Stresses at offset-oblique holes in thick-walled cylinders subjected to torsional loading

Abstract

The paper describes a three-dimensional photoelastic analysis of a series of Araldite models, each containing five or six different offset-oblique holes positioned in such a way that there were no ‘interaction’ effects between neighbouring holes. The geometric parameters defining a hole were varied systematically and the elastic stress distribution around the outer edge of each hole was obtained. The stress data are presented in non-dimensional form in terms of the shear stress in a plain cylinder. The dependence of the maximum stress on the geometric variables is discussed and it is shown that the stress concentrations for a wide range of hole/cylinder parameters can be reasonably well predicted from flat plate data. In some cases the predictions are unconservative.