1.4: Stress Concentration in Plate with Hole

Geometry and Boundary Conditions

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Material

Isotropic (stress will be the same irrespective of material)

Results

From reference [6]

Stress concentration factor \(K_t = 2.233\) based on equation below (where \(d\) is hole diameter and \(W\) is plate width):

\[K_t = 3 - 3.14 \left( \frac{d}{W} \right) + 3.667 \left( \frac{d}{W} \right)^2 - 1.527 \left( \frac{d}{W} \right)^3\]

Theoretical stress concentration value using the formula in [6] = 3.72 Pa

Stress Concentration ( \(\sigma_{xx}\), in Pa)

Resolution

Theory [6]

Intact Direct Solver [%Error]

Intact Iterative Solver [%Error]

Time (s) to solve with <3% error

10,000

3.72

3.34 [10.09%]

3.34 [10.09%]

50,000

3.72

3.55 [4.47%]

3.55 [4.47%]

100,000s

3.72

3.62 [2.61%]

3.69 [2.56%]

Direct: 7.8 / Iterative: 66