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Consider the bar shown below. It is 10 inches long, 3 inches wide (w), and 0.4 inches thick. The groove radius r is 0.5 inches, and the diameter d of the hole is 0.3 inches. The applied traction P is 10,000 psi. The plate is made of A514 steel with a modulus of elasticity of 29e6 and a Poisson of 0.3. Assume plane stress conditions are valid. Obtain the finite-element solution for this problem using ANSYS.

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Assignment:

1. Make a plot of the mesh.
2. Make a plot of the deformed shape. Include the undeformed shape in the same plot. Using this plot, discuss whether you have applied the boundary conditions correctly.
3. Compare the displacement at the right edge with a back-of-the-envelope estimate.
4. Make a plot of the Sigma_xx variation in the bar. Deduce the stress concentration factor for the hole on the right from this plot. Compare this to the theoretical value for a small hole in an infinite plate.
5. Determine how your stress concentration factor changes when you use a different mesh. Indicate the number of nodes and elements for your two meshes. Also, include a plot of your second mesh.

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