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Stress relief in a cracked plate

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  26 February 2010

L. A. Wigglesworth
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University College, London.
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The problem considered is that of determining the stress distribution in an infinite plate which contains a straight crack terminated at one end by a circular hole, and is in a state of plane strain or generalized plane stress under given loads. The problem has some relevance to the engineering practice of “stress relief”, in which holes are made at the ends of a crack with the object of reducing the concentration of stress. When the diameters of the holes are small compared with the length of the crack, the distribution of stress near one hole will not be greatly influenced by the presence of the other, and will then be approximately the same as in the simpler case considered here.

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Research Article
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Copyright © University College London 1958

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