A photoelastic and a numerical investigation has been carried out to determine the stress-concentration factors at the edge of a central circular hole in a tensile strip for different ratios of hole diameter to width of the strip. The photoelastic data and the numerical results indicate that the stress-concentration factor at the minimum cross-sectional area tends to a value of two if the ratio of the hole diameter to the strip-width approaches a value of one.

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Investigation of stress-concentration factors in tensile strips

Stress concentrations in tensile strips with large circular holes

Stress concentrations of tensile strips with large holes

Measurements were made to decide between two solutions of the title problem. In question was the limiting value of the stress-concentration factor at the edge of a large hole in a tensile strip as the hole diameter approached the strip width. The results indicate that the stress-concentration factor is near two and support one of the solutions with a minor qualification.

Maximum stress in a tensile strip with a large hole

High strain gradient measurements using modified automated grid technique

The purpose of this investigation was to determine more accurately the stress concentrations in tensile strips having large circular holes where the ratio of the hole diameter to strip width is greater than 0.5 Results of numerical elasticity analyses are presented for ratios of hole diameter to bar width ranging from 0.10 to 0.99, and photoelastic data are presented for the range from 0.40 to 0.94. Both numerical results and photoelastic data indicate that the stress-concentration factor based on net area approaches a value of one as the ratio of hole diameter to bar width approaches a value of one.

R. G. Belie

Papers

Stress concentrations in tensile strips with large circular holes