TY - JFULL AU - Hitham M. Tlilan PY - 2012/5/ TI - Elastic Strain-Concentration Factor of Notched Bars under Combined Loading of Static Tension and Pure Bending T2 - International Journal of Mechanical and Mechatronics Engineering SP - 792 EP - 796 VL - 6 SN - 1307-6892 UR - https://publications.waset.org/pdf/8279 PU - World Academy of Science, Engineering and Technology NX - Open Science Index 64, 2012 N2 - The effect of notch depth on the elastic new strainconcentration factor (SNCF) of rectangular bars with single edge Unotch under combined loading is studied here. The finite element method (FEM) and super position technique are used in the current study. This new SNCF under combined loading of static tension and pure bending has been defined under triaxial stress state. The employed specimens have constant gross thickness of 16.7 mm and net section thickness varied to give net-to-gross thickness ratio ho/Ho from 0.2 to 0.95. The results indicated that the elastic SNCF for combined loading increases with increasing notch depth up to ho/Ho = 0.7 and sharply decreases with increasing notch depth. It is also indicated that the elastic SNCF of combined loading is greater than that of pure bending and less than that of the static tension for 0.2 ≤ ho/Ho ≤ 0.7. However, the elastic SNCF of combined loading is the elastic SNCF for static tension and less than that of pure bending for shallow notches (i.e. 0.8 ≤ ho/Ho ≤ 0.95). ER -