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ECIV 720 A Advanced Structural Mechanics and Analysis. Solid Modeling. Summary of Procedure. Discretize domain. - point loads. - start & end of distributed loads. T. Nodes should be placed at. Summary of Procedure. 3. q 6. v. u. q 5. 1. 2. x. h. q 4. q 2. q 3. q 1.
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ECIV 720 A Advanced Structural Mechanics and Analysis Solid Modeling
Summary of Procedure Discretize domain -point loads - start & end of distributed loads T Nodes should be placed at
Summary of Procedure 3 q6 v u q5 1 2 x h q4 q2 q3 q1 For Every Element Compute • Strain-Displacement Matrix B
Summary of Procedure • Element Stiffness Matrix • Node Equivalent Body Force Vector • Node Equivalent Traction Vector
Summary of Procedure Py1 Px1 1 PyN PxN N Collect ALL Point Loads in Nodal Load Vector
Summary of Procedure Form Stiffness Equations
Summary of Procedure Solve Apply Boundary Conditions For Every Element Compute Stress
Modeling Issues • Data Preparation • The three modes of typical FE software • Pre-Processing • Processing • Post-Processing • Solid Modeling • Meshing • Solution Convergence
Data Processing Beam Plane Stress For a given physical problem select an appropriate mathematical model e.g.
Finite Element Mesh May be Defined in Direct Way Solid Modeling approach • Nodes • Elements • Loads • BC • Geometry of Solid • Loads • BC Automatic Mesh Generation
Direct FEM Mesh Manually define nodes, elements, BC & loads
Direct FEM Mesh Typical Input Data (Text File or GUI) Actual depends on software
Solid Modeling Point Line Surface Volume • Describe Geometry of FE Domain as a collection of Primitive Entities
Solid Modeling Point Do not confuse with FEM node Line Any two points define a line Points belong to line
Solid Modeling Surface Any closed loop of lines define surface Points belong to lines Points AND lines belong to surface 2 faces are defined
Solid Modeling Volume Any closed loop of faces defines volume Points belong to lines Points AND lines belong to surface Points AND lines AND Surfacesbelong to volume
Solid Modeling Primitive Entities can be used to form more complex solid geometries Boolean Operations
Solid Modeling Boolean Operations
Solid Modeling Each of the primitive or the derived entities (objects) is assigned a set of properties such as material, FEM type, etc. Typically, derived objects inherit properties of parents. At any point, such properties can be changed
Solid Modeling Loads and Boundary Conditions can now be applied on primitive objects regardless of the specific Finite Elements.
Automatic Meshing Solid Model Structured Mesh (Mapped) Free Mesh Triangulation Techniques Based on Geometric Transformations
Structured Mesh Map to Parent Transformation Through Shape Functions
Free Mesh Triangulation Technique Suitable for arbitrary geometries
Example Using ANSYS thickness=1” 10” 10” Plane Stress With Thickness E=29x106 5” 5”
Applying Loads Positive Value Towards line
Vertical Displacement Uy = 0.002042 in Compare to Uy = 0.001905 in