Finite elastic deformations of an infinite plate perforated by two circular holes under biaxial tension

Abstract

Based on the theory of finite deformations and by the use of a given reference frame in undeformed body, stresses of an incompressible isotropic infinite plate with two circular holes subjected to biaxial tension at infinity are investigated. The material is assumed to be in the state of finite plane strain. The method of successive approximation is used in connection with the complex variable method of plane elasticity. Numerical results due to the second-order approximation theory are given for stresses, and compared with those predicted by classical theory of elasticity.