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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 quarter model of circular plate
3D Geometry
boundary conditions on 3D plate
Symmetry & Vertical Boundary Conditions
Mesh of 3D circular plate
Mesh
pressure load on 3D circular plate
Pressure load on top surface
Analytical Calculations:
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Results:
central displacment of 3D circular plate
Deformation
Bending Stress in 3D circular plate
Bending Stress in 3D circular plate
Bending Stress
Summary:
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note:Script file for above analysis is available in the SCIFESOL package. 

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