Article citation information:
Maksymovych,
O., Dutkiewicz, M., Maksymovych, M. Stresses in composite plates with riveted
bars used for aircraft construction. Scientific Journal of Silesian
University of Technology. Series Transport. 2024, 122, 221-237. ISSN: 0209-3324. DOI: https://doi.org/10.20858/sjsutst.2024.122.12.
Marta MAKSYMOVYCH[1], Maciej DUTKIEWICZ[2], Olesia MAKSYMOVYCH[3]
STRESSES IN COMPOSITE PLATES WITH RIVETED BARS USED FOR AIRCRAFT
CONSTRUCTION
Summary. Reinforcement
of plates with rod systems is widely used in engineering, especially in
aircraft construction. For example, An-178 aircraft. Removable panels on the
lower surface of the wing half, located between the rear spar and the flaps.
The method of calculating stresses and deformations in composite plates
reinforced with rods is developed in the work. It is assumed that the rod is
elastic, attached with rivets. Rivets were considered as rigid inclusions to
which unknown forces were applied.
These forces were determined from the condition of compatibility of
plate and rod deformations. The singular integral equations' method was used to
determine stresses and strains in the plate. Integral equations were solved
numerically and reduced to a system of algebraic equations. To obtain the
forces and moments acting on the rivets, the equations of equilibrium of the
rivets and the conditions that ensure the same displacements between the rivets
in the plate and in the rods are added to these equations. Examples of
calculating stresses near circular and elliptical rivets, magnitudes of forces
acting on rivets depending on the rigidity of the rods are given. The reduction
of the stress concentration near the elliptical hole, which is placed between
two rods, was studied.
Keywords: stress
concentration factors (SCF), anisotropic plates, elastic rods, rivets, rigid
inclusions, stress-strain state (SSS), stress concentration
1.
INTRODUCTION
Reinforcement of plates by rod systems is widely used
in engineering, especially in aircraft construction. For example, An-178
aircraft. Removable panels on the lower surface of the wing half, located
between the rear spar and the flaps.
The study of stresses near a glued semi-finite rod
(stiffening ribs) was investigated in [1]. In work [2], a wedge with a rod
soldered to the boundary is considered. In work [3], the problem is considered
in a more precise formulation (the rod was studied based on the elasticity). A
soldered rod of finite length at the boundary of the half-space was considered
in [4].
The paper examines the scenario, which is common in
practice, especially in aircraft construction, when rods and plates are joined
by rivets. A limited number of works are devoted to the study of the
stress-strain state of such plates in the scientific literature. For the most
part, such studies were performed for isotropic materials. In [5], a method for
calculating stresses near a semi-infinite rod attached by a system of rivets is
proposed. In [6], an approximate approach to the study of stresses and
displacements in the plate is suggested, which is applicable in the case of
large distances between rivets.
The system of periodically placed rivets was considered
in [6]. In this paper, such problems are considered for composite, anisotropic
materials.
An overview of
works performed out until 2013 on the study of stresses near inclusions in
isotropic and anisotropic plates is presented in [7]. The concerns for inclusion
in isotropic plates were considered by analytical methods. In [8], the stresses
near polygonal inclusions and in [9] - near inclusions of elliptical shape were
investigated using this method. In [10], the inclusion of an arbitrary form is
considered. The issue was solved using the theory of functions of a complex
variable in the form of series.
The Eshelby
problem, which considers problems with inclusions, was studied. In [11], the
problem of an elliptical inclusion, which is inserted into a hole with tension,
is considered. In [12], it is additionally assumed that a plate with an
elliptical inclusion is under the action of a polynomial load at infinity. The
Eshelby problem for inclusions of arbitrary shape was considered in [13] using
a conformal mapping.
Much fewer
works are devoted to the tasks of determining stresses in anisotropic plates
with inclusions. In [14], a general method of studying anisotropic materials
using the boundary element method is described. In [15], stress in a
paraboloidal inclusion in an anisotropic plane was investigated by the
analytical method. Experimental studies in polymer materials are given in [16].
The method of
integral equations is widely used to study stresses near inclusions. To obtain
integral equations for anisotropic plates, the Somiliano identity. The general
approach to constructing such equations is obtained in [17]. Integral equations
and numerical algorithms for solving them based on the boundary element method
are described in the book [18]. The Isogeometric Boundary Element method is
described in [20]. The Stroh formalism is used in Stroh formalism [20]. Other
methods are also used, e.g., [21].
In this work,
singular integral equations are used. These equations are obtained based on
Lekhnitskiy's method and Cauchy's theorem.
In [22], the
integral equations are obtained for anisotropic plates with rigid inclusions.
The
effectiveness of this method is illustrated in [22] when solving a wide range
of problems. Based on this method, a system of equations is obtained. One
contains unknown forces and moments that are applied to inclusions (rivets). To
find them, the conditions of compatibility of deformations of the plate with
inclusions and rods are additionally considered.
2. Formulation of the problem
Consider an anisotropic plate
reinforced by rods, which is under the action of tension at infinity. Let's
accept; the rod is in tension-compression and bending conditions; there is no
friction between the plate and the rods; a plane stress state occurs in the
plate; rivets are considered rigid.
2.1. Basic relations for a plate with rigid inclusions
Let
the elastic plate contain inclusions bounded by contours L1,…,LJ,, which do not intersect. The
outer boundary of the plate is denoted by
The plate should be set to the Cartesian
coordinate system. The centers of gravity of the inclusions should be denoted
where
2.2.
Governing equations
Starting from Lekhnitskiy complex potentials
where
Consider an arbitrary path
On an arbitrary curve
where
We will use integral identities
for complex potentials in the form [22, 23]
where
The sought solution must satisfy
the conditions of balance of inclusions
We use the
third condition (5) when considering the problem with unknown angles of
rotation of inclusions
After
substituting the solution (3) into the boundary conditions (2), a system of
integral equations for determining the unknown functions P, Q is obtained in the form [22]
where
functions with waves at the top are determined by formulas (3), in which the
Cauchy integrals are considered in the sense of the principal value.
We apply the
method of mechanical quadrature to solve integral equations (6). Let us first
consider the case of one inclusion. The parametric equation of its boundary can
be written in the form
where
As a result, we get a closed
system of equations (7) and (8) for determining the unknowns
With an unknown angle of rotation
of the inclusion, we additionally use the third equation (5), from which we
obtain
Consider a plate containing a
system of inclusions, the boundaries of which are described by equations
Then the system of equations (7)
will be written
where
In
(10) with fixed values
For unknown angles of rotation of
the inclusions, we add the equation
3. CALCULATION OF DISPLACEMENTS IN THE PLATE
When
considering the problem with rivets, it is necessary to determine the
displacement at arbitrary points of the plate. The displacements in the plate
are determined by formulas [22]
On the basis of these formulas, we obtain a
relationship for determining the displacements
at an arbitrary point of the plate Z with inclusions of an elliptical shape
with semi-axes
Functions
4. CALCULATION OF DISPLACEMENTS
IN THE RODS
Assuming that
the plate is reinforced
where
Let us further assume that the
rivets have a symmetrical shape relative to their centers with the half-lengths
of the axes of symmetry a,b. The
center of the k-th inclusion is moved along the coordinate axes, and the
inclusion is turned by an angle
Let us write down the
compatibility conditions of deformations of the rod and the plate in the form
where
Substituting formulas (15) into
conditions (17), we obtain the equation
In this way, a
complete system of equations (7,8,16,18) is obtained for finding
5. Calculation results
Calculations are made for isotropic
and boron-epoxy plates. For an isotropic plate the Young's modulus was taken
5.1. One row of rivets
Considered a
rod connected by eight circular rivets of radius R, which are placed on the Oy
axis. The distances between the centers of neighboring inclusions were taken as
5R; the plate is stretched in the
vertical direction by forces p (Fig.
1.a), the material of the plate is boron-epoxy.
(a) (b)
(c)
Fig.
1. The plate is attached to the rod
with rivets
Figure 2 shows
the relative normal stresses
Fig. 2. Hoop
stresses at the edge of the rivets
Stresses
on horizontal middle lines between inclusions
Stresses
on horizontal middle lines between inclusions
Fig. 3. Relative stresses between inclusions
(1 is between the first and second, 2 is between the second and third,
3 is between the third and fourth, 4 is between the fourth and fifth)
It can be seen that low stresses
occur between the inclusions, which are smaller than the applied forces p. The smallest stresses occur directly
between the inclusions. Stresses decrease in magnitude when approaching the
center of the rod. The stresses below the first rivet at a distance of 2.5R are significantly larger than those
between the rivets.
Reinforcement, as a rule, is
carried out in order to reduce stresses in the domain near the center of the
rod. Therefore, the relative stresses are in the middle between the inclusions
(on the Ох axis) at
different values of the parameter
The smallest
stresses occur in the middle between inclusions with an absolutely rigid rod
(at
The value of
relative forces
It can be seen
that the maximum values of the forces occur on the two extreme inclusions
(rivets), while they significantly exceed the forces in the neighboring
inclusions, and the forces in the central inclusions are close to zero.
(a)
(b)
Fig.
4. Relative stresses in the plate at the center line between the rivets
Tab.
1
Values of relative forces P applied to inclusions as a result of interaction with the rod
N\ |
0 |
0.01 |
0.1 |
0.25 |
1 |
7.1012 |
6.5114 |
3.7678 |
2.2393 |
2 |
1.4586 |
1.2852 |
0.5609 |
0.2477 |
3 |
0.7242 |
0.6322 |
0.2598 |
0.1090 |
4 |
0.2248 |
0.1954 |
0.0782 |
0.0321 |
Considered a
rod riveted with 16 rivets to a boron-epoxy plate. The calculated relative
stresses between the central inclusions are shown in Fig. 1.b. Values of
relative forces and maximum stresses
Tab.
2
Values of relative forces and maximum stresses
on the first inclusions, boron-epoxy plate
|
0 |
0.01 |
0.1 |
0.25 |
||||
N |
P |
|
P |
|
P |
|
P |
|
1 |
9.8690 |
2,979 |
8.6461 |
2.75 |
4.2659 |
1,958 |
2.3927 |
1.643 |
2 |
2.4832 |
0.389 |
2.0704 |
0.382 |
0.7348 |
0.868 |
0.2980 |
1.169 |
4 |
1,1964 |
0.197 |
0.9697 |
0.235 |
0.2905 |
0.998 |
0.1034 |
1.287 |
6 |
0.5793 |
0.116 |
0.4627 |
0.254 |
0.1270 |
1.055 |
0.0423 |
1.335 |
8 |
0.1104 |
0.056 |
0.0876 |
0.263 |
0.0232 |
1,073 |
0.0076 |
1.347 |
It can be seen
that an increase in the length of the rod and the number of rivets causes to an
increase in: the value of forces on the extreme rivets; normal stresses on
these rivets; stresses between the central rivets.
Let's
consider 2 ways to reduce these stresses. In the first, we will reduce the
distance between the rivets, taking it as 3R.
It was established that reducing the distance between the rivets allows
reducing the forces that occur on the extreme rivets and the maximum stresses
on their borders. At the same time, the stresses between the central rivets
increased near them and decreased at long distances from the rod.
In the second method, the
influence of the shape of the rivets on the stress distribution is considered.
For this purpose, elliptical rivets with different semi-axes (nR,mR) for boron-epoxy plate were
considered. The calculated stresses at the boundary of the first rivet for a
rigid rod at different values of parameters n,
m (which are indicated near the curves) are shown in Fig. 5.
Fig. 5. Relative normal stresses
at the boundary of the first elliptical rivet
Fig. 6. The stresses
between the central elliptical rivets
It can be seen from Fig. 5 that
on vertically flattened rivets of an elliptical shape with semi-axes (1.5R,R), the stresses have significantly
decreased. At the same time, near the elongated rivets with semi-axes (R, 1.5R), the stresses were the largest.
The stresses between the two
central rivets are shown in Fig.6From Fig. 5, 6 it can be seen that the use of
rivets of an elliptical shape with semi-axes (1.5R,R) allows reducing the stress in the plate.
5.2. Two rows of rivets
The case where
the plate is reinforced by two rods is considered. In the first rod, rivets are
placed on the line x=0, the distance
between adjacent rivets is equal to 5R
(Fig. 1.b). The second row of rivets is placed symmetrically on the line x=10R.
An isotropic
plate is considered. The calculated values of the relative forces applied to
the first four inclusions and the maximum normal forces on the boundaries of
these inclusions are given in Table 3. In other inclusions, forces and stresses
are symmetric or antisymmetric with respect to the given ones.
The relative stresses between the
central rivets are shown in Fig. 7a.
Tab.
3
Maximum stresses on the boundaries of inclusions
and values of forces applied to them
|
0 |
0.01 |
0.1 |
0.5 |
||||
N |
P |
|
P |
|
P |
|
P |
|
1 |
6,6191 |
2,101 |
6,1032 |
2,032 |
3,6224 |
1,7049 |
1,3194 |
1,4149 |
2 |
1,3335 |
0,239 |
1,1816 |
0,252 |
0,5291 |
0,7226 |
0,1072 |
1,2408 |
3 |
0,6544 |
0,134 |
0,5743 |
0,163 |
0,2419 |
0,7669 |
0,0448 |
1,2805 |
4 |
0,2018 |
0,071 |
0,1764 |
0,148 |
0,0723 |
0,7813 |
0,0128 |
1,2923 |
(a)
(b)
Fig. 7. Stresses in an isotropic plate with two
rods between central rivets
Based on the calculations, it
follows that the greatest stresses occur on the extreme rivets, which can
negatively affect the strength at high operating loads. Let us consider one of
the ways in which these tensions can be reduced. For this purpose, let's
increase the size of the extreme rivets twice. Figure 8 shows the normal
stresses on the first rivet. Calculations were performed for two values of the
rod rigidity parameter
The results of
stress calculations between the central rivets are shown in Fig. 7b. From
the results of the calculations, it follows that increasing the size of the
extreme rivets allows you to significantly reduce the stress near them and at
the same time reduce the stress in the central domain between the rods, in
which the stress concentrators can be placed.
Fig. 8. Relative normal stresses
at the boundary of
the first rivet of enlarged dimensions, boron-epoxy plate
Considered a
plate with two rods, each of which contains 8 rivets. In the central domain
(Fig. 1.c) between the rods, the plate is weakened by an elliptical hole with
semi-axes (a,b). Solving this problem
is performed out on the basis of integral equations, which are built on the
basis of boundaries for potentials of the form (3) and Green's solutions
Fig. 9. Relative
hoop stresses on the boundaries of circular (curves 1-3)
and elliptical holes (curves 1'-3')
Here, the
stresses are given depending on the angular coordinate on the upper semicircle.
Dashed lines show the stresses for an elliptical hole with semi-axes (R,0.5R),(2R,R),(3R,1.5R)
(curves 1',2',3'). Accepted: the distance between the rivets is 5R, the distance between the rods is 10R.
It can be seen that the presence
of reinforced rods made it possible to reduce the stress concentration (in
homogeneous boron-epoxy plates, the stress concentration coefficient is equal
to 6.937 for a circular hole and 12.874 for an elliptical hole with a half-axis
ratio of ½ [28]). At the
same time, the hoop stresses decrease somewhat when the sizes of the circular
holes increase. With different sizes of elliptical holes, the stresses on their
boundaries are practically the same, while when their sizes increase, the
stresses also decrease slightly.
6. Conclusions
An approach to the study of
stresses and deformations in composite plates reinforced by rods, which are
attached with rivets, is proposed. Plates are considered both solid and
weakened by a hole, and rivets - as rigid inclusions. Determination of stresses
and deformations in the plate is carried out by the method of singular integral
equations. To determine the unknown
forces that act on the inclusion (rivets), additional equations are written,
which are obtained from the compatibility conditions of deformations of the
plate and the rod. At the same time, obtained relations were used to determine
the displacements of inclusions. Examples of stress calculation near rivets of
circular and elliptical shape are given.
Stresses in a solid plate
reinforced by an elastic rod with and 16 rivets were investigated. The values
of the forces acting on the rivets, the stress on the boundaries of the
inclusions (rivets) and in the plate, depending on the rigidity of the rods,
were determined.
Similar studies were performed
for plates reinforced by two rods, each of which is attached with 8 rivets. It
was established that in all the considered cases the greatest forces occur on
the extreme rivets. Methods that allow reducing these forces are considered:
reducing the distance between rivets; use of elliptical rivets; increase in the
size of extreme rivets. The influence of two riveted rods on the reduction of
stress concentration near the elliptical hole placed between them was studied.
Notations parameters, variables
and functions
J is number of
rivets (inclusions).
u, v [m] are
displacement of plate points.
s [m] is arc
coordinate.
R [m] is rivet
radius.
p [Pa] is the
force used to stretch the plate.
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