A review on Stress Analysis of an Infinite Plate with Cutouts in Composite Materials

In this paper an effort is made to review the investigations that have been made on the “Stress Analysis of an Infinite Plate with Two Square or Rectangular Cutouts in Composite Materials�. To reduce the weight of the system, different cutout shapes are required to make in structural elements. These discontinuities are weakening agent for the structure or machine. The presence of a cutout complicates the stress distribution in the plate so stress field around such hole must be known under different loading conditions. A number of analytical and experimental techniques are available for stress analysis around the different types of cut-outs for different condition in an infinite plate, made up of different materials under different loading condition has been reported in this article. The methods compared are tabulated with their findings. Singularities of square and rectangular hole in rectangular plate are considered in present study.