Test No. VS18 Find the stress concentration in a plate
        with eccentric hole.
        Definition
            
            
                
                    
                    

                Figure 1. 
             
            Plate is fixed at one end and pressure of 1 psi is applied on the other end of the
                plate. The units are IPS.
                    
                        - Model Dimensions
 
                        - a = 1 in
 
                        - c = 4 in
 
                        - e = 16 in
 
                        - a/c = 0.25
 
                        - e/c = 4
 
                    
                
 
        
        Results
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The following table summarizes the stress results.
                            
                                |   | 
                                Theory1 | 
                                SimSolid | 
                                % Difference | 
                            
                        
                            
                                | Major principal stress | 
                                3.25 | 
                                3.24 | 
                                ~0.3 | 
                            
                        
 
 
     
1  Pilkey,
                W.D., Pilkey, D.F. and Bi, Z. (1997) Peterson's stress concentration factors. 2nd
                edn. Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley & Sons, Inc.