STRESS CONCENTRATIONS IN FILAMENTARY STRUCTURES

Abstract

Theoretical analyses are made of the stress distributions in a sheet of parallel filaments which carry normal loads and are imbedded in a matrix which carries only shear. In all cases, uniform loading at infinity is assumed and smalldeflection elasticity theory is used. Static and dynamic stress-concentration factors due to one or more filaments being broken are determined. Particular attention is paid the dynamic overshoot resulting when the filaments are suddenly broken. The dynamic-response factor increases from 1.15 to 1.27 as the number of broken filaments is increased from one to infinity. A somewhat lower dynamic-response factor is obtained when a hole is suddenly cause in the filament sheet. (Author)

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
May 01, 1961
Accession Number
AD0257064

Entities

People

  • John M. Hedgepeth

Organizations

  • National Aeronautics and Space Administration

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Dynamic Response
  • Elastic Properties
  • Filaments
  • Stress Concentration
  • Stresses

Fields of Study

  • Engineering

Readers

  • Aerodynamics/Aeronautics.
  • Linear Algebra
  • Structural Health Monitoring of Composite Structures.