Stress Concentration Factors - Tapa dura

The original work by Peterson portrayed the various relationships between the stress factors effecting certain products or structures and established a system for the classification of these factors. The new edition updates all of the graphics with computer-generated art that incorporates both a visual representation of the product/structure under consideration as well as the graph of the stress concentration factors. The second edition incorporates a disk containing adaptable formulas and factors. With the advent of the computer, large amounts of material on stress concentration have become available. This large increase in the available data has necessitated the development of a system of classification to allow the user to expedite integration of this information into design applications. The variety of applications extends to nearly every field of design of structures and machines: nuclear equipment; deep sea vehicles; aircraft details; space vehicles; underground tunnels; turbines; in short every product or structure that endures either environmental or use-related stress/strain during its life. This book presents and classifies data that relates to all of the applications of stress/strain analysis. It includes a disk packaged with the book containing formulae and factors that can be adapted to the users needs. The book also includes applications and details of all related terminology.

WALTER D. PILKEY is the Frederick Morse Professor in the Department of Mechanical, Aerospace, and Nuclear Engineering at the University of Virginia and a leading authority in the areas of stress and strain in mechanical and civil engineering. He is the author of Formulas for Stress, Strain, and Structural Matrices, also available from Wiley.