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Bending of a Circular Plate Using 3D Hexahedral Elements
Problem:
A circular plate of radius 10 is simply supported at the edge and subjected to pressure of 1. Determine bending stress in the plate using 3D model.
The geometric model is prepared in GMSH and FE analysis is performed in SCIFESOL.

3D Geometry

Symmetry & Vertical Boundary Conditions

Mesh

Pressure load on top surface
Analytical Calculations:



Results:

Deformation


Bending Stress
Summary:

note:Script file for above analysis is available in the SCIFESOL package.