Addis Abba Institute of Technology

School of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering Department

MEng 6005: Finite Element Method
Semester IIA.C. 2013-14
Instructor: Dr.-Ing Demiss Alemu
Assignment Set 3

1. Compute the element of stiffness matrix of bilinear isoperimetric element

(linear rectangular element) using two pint Gauss quadrature
a)
N 1 N 2 N 1 N 2

y y
x x

K 1, 2 k

b)

dxdy

'

K 1, 2 hN 1 N 2 dx hN 1 N 2 dy

3. Solve stress distribution in the half plate considering symmetry using Ansys
for plain stress that uses triangular element. The left edge is fixed
150KN/mN
/m/m/mknk
N/m
kNkN/m

0.5m

0.3m

0.3m

Symmetrical
0.3 m

Material is steel with E=2.1x 1011 Pa. v=0.3 and thickness is 3 mm

4. Find the stress distribution on the given plate using Ansys , if the width of the
plate is 0.35 m, diameter hole is 0.2 m and length of plate is 0.8 m for the same
loading. The thickness of the plate is 2 mm. the load applied at left edge is 500
kn/m. The left side is fixed.
Material is steel with E=2.1x 1011 Pa. =0.3