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Stress Concentrations for a Family of Uniformly Reinforced Square Holes with Rounded Corners

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  07 June 2016

W. H. Wittrick*
Affiliation:
Department of Aeronautical Engineering, University of Sydney
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Summary

The stress concentration factors for a family of square holes, with varying degrees of curvature at the corners, and with varying amounts of compact uniform reinforcement on the boundary, have been computed for each of four loading cases. Poisson's ratio was assumed to be 1/3.

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Research Article
Copyright
Copyright © Royal Aeronautical Society. 1962

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References

1. Wittrick, W. H. Analysis of Stress Concentrations at Reinforced Holes in Infinite Sheets. Aeronautical Quarterly, Vol. XI, p. 233, 1960.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
2. Wittrick, W. H. Some Simple Transformation Functions for Square and Triangular Holes with Rounded Corners. Aeronautical Quarterly, Vol. XI, p. 195, 1960.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
3. Wittrick, W. H. Stresses Around Reinforced Elliptical Holes, with Applications to Pressure Cabin Windows. Aeronautical Quarterly, Vol. X, p. 373, 1959.CrossRefGoogle Scholar