On the Stress Distributions in a Strip with a Circular Hole fitted by a Rivet (2nd Report)

Abstract

In this paper, the approximate stress distributions of a plate having a hole in which a rivet whose dimension is smaller than that of the hole is driven, are obtained. Using the method of solution due to Howland, and at the same time, that of Bickley in which an infinite plate under the pressure between the rivet and the hole is treated with the idea of the famous Hertz's solution of two bodies in contact, a solution of the problem of an infinite strip under the same boundary condition mentioned above is obtained. Applying the solution thus obtained under the conditions of an infinite plate, an approximate solution of the case considered for a rectangular plate is newly deduced. From the numerical calculations carried cut for the case of rectangular plate, some important and interesting properties implied in the problem are pointed out and discussed.