combinations and orientations of holes and semicircular grooves. Two cases of directly superposed discontinuities were also investigated. The results of this investigation indicate that the sizes and relative positions of the discontinuities had a substantial effect on the resultant stress concentration factor. In some cases the stress concentration factor would be decreased while in other cases it would be increased. In the case of superposed stress raisers considered in this investigation, the resultant stress concentration factor can be taken as the product of the individual stress concentration factors; this is in agreement with the results of other investigators. However, for other cases, much judgment and experience will be required to decide when this can be done. And even then this product should be considered only as the probable upper limit of the actual stress concentration factor.


Author(s):  
Bogdan S. Wasiluk ◽  
Douglas A. Scarth

Procedures to evaluate volumetric bearing pad fretting flaws for crack initiation are in the Canadian Standard N285.8 for in-service evaluation of CANDU® pressure tubes. The crack initiation evaluation procedures use equations for calculating the elastic stress concentration factors. Newly developed engineering procedure for calculation of the elastic stress concentration factor for bearing pad fretting flaws is presented. The procedure is based on adapting a theoretical equation for the elastic stress concentration factor for an elliptical hole to the geometry of a bearing pad fretting flaw, and fitting the equation to the results from elastic finite element stress analyses. Non-dimensional flaw parameters a/w, a/c and a/ρ were used to characterize the elastic stress concentration factor, where w is wall thickness of a pressure tube, a is depth, c is half axial length, and ρ is root radius of the bearing pad fretting flaw. The engineering equations for 3-D round and flat bottom bearing pad fretting flaws were examined by calculation of the elastic stress concentration factor for each case in the matrix of source finite element cases. For the round bottom bearing pad fretting flaw, the fitted equation for the elastic stress concentration factor agrees with the finite element results within ±3.7% over the valid range of flaw geometries. For the flat bottom bearing pad fretting flaw, the fitted equation agrees with the finite element results within ±4.0% over the valid range of flaw geometries. The equations for the elastic stress concentration factor have been verified over the valid range of flaw geometries to ensure accurate results with no anomalous behavior. This included comparison against results from independent finite element calculations.


1955 ◽  
Vol 22 (2) ◽  
pp. 193-196
Author(s):  
H. Ōkubo ◽  
S. Satō

Abstract In this paper the torsion of shafts with transverse holes has been investigated experimentally. Usual methods for stress measurements, such as the method of brittle coatings and the use of sensitive extensometers, are not applied effectively to the present problem because the maximum stress occurs in the bore and does not occur on the outer surface of the shaft. The stress may be measured by the stress-freezing and slicing method but we cannot expect too much from this method for the accurate determination of the stress when the diameter of the hole is comparatively small. In treating the problem theoretically, considerable mathematical difficulties are encountered on account of its axially nonsymmetrical nature. The electroplating method recently developed by one of the authors (1), however, has been proved to be useful in this case, so the maximum stresses in shafts are measured by this method and the stress-concentration factors are found for various diameters of the hole.


1967 ◽  
Vol 71 (673) ◽  
pp. 40-43 ◽  
Author(s):  
K. R. Rushton

SummaryThis paper describes a preliminary investigation of the torsional stress concentration factors for circular shafts containing grooves determined using an analogue computer. The range covered by this analysis is for grooves which increase in depth from a minimum of 0·05 of the diameter of the shaft, with radii which vary from 0·5 to 0·05 of the diameter at the minimum section. Results are presented in the form of a data sheet, and a comparison is made with the approximate expression of Neuber. An investigation is also made of the modifications to the stress concentration factor if the flank is not perpendicular to the centre-line of the shaft.


1944 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
pp. A10-A16
Author(s):  
M. M. Frocht

Abstract Bent circular shafts with holes in the plane of bending are of frequent occurrence in modern machines. They often form a part of the lubricating system as, for example, in the crankshafts of aircraft engines. Considerable work has been done to determine the maximum stresses and the factors of stress concentration in such shafts. The author presents a simple method of calculating such stresses for transverse holes in pure bending. Experimental photoelastic evidence that led to this method is given. A comparison of the stress-concentration factors obtained by it is made with the published results from fatigue tests and strain measurements from large steel shafts, which were performed a number of years ago at the Westinghouse Research Laboratories.


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