Stepped flat bar with shoulder fillets

Axial tension

Stress concentration is considered for the following problem

 

Information and restrictions

image/cocon_54.jpg

\[ 0.1\le t/r\le 20 \] \[ 0\le 2t/H\le 1 \] \[ L/H\ge 5.5-1.89(r/d-0.15) \] \[ K_{\mbox{t}} =\sigma_{\max } /\sigma_{\mbox{nom}} \] \[ \sigma_{\mbox{nom}} =P/hd \]

References

  1. W.D.Pilkey, Peterson’s Stress Concentration Factors, 2nd edition, John Wileys and Sons Inc, 2000, 508 pp. (Chart 3.2a p. 151 § 3.3.2 p. 138)
  2. K.Kumagai, H.Shimada, The Stress Concentration Produced by a Projection under Tensile Load, Bull. Japan Soc. Mech. Eng., 1968, 11, p. 739.