The Stress Concentration Effect around the Hole in Flat Plate

Using finite element method, models of different element mesh density for the center hole in flat plate were established according to one actual steel plate with central circular hole. The stress concentration coefficients of these models were calculated by means of numerical method. Then the calculated results were compared with the theoretical solution results of Elastic Mechanics. And it was analyzed subsequently that the influences which were caused by different element mesh density on the stress concentration coefficients around the hole in flat plate. The relationship between the element mesh density and the stress concentration coefficients around the hole in flat plate was proposed finally. Results show that the element mesh density for calculation affects the stress concentration coefficients around the hole in flat plate significantly, but the influence is few when the mesh density increases to a certain extent.