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A photoelastic investigation into the stress concentration factors around rectangular holes in composite plates

A dissertation submitted to the Faculty of Engineering, University of the
Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, in fulfiment of the requirements for the degree of
Master or Science in Engineering.
Johannesburg, 1993. / The stress concentration factors around rectangular holes in carbon-fibre reinforced epoxy plates, subject uniaxial loads, were investigated experimentally and theoretically.
To obtain theoretical solutions, two approaches were adopted; the finite element method and the theory of elasticity using the method of complex variable functions.
Reflective photoelasticity was used as the experimental method.
The determination of the stress concentration factor around a rectangular hole in a glass-fibrereinforced plate was attempted using transmissive photoelasticity, but no meaningful results were obtained. [Abbreviated Abstract. Open document to view full version} / MT2017

Identiferoai:union.ndltd.org:netd.ac.za/oai:union.ndltd.org:wits/oai:wiredspace.wits.ac.za:10539/22713
Date January 1993
CreatorsEichenberger, Edward Peter
Source SetsSouth African National ETD Portal
LanguageEnglish
Detected LanguageEnglish
TypeThesis
FormatOnline resource (74 leaves), application/pdf

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