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Stress Consentration PDF
Notch Sensitivity
Lecture 4
Engineering 473
Machine Design
Photoelasticity
Photoelasticity
(Continued)
Components of a Polariscope
Radiometric Thermoelasticity
Automobile
Connecting Rod
Crack Tip
F
=
A0
A 0 = (w d )t
Geometric stress concentration factors can
be used to estimate the stress amplification
in the vicinity of a geometric discontinuity.
Shigley, Fig. 2-22
r
d
Mc
= Kt
I
Mc
= Kf
I
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or
Endurance limit of a notched specimen.
Kf =
Endurance limit of a notch - free specimen.
Kf 1
q=
K t 1
K f = 1 + q(K t 1)
0 q 1
1 Kf Kt
References
Deutschmann, A.D., W.J. Michels, C.E. Wilson, Machine
Design: Theory and Practice, Macmillan, New York, 1975.
Peterson, R.E., Design Factors for Stress Concentrations,
Parts 1 to 5, Machine Design, February-July, 1951.
Shigley, J.E., C.R. Mischke, Mechanical Engineering Design,
5th Ed., McGraw-Hill, Inc., New York, 1989.
Spotts, M.F., Design of Machine Elements, 7th Ed., Prentice
Hall, New Jersey, 1998.
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Assignment
1. Read Sections 3-21 and 3-22
2. Find the most critically stressed
location on the stepped shaft. Note
that you will need to use the stress
concentration factors contained in
the lecture notes.