A conformal mapping technique is used to simulate a variety of highly oscillating
roughness profiles and further to analytically solve the stress field induced around a
hole in a thin elastic plate under equi-biaxial tension at infinity. This framework is
combined with genetic algorithm scheme to minimize the hoop stress concentration
factor (SCF) by appropriately shaping the profile at given integral-type roughness
parameters embedded in the optimization as non-linear lower constraints. The
effectiveness of the proposed approach is demonstrated by extensive numerical
tests aiming to find the SCF-roughness dependence which finally assumes a
simple and accurate analytical form applicable in a representative micro-scale
range.
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