Materials Science

Stress concentration can only occur in materials with holes or notches

Stress concentration occurs when the flow lines move farther apart to accommodate changes in the material geometry

Stress concentration is not accounted for by stress concentration factors

Stress concentration is caused by a sudden packing together of the flow lines around a discontinuity in the material (correct)

A factor used to scale down the stress concentration in the vicinity of a discontinuity

A feature in the material that causes the stress to spike up in the vicinity of it (correct)

A feature in the material that causes the stress to flow smoothly through it

A factor used to calculate the nominal stress in the area of a discontinuity

By adding the nominal stress in that area to the stress concentration factor

By scaling down the nominal stress in that area

By scaling up the nominal stress in that area by the appropriate stress concentration factor (correct)

By dividing the nominal stress in that area by the appropriate stress concentration factor