Plane Stress Problem (Using Supergen / Problem 8-19)

 

(Interface using Algor SuperDraw III)

 

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8-19

 

 

 

Setting

 

 

 

 

 

 

Unit System

 

 

 

 

 

 

Specify Default

 

 

 

 

 

 

US (in)

 

 

Options

 

 

 

 

 

 

Grid Display

 

 

 

 

 

 

Using points

 

 

 

Options

 

 

 

 

 

 

Input Method

 

 

 

 

 

 

Keyboard

 

 

 

Snap

 

 

 

 

 

 

Grid

 

 

 

 

Click on View Utilities (YZ Right)

(This is the plane for mesh generation)

 

 

 

 

 

Add

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Rectangle (input coordinates for the two corner points of the plate)

 

 

 

 Add

 

 

 

 

 

 

 Circle

 

 

 

 

 

 

Center + point (input coordinates for the two points of the circle).

Repeat for the second circle.

 

 

 

Modify

 

 

 

 

 

 

Clean

 

 

 

 

 

 

Duplicates

 

 

 

FEA Mesh

 

 

 

 

 

 

Two-Dimensional Mesh Generation

 

 

 

 

 

 

Element Shape

 

 

 

 

 

 

mixed

 

 

 

 

Mesh Density

 

 

 

 

 

 

800

 

 

 

 

Add

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 General FEA

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 Boundary Conditions (click on the nodes along the left edge)

 

 

 

 

 

File

 

 

 

 

 

 

 Save

 

 

 

 

Model Data

 

 

 

 

 

 

Element

 

 

 

 

 

 

Type

 

 

 

 

 

 

2-D

 

 

 

Elements

 

 

 

 

 

 

Data

 

 

 

 

 

 

Input thickness (1)

 

 

 

Element

 

 

 

 

 

 

Material

 

 

 

 

 

 

Steel 4130

 

 

 Select nodes on the right edge

 

 

 

 

 

 

 Modify

 

 

 

 

 

 

Update Object Parameters

 

 

 

 

 

 

Surface

 

 

 

 

 

 

2

 

 Model Data

 

 

 

 

 

 

Surface

 

 

 

 

 

 

Click Data for Surface 2

 

 

 

 

 

 

 Surface Definition Window Appears.

Click on Surface Data

 

 

 

 

 

 

 Pressure: -100 psi (away from surface)

 

 

 

 

Global

 

 

 

 

 

 

Load Case

 

 

 

 

 

 

1

 

 

 

 

Output

 

 

 

 

 

 

Element Data

Nodal Data

Displacement Data

Stress Data

 

 

 

Analysis

 

 

 

 

 

 

Analyze

 

 

 

 

Results (Superview)

 

 

 

 

 

 

Results

 

 

 

 

 

 

Von Mises

 

 

 

Results

 

 

 

 

 

 

Precision

 

 

 

 

(Precision indicates accuracy of the model. Results less than 0.1 may indicate an acceptable model.)

 

Results

 

 

 

 

 

Displacement Data

 

 

 

 

 

 

Displaced Model

 

 

 

 

 

 

Displaced Model On

 

 

 

 

 

Undisplaced Model On

 

 

 

 

 

Node Inquire

 

 

 

 

 

Get Node

(Click on the middle node at the right edge)