Some Experimental Studies on Plane Stresses by Use of the Equivalent Orthotropic Plate

Abstract

In the present paper, a new method of the experimental studies on the plane stresses in an orthotropic plate is explained and some results are shown. The plane stresses in an orthotropic plate are well known to be dependent on two aeolotropic constants inherent of the material and the experimental determination of the form factor as a function of these seems to be technically diffcult. According to the new method, however, the stresses in any kind of the orthotropic plates can be determined experimentally from a few standard plates easily, and the accuracy of the results has been found good enough.