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Introduction
Themagnitudeofstressconcentrationsaroundholesinplatesusedascomponentsofstructureshas longbeenanimportantdesignconsideration. Thelocalizedstressaroundaholeisusuallyobtainedbymultiplyingthenominalstressbyafactor calledastressconcentrationfactor.Forexample,thelocalizedstressorstressconcentration max at theedgeofarelativelysmallhole,atthecenterofawideplatethatresistsandaxialloadPis
max K
P K 0 A
P isthe(nominal)stressthatwouldoccur A
inwhich K isthestressconcentrationfactorand 0
Procedure
ThegenerallayoutoftheproblemisshowninFigure1.Youarerequiredtodeterminethestress concentrationandpeakstressesthatwillbeintroducedasaresultofeachparticularconfiguration youaretoinvestigate.TheelasticmodulusisE=210GPa,Poissonsratiois0.32andtheyieldstress is250MPa.
Figure1:Sheetwithdoublerowofholes,undertension
b and .Thestaggeredholesarecentrallyplacedonplate. a
a diameterofholes(mm)Variable(given)
b horizontalpitch(mm)Variable(given)
c distancebetweenrowsinadoublerowofholes(mm)Variable(given)
c=[0,10,15,20,25,30,35,40,45]mm
t platethickness(mm)Variable(given)
t=[3,5,7]mm
l lengthofplate(mm)Constant=250mm
angleofstaggerbetweenholesindoublerowofholes(deg), tan 1
2c b
w widthofplate(mm)Constant=100mm
stressappliedasfunctionoftotaltensileload P =1.2kNnormallydistributedalongthe
horizontaledgeofplate Thereisonlyoneloadcasetoconsider.Eachstudenthashis/herowndata.Thiswillbegiventoeach individualintheclassorlaboratorysession. Youarerequiredtocarryout/produce/determine: AfiniteelementanalysisusingtheANSYSpackagetoshowtheeffectofthestaggeredholes, radius,etc..intheplate.Youshouldinvestigatetheeffectofvaryingmeshesontheresults. (Atleastthreedifferentmeshesshouldbeused).Youmayuseanautomeshroutinefor oneofthesemeshesonlytheothertwoshouldbeuserspecifiedmeshdensities. Thecalculatednumericalstressconcentrations K alongwiththetheoreticalvalues K t (see referencesabove)foreachattemptshouldbeclearlyplottedinagraph K and K t vs (deg)andpresentedintheconclusions. Arecommendationforthebestsetofvariables a , b , c and t ifareviseddesignistobe suggested. Areportontheinvestigation(seespecificationabove).
YoushouldsigninatyourstaffedsessionsinTC402.Atleast4signinswillbeexpected.