Elastic-plastic finite element analysis of short flat bars with projections part 3: Combined axial and shear loading

Abstract

This paper describes the results of a study of the elastic-plastic behaviour of short flat bars with projections subjected to combined steady axial and monotonic and cyclic shear loading using finite element analysis. The results are complementary to similar results for (a) shear loading and (b) axial loading. Six geometries are considered and elastic-plastic stress and strain data for both local and remote restraints are presented. A simple bilinear elastic-plastic material model is assumed and the results are 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 material models.