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MPa, = 0.3). Assume elastic plastic material and yield stress y = 207 MPa.
(a) Find limit pressure for the plate if it is simply supported all around the outer edges (no
stiffeners).
(b) Reanalyze for the limit load the plate if there are stiffeners (30 cm width x 8 mm thick)
around the outer edges of the plate and the plate is supported at the corner as shown in the
figure below.
Sym.along y = 3
Sym.along x = 0
0.3 m
3m
y
x
2m
*note: Apply pressure 100000 and see when the structure collapse (or the analysis stops)
Notice buckling of the stiffeners in case (b)
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STEP 1: Start up
Preference> Structural
/UNITS, SI
STEP 2: Preprocessor
Select the element type to be Shell 8-node 93 (SHELL93)
Create 2 real constant sets for the above thicknesses (0.02 and 0.008)
Main Menu> Preprocessor > Mat Props > Material Models> Linear > Elastic> Isotropic
Enter EX = 2e11 Pa and PRXY = 0.3
Main Menu> Preprocessor > Mat Props > Material Models> Inelastic> Rate Independent>
Isotropic Hardening Plasticity > Mises Plasticity > Bilinear
Enter yield stress = 207 e6 Pa and Tangent modulus = 0
Click Graph to check your material model.
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Set the element size of the all the areas to be 0.1 and mesh all the areas. Dont forget to
assign meshing attribute corresponding to the thickness of the plates for case (b).
For (a), set UZ = 0 for outer edge of the plate (plane X = 2 and plane Y = 0).
For (b), set UZ = 0 for the corner node
STEP 5: Solution
Main Menu > Solution > Analysis Type > Solution Controls
For (a), in Basic tab,
Analysis Options Small Displacement Analysis
Time Control
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STEP 6: Postprocessor
Main Menu > General Postproc > Read Results > By Pick >
Pick the substep of interest and check Von Mises stress/ strain distribution.
You can also use Results Viewer to view results and animation of the substeps.
/PREP7
ET,1,SHELL93
R, 1,0.02
R, 2, 0.008
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L, 10, 4
L, 9, 10
L, 2, 6
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AL, 1, 12, 9,
11 AL, 2, 13, 10,
12
AESIZE, ALL, 0.1
REAL, 1
TYPE, 1
MAT, 1
ASEL, S, AREA,,1,2
AMESH, ALL
REAL, 2
ASEL, INVE
rrent set AMESH, ALL
ASEL, ALL
SFA,1,,PRES,P
! Boundary Conditions
NSEL,S,LOC,X,0
DSYM,SYMM,X
NSEL,S,LOC,Y,W
DSYM,SYMM,Y
NSEL,S,LOC,X, B
NSEL,R,LOC,Y, 0
NSEL,R, LOC, Z, 0
D, ALL, UZ, 0
NSEL, ALL
SFTRAN
/SOLU
SOLCONTROL,ON
AUTOTS,ON
NLGEOM, ON
NSUBST, 20,30 ,10
oad step OUTRES, ALL, ALL
SOLVE
SAVE
/POST1
SET, LAST
PLESOL, S, EQV, 2
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