CAD-LAB

ASSIGNMENT
NO. 4

ADITYA SINGH
17CE65R14
STRUCTURAL ENGINEERING
M-TECH
IIT KHARAGPUR

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 PROBLEM STATEMENT

Applied loading at top face = 1.E+3 N/mm2

The bottom face is fixed at bottom
Plate dimension: 100 x 100 mm
Plate thickness = 1 mm
a = 2 mm
b = 1 mm
Plane stress elements is used to model the plate

ANALYSIS:

Material used is Steel

Young's modulus of elasticity(E) = 2.E+11 N/m²
Poisson ratio(v) = 0.3
Density(ρ) = 7800 Kg/m³

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 MESHING:

The partition as shown was used to achieve graded meshing. The seeds
for meshing were done using single biasing which resulted in fine mesh
near the hole. A structured meshing was done using the seeding
provided from edge seeding.
The bias factor adopted was 500
Total number of elements generated = 105000

THEORETICAL STRESS VALUE:

The theoretical value of maximum stress developed due to elliptical hole
is given by:
𝑎
𝜎 = 𝜎𝑜 (1 + 2 )
𝑏
0.002
= 1. 𝐸 + 9 (1 + 2 )
0.001
= 5.E+9 N/m2

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 CONVERGENCE ANALYSIS:

We used single bias picking and the number of elements in the Local seed
is varied and accordingly a Bias ratio has been assumed.

No. of elements Bias Ratio No. of elements Value of stress

assigned to generated in ( x 109)
local seed mesh (in N/m2)
100 40 8400 4.267
150 60 12600 4.589
200 80 16800 4.739
250 100 21000 4.821
300 120 25200 4.869
350 140 29400 4.901
400 160 33600 4.923
450 180 37800 4.938
500 200 42000 4.950
600 240 50400 4.965
750 300 63000 4.978
1000 400 84000 4.989
1250 500 105000 4.995

CONVERGENCE SOLUTION:

Maximum stress obtained = 4.995x 109 N/m2

Maximum stress (Theoretical) = 5E+9 N/m2

Value of stress at (a,0) = 4.9944 x 109 N/m2

Value of stress at (-a,0) = 4.9947 x 109 N/m2
Value of stress at (0,b) = -9.8737 x 108N/m2
Value of stress at (0,-b) = -9.8533 x 108 N/m2

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 RESULTS:

Stresses at (-a, 0)

Stresses at (a, 0)

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Stresses at (0, b)

Stresses at (0,-b)

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Path plots:

Along x-axis:

Along y-axis:

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 OBSERVATION:

Comparison between theoretical value of stresses and the values

obtained through numerical experiment.

THEORETICAL VALUE NUMERICAL VALUE

5x 109 N/m2 4.995x 109 N/m2

This small difference may arise due to lesser degree of fineness of

meshing.