Tensile test on a plate with a central hole: comparison between experimental thermo-elastic stress analysis and numerical finite element analysis (IM-EST-017)

New equipment for experimental stress analysis by the Thermo-Elastic Stress Analysis Method (TSA) developed by the Scientific Instrument Research Association (SIRA) has recently been evaluated by the Fracture Mechanics Section of the R & D Division (Ref. 1). The TSA method measures the surface temperature changes produced by internal stress...