Abstract
When designing composite materials, the presence of stress concentration at locations such as circular nothces is unavoidable. Such locations in structural elements arise from joints required to form a structure. The stress concentration, observed around the notch, is quantified by the stress concentration factorK. This quantity is normally calculated analytically and/or numerically and is an important design parameter. In this work, the experimental technique of remote laser Raman microscopy is used for the in situ measurement ofK in Kevlar 49 fiber/epoxy composite plates containing a circular hole. The results obtained by this technique are compared with those calculated analytically and by finite element analysis. Both analytical and numerical methods underestimate the experimental results for maximumK by approximately 10 percent, which is considered reasonable within experimental error. In addition, very good agreement between analytical and experimental data is obtained for the decay of the stress concentration factor as a function of distance from the edge of the hole. The numerical results, however, overestimate the decayK with distance from the notch boundary and only converge at relatively large distances.
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