Elastic—plastic finite element analysis of short flat bars with projections part 1: Shear loading

Abstract

This paper describes the results of a study of the elastic–plastic behaviour of short flat bars with projections subjected to monotonic and cyclic shear loading using finite element analysis. Six geometries, associated with both local and remote restraints (resulting in elastic stress concentration factors in the range 1.90–7.20), are considered. Three simple bilinear elastic–plastic material models are assumed. The results have been normalized with respect to material properties so that they can be applied to geometrically similar components made from other materials which can be represented by the same materials models.