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The Stresses Around Holes in Plane Sheets

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  07 June 2016

I. C. Howard  and
L. S. D. Morley
I. C. Howard
Affiliation:
Department of Mathematics, Manchester University
L. S. D. Morley
Affiliation:
Royal Aircraft Establishment, Farnborough
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Summary

This paper describes the application of a previously published variational method to the solution of problems of holes in plane elastic sheets and is used to obtain numerical values for the specific case of an elliptic hole in an infinite sheet under tension at infinity. Two kinds of boundary condition at the hole are discussed. The first is that when the hole is unreinforced and stress free, and the second that when the hole is uniformly reinforced by a compact member. The results of the calculations are compared with those from known solutions to the problem, and the accuracy of the present method is investigated. These results provide a useful background to wider application of the method.

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Research Article
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Aeronautical Quarterly , Volume 18 , Issue 4 , November 1967 , pp. 367 - 378
Copyright
Copyright © Royal Aeronautical Society. 1967

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