Author : Mrunal Kudale, Nandan Sathe, Shubham Kale, S.P.Wadkar and S.N.Hawaldar

Rectangular filleted bar or bracket is used to support horizontal shaft from a pillar where there is no wall in the way of wheels or pulleys on the shaft .It is also used in aerospace and automobile industries for supporting the structures like batteries and sensors in automobile for fixing the body to chassis and for fixing the auxiliaries. After the roofing work is finished, the overhang of sheets is supported by brackets. The railings around walkways and louvers provided for ventilation in a shed system are also supported by brackets. Also Square plate with hole is a frequently used component. Thus their finite element analysis plays important role. In this paper for Rectangular filleted bar, the effect of different types of elements used while meshing on FEA result is studied. Also for Square Plate effect of number of nodes on FEA results is studied.

Keywords: stress concentration factor(SCF), Plate with hole, Rectangular filleted bar