Preparation¶

• Read 3-13 on stress concentrations.
• Have a look at the Wikipedia article on stress concentrations: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stress_concentration
• Read section section 3-18 on curved beams in the book.

Concepts¶

After this lesson you should be able to:

• Find the change in stresses due to irregular features on an element.
• Find the stresses in a curved beam using curve beam theory.

Upcoming Due Dates¶

• The Project 1 Google Doc report draft should be shared with the instructors and your team members before class.
• Your peer review of your teammate's reports is due Monday the 17th by midnight.
• Homework #3 is due Monday, October 17th.