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Stress Analysis of a Fiber Reinforced - Polymer Matrix Orthotropic Plate with an Elliptical Hole by Matthew J. Tauris An Engineering Project Submitted to the Graduate Faculty of Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of MASTER OF ENGINEERING IN MECHANICAL ENGINEERING Approved: _________________________________________ Ernesto Gutierrez-Miravete, Thesis Advisor Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Hartford, Connecticut April, 2009 CONTENTS LIST OF SYMBOLS 4 LIST OF TABLES 6 LIST OF FIGURES 7 ABSTRACT 9 1. INTRODUCTION 10 2. THEORETICAL BACKGROUND 14 2.1 Stress-Strain Relationships for Linear Elastic Solids 14 2.2 Mechanics of Composites 17 2.3 Stress Concentrations 21 3. APPROACH METHODOLOGY 24 4. RESULTS DISCUSSION 31 4.1 Circular Notch in an Isotropic Plate 31 4.2 Elliptical Notches in an Isotropic Plate 31 4.2.1 Numerical Results 31 4.2.2 Theoretical SCFs for Notched Isotropic Plates 34 4.3 Elliptical Notches in an Orthotropic Plate 34 4.3.1 Effect of the Ellipse Axis Ratio 34 4.3.2 SCFs as a Function of Measure of Orthotropy 37 4.4 Mesh Refinement of Elliptical Shaped Notches 38 4.4.1 Meshing Parameters 38 4.4.2 Numerical Results 39 5. CONCLUSION RECOMMENDATIONS 41 6. REFERENCES 43 7. APPENDIX 45 7.1 Calculations of the Material Properties for the CFRP Material 45 7.2 Stress Concentration Calculation for an Orthotropic Plate 45 7.3 ANSYS Log File Input Command Templates 47 7.4 Supplementary ANSYS Contour Plots for an Orthotropic Plate 51 LIST OF SYMBOLS a = semi-major axis of ellipse, in. Ac = net cross-sectional area of the composite, in.2 Af = net cross-sectional area of the fiber, in.2 Am = net cross-sectional area of the matrix, in.2 b = semi-minor axis of ellipse, in. Cijkl = stiffness constant, psi CFRP = carbon fiber reinforced polymer E11 = elastic tensile modulus in 1-direction, psi E22 = elastic tensile modulus in 2-direction, psi E33 = elastic tensile modulus in 3-direction, psi Ef = elastic tensile