<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>The exact concentration of the stress generated by the presence of a cavity is a problem of great significance in Mining and Civil Engineering. An interesting stress concentration problem is the biaxial one. A numerical analysis of stress around a cylindrical hole in an infinite elastic medium under opposite biaxial loading was investigated. This far-field loading is equivalent to a pure shear loading on planes rotated 45°. Analysis consisted of two-dimensional finite-difference computations carried out with the Fast Lagrangian of Continua (FLAC) code. The Stress Concentration Factor (SFC) is evaluated numerically and compared with the existing solution. Predicted results of stress distribution around the hole were found in good agreement with the analytic theory.</p></abstract>

The exact concentration of the stress generated by the presence of a cavity is a problem of great significance in Mining and Civil Engineering. An interesting stress concentration problem is the biaxial one. A numerical analysis of stress around a cylindrical hole in an infinite elastic medium under opposite biaxial loading was investigated. This far-field loading is equivalent to a pure shear loading on planes rotated 45°. Analysis consisted of two-dimensional finite-difference computations carried out with the Fast Lagrangian of Continua (FLAC) code. The Stress Concentration Factor (SFC) is evaluated numerically and compared with the existing solution. Predicted results of stress distribution around the hole were found in good agreement with the analytic theory.

Numerical Modeling of Hole Under Opposite Biaxial Loadings

Department of Civil Engineering, Faculty of Sciences & Technology

Selected Scientific Papers - Journal of Civil Engineering

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The exact concentration of the stress generated by the presence of a cavity is a problem of great significance in Mining and Civil Engineering. An interesting...

Numerical Modeling of Hole Under Opposite Biaxial Loadings

Published Online: Nov 24, 2020

Page range: 103 - 112

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/sspjce-2020-0010

Keywords
numerical modeling, hole, biaxial opposite loading, shear, Stress Concentration Factor

© 2020 Meriem Fakhreddine Bouali, published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.

Numerical Modeling of Hole Under Opposite Biaxial Loadings

Published Online: Nov 24, 2020

Page range: 103 - 112

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/sspjce-2020-0010

Keywordsnumerical modeling, hole, biaxial opposite loading, shear, Stress Concentration Factor

© 2020 Meriem Fakhreddine Bouali, published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.

Keywords
numerical modeling, hole, biaxial opposite loading, shear, Stress Concentration Factor