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Problems in Polar Coördinates

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Part of the book series: Solid Mechanics and Its Applications ((SMIA,volume 12))

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Polar coördinates (r, θ are particularly suited to problems in which the boundaries can be expressed in terms of equations like r = a,θ = α. This includes the stresses in a circular disk or around a circular hole, the curved bar with circular boundaries and the wedge, all of which will be discussed in this and subsequent chapters.

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  1. It might be thought that the term involving A22 is inappropriate because it does not decay with r. However, it leads to stresses which decay with r, which is of course what we require.

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  2. G.N. Savin, Stress Concentration around Holes, Pergamon Press, Oxford, (1961).

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  3. R.E. Peterson, Stress Concentration Design Factors, John Wiley, New York, (1974).

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  4. J.H. Michell, On the direct determination of stress in an elastic solid, with application to the theory of plates, Proc. London Math. Soc., Vol. 31 (1899), 100–124.

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Barber, J.R. (1992). Problems in Polar Coördinates. In: Elasticity. Solid Mechanics and Its Applications, vol 12. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-2454-6_8

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