Continued Observations On The Distribution Of Stress In The Vicinity Of A Crack In The Center Of A Plate

This memorandum supplements and augments information presented in DMIC Memorandum 178 (AD-422 463). In the present report, Neuber's stress equations are rewritten entirely in rectangular coordinates. In addition, numerical results have been extended to include the stress distribution around an indefinitely sharp crack. It is also shown that the stress function used in a British work for an indefinitely sharp crack yielded identical numerical results, even though the stress function was of a different type than that employed by Neuber. The Von Mises relation was chosen to delineate the area around a crack in which plastic flow is occurring. The numerical tables in this memorandum give values for the function of plane stress as well as one possible interpretation of plane strain. Values of the hydrostatic stress variant are also given for both plane stress and plane strain. (Author).