A General Equation for Stress Concentration in Countersunk Holes
Kunigal N. Shivakumar1, Anil Bhargava2, Sameer Hamoush3
CMC-Computers, Materials & Continua, Vol.6, No.2, pp. 71-92, 2007, DOI:10.3970/cmc.2007.006.071
Abstract A detailed and accurate three-dimensional finite element stress analysis was conducted on countersunk rivet holes in a plate subjected to tension loading. The analysis included a wide range of countersunk depths, plate thicknesses, countersunk angles and plate widths. The study confirmed some of the previous results, addressed their differences, provided many new results, and investigated countersunk angle and width effects. Using the detailed FE results and the limiting conditions, a general equation for stress concentration was developed and verified. More >