Stress/strain concentration in shear loadings

In summary, a rectangle undergoing pure shear on three edges will become a parallelogram. The FEA results for this loading show stress and strain concentration on the bottom corners, which are considered singularities. It is normal for these singularities to occur, even though in theory the bottom corners are no different from the other vertices. The fixed bottom is simply a boundary condition in FEA to prevent rigid body motions.
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A rectangle (plane strain/stress) is sheared on 3 edges (bottom fixed) so that it becomes a parallelogram. In theory this is pure shear and should undergo uniform deformation throughout the domain. The FEA result for this pure shear loading still shows stress/strain concentration on the bottom corners. Is that normal and how to get rid of them?
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Arjan82 said:
These corners are singularities
Why should there be such singularities only on the bottom? In theory (uniform solution) the bottom corners aren't any different from the other 2 vertices. The fixed bottom is just the FEA boundary condition to prevent rigid body motions.
 
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