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Diffraction and Dynamic Stress Concentration around Multiple Holes in a Finite Elastic Solid by BEM

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1 University of Architecture, Civil Engineering and Geodesy (UACEG), 1046 Sofia, Bulgaria
2 Institute of Mechanics, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences (BAS), 1113 Sofia, Bulgaria
3 Department of Civil Engineering, Aristotle University (AUTH), 54124 Thessaloniki, Greece

Structural Longevity 2012, 8(2), 117-123. https://doi.org/10.3970/sl.2012.008.117

Abstract

The aim of the present study is to develop and validate an efficient boundary element method approach for solution of in-plane, time-harmonic problems in elastodynamics that involve finite elastic solids weakened by holes of different shapes. The modeling approach is within the framework of continuum mechanics and linear wave propagation theory. The results obtained show a sensitivity of both the dynamic stress concentration factor and the scattered wave field that develop in the finite solid to defect geometry, to wave interaction with the holes and to multiple hole interaction.

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