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WORKSHOP 16
STIFFENED PLATE
PAT301, Workshop 16, December 2005

Copyright 2005 MSC.Software Corporation
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Workshop Objectives
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Create a model of a plate with two types of stiffeners. For one

type of stiffener the cross-section properties, e.g. area, are
provided. For the other type of stiffener the MSC.Patran Beam
Library is used to obtain the cross-section properties. The
model is finished, i.e. create constraints and pressure loading.
An analysis of the model is performed, and the results viewed
using MSC.Nastran and MSC.patran.
Problem Description
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Show the stress for the plate or beam elements on the

deformed shape of the model
All material: Aluminum with E = 10 x 106 psi and = 0.3
Pressure on piston = 5 psi
Software Version
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MSC.Patran 2005r2
MSC.Nastran 2005r2b

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Key Concepts and Steps:

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Database: create a new database with Analysis Code = MSC.Nastran

and Analysis Type = Structural
Geometry: create the surfaces that are to represent the plate
Elements: mesh the surfaces with plate elements, and mesh select
edges of the surfaces with bar elements
Loads/BCs: pin constrain two opposing edges of the plate, and apply a
pressure to the surface of the plate
Materials: specify an isotropic material for Aluminum
Properties: create a 2D plate property for the plate, and a 1D beam
property for each of the two types of stiffeners
Analysis: Solution Type = Nastran Linear Static, Solution Sequence =
101, Method = Full Run
Analysis: access analysis results by attaching the XDB file to database
Results: plot von Mises stress for plate elements, bar stress for bar
elements, and displacement results for each

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CREATE NEW DATABASE

a
Create a new database called

stiffened_plate.db.
a. File / New.
b. Enter stiffened_plate as
the file name.
c. Click OK.
d. Choose Default Tolerance.
e. Select MSC.Nastran as the
Analysis Code.
f. Select Structural as the
Analysis Type.
g. Click OK.

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Step 1. Geometry: Create / Surface / XYZ
Create the surface.

a. Geometry: Create /
Surface / XYZ.
b. Enter <20 20 0> for the
Vector Coordinate List.
c. Click Apply.

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Step 1. Geometry: Create / Curve / XYZ
b
Turn on the Show Parametric
Direction feature.
a. Display / Geometry...
b. Check the Show
Parametric Direction
box.
c. Click Apply.
d. Click Cancel.
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Step 1. Geometry: Edit / Surface / Break
Break the surface in the

u-direction.
a. Geometry: Edit / Surface
/ Break.
b. Change the Option to
Parametric.
c. Choose Constant u
Direction as the Break
Direction.
d. Enter 0.5 as the Break
Curve value.
e. Screen pick the surface
created earlier.
f. Answer Yes when the
question Do you wish to
delete the original
surfaces? appears.

b
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Step 1. Geometry: Edit / Surface / Break
Break the surfaces again in the

u-direction.
a. Screen pick the bottom
surface.
b. Answer Yes when the
delete the original
surfaces? appears.
c. Screen pick the top
surface.
d. Answer Yes when the
delete the original
surfaces? appears.
e. Click on the Show labels
icon.

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Step 2. Finite Elements: Create / Mesh / Surface
Generate plate elements using

IsoMesh.
a. Elements: Create / Mesh
/ Surface.
b. Select Quad as the
Element Shape.
c. Select IsoMesh as the

Mesher.
d. Select Quad4 Element
Topology.
e. Select all the surfaces.

f. Enter 2.0 as the Global
Edge Length.
g. Click Apply.
h. Click on Hide labels icon.

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Step 2. Finite Elements: Create / Mesh / Curve
Generate bar elements along the

longitudinal edges of the
surfaces.
a. Elements: Create / Mesh /
Curve.
b. Choose Bar2 as the
element Topology.
c. Select 5 horizontal
surface edges.
d. Click Apply.

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Step 2. Finite Element: Equivalence / All / Tolerance Cube
Equivalence the model nodes to

connect elements along surface
edges.
a. Elements: Equivalence /
All / Tolerance Cube.
b. Click Apply.

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Step 3. Material: Create / Isotropic / Manual Input
a
Define a material for the model.
a. Material: Create / Isotropic /
Manual Input.
b. Type in alum for the Material
Name.
c. Click on the Input Properties
button to bring up the Input
Options window.
d. Enter 10E6 for the Elastic
Modulus and 0.3 for Poisson
Ratio.
e. Enter 0.101 for the Density.
f. Click OK to return to the main
material menu.
g. Click Apply.
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Step 3. Element Properties: Create / 2D / Shell
a
Create element properties for the
plate elements.
a. Properties: Create / 2D /
Shell.
b. Enter plate as the Property
Set Name.
button.
d. Click on the Matl Prop Name
icon.
e. Click on the alum in the
Select Existing Material
window.
f. Enter 0.1 as the thickness.
g. Click OK.
h. Select all surfaces for the
Application Region.
i. Click Add.
j. Click Apply.
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Step 3. Element Properties: Create / 1D / Beam
a
Create element properties for the hat
stiffeners.
Beam.
b. Enter hat_stiffener as the
Property Set Name.
button.
d. Click on the Matl Prop Name
icon.
e. Click on alum in the Select
Existing Material window.
f. Enter <0 0 1> for the Bar
Orientation.
g. Enter <0 0 .948> for the offset
at Node 1 and Node 2.
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a. Scroll down the properties

window to enter the following
section properties:
Area = 0.504
Inertia 1,1 = 0.174
Inertia 2,2 = 0.143
Torsion Constant = 0.0016
b. Scroll further down to enter
stress recovery point
coordinates as shown to the
right.
c. Click OK.

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a.
b.
c.
d.
Click on Select Members,

then click on the beam
element filter.
For the application region
select three rows of bar
elements.
Click Add.
Click Apply.
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a
Next, create element properties for
the I-beam stiffeners.
Beam.
b. Enter i_stiffener as the
Property Set Name.
c. Click on the Input
Properties button.
d. Click on the Matl Prop
Name icon.
e. Click on alum in Select
Existing Material window.
f. Enter <0 0 1> for Bar
Orientation.
g. Enter <0 0 1.05> for the
Offset at both nodes.
h. Click on Beam Library icon.
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a.
b.
c.
d.
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h.
i.
j.
Enter i_section for New

Section Name.
Select the I-Beam shape
option.
Enter dimensions for the IBeam as shown.
Click on Calculate/Display
to view the cross section.
Click OK.
Click OK again.
Select the curve or edge
filter.
For the application region,
select the top and bottom
edges of the plate.
Click Add.
Click Apply.
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Step 3. Viewing / Angles
b
Change the viewing angle.
a. Viewing/ Angles...
b. Select Model Absolute.
c. Input 23.0 34.0 0.0 as
the Angles.
d. Click Apply.
e. Click Cancel

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Step 4. Display / Load/BC/Elem Props
Change the display settings to show beam

offset.
a. Display / Load/BC/Elem Props...
b. Change Beam Display from 1D line
to 1D line + offsets
c. Click Apply.
d. Change Beam Display to 2D MidSpan + Offsets
e. Click Apply.
f. Change Beam Display to 3D FullSpan + Offsets.
g. Change Beam Display to 3D FullSpan + Offsets + Equivalent I.
h. Click Apply.
i. Click Cancel.
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1D
1D + Offsets
3D + Offsets
2D + Offsets
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3D + Offsets + Equivalent I
Step 4. Element Properties: Show
a
Verify the orientation of the
hat sections by plotting the
element y axis.
a. Properties: Show
b. Select Bar Orientation
in the properties
window.
c. Select the
default_group.
d. Click Apply.

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Change the display of loads,

boundary conditions, and element
properties from geometry to finite
elements.
a. Display / Load/BC/Elem
Props...
b. Check the Show on FEM
only box.
c. Click Apply.
d. Click Cancel.
e. Repeat steps from previous
page to plot the element y
axis for the stiffeners.

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Step 5. Loads/BCs: Create / Displacement / Nodal
Create the boundary condition for the

model.
a. Loads/BCs: Create /
Displacement / Nodal.
b. Enter Simple_Support as the
New Set Name.
c. Click on the Input Data
button.
d. Enter <0 0 0> for the
Translations.
e. Click OK.
f. Click on Select Application
Region.
g. Select Geometry as the
geometry filter.
h. Set the picking filter to Curve
or Edge.
i. Select the left and right edges
of the plate.
j. Click Add.
k. Click OK.
l. Click Apply.
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Step 5. Loads/BCs: Create / Displacement / Nodal

Stiffened plate with two
edges constrained.

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Step 5. Loads/BCs: Create / Pressure / Element Uniform
Apply pressure to the model.

a. Loads/BCs: Create / Pressure
/ Element Uniform.
b. Enter pressure as the New
Set Name.
c. Select 2D as the Target
Element Type.
d. Click on the Input Data
button.
e. Enter 5 in the Top Surf
Pressure field.
f. Click OK.
g. Click on Select Application
Region button.
h. Select Geometry as the
Geometry Filter.
i. Set the picking filter to
Surface.
j. Select all the surfaces for the
Application Region.
k. Click Add, and OK.
l. Click Apply.
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Step 5. Loads/BCs: Create / Pressure / Element Uniform
Stiffened plate model with

applied pressure.

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Step 6. Analysis: Analyze / Entire Model / Full Run
a
Submit the model for analysis.
a. Analysis: Analyze / Entire
Model / Full Run.
b. Click on the Solution Type.
c. Select LINEAR STATIC as
the Solution Type.
d. Click OK.
e. Click Apply.
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Step 7. Analysis: Attach XDB / Result Entities / Local
After the job is completed, attach the

XDB result file.
a. Access Results / Attach XDB /
Result Entities.
b. Click on Select Result File.
c. Select the file called
stiffened_plate.xdb.
d. Click OK.
e. Click Apply.
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Step 7. Results: Create / Quick Plot
a
Plot plate stress and deformation
results.
a. Results: Create / Quick
Plot.
b. Select the Default result
case.
c. Select Stress Tensor for
the Fringe Result.
d. Select Displacement,
Translational for the
Deformation Result.
e. Click Apply.

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Step 7. Results: Create / Quick Plot
Plot bar stress results.

a.
Select Bar Stresses,
Maximum Combined
for the Fringe Result.
b.
Click Apply.
c.
Plot the remaining bar
stress components one
at at time.
a
c

b
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WORKSHOP 16

PAT301, Workshop 16, December 2005

PAT301, Workshop 16, December 2005

Create a model of a plate with two types of stiffeners. For one

Show the stress for the plate or beam elements on the

All material: Aluminum with E = 10 x 106 psi and = 0.3

Pressure on piston = 5 psi

PAT301, Workshop 16, December 2005

Key Concepts and Steps:

Database: create a new database with Analysis Code = MSC.Nastran

PAT301, Workshop 16, December 2005

CREATE NEW DATABASE

Create a new database called

PAT301, Workshop 16, December 2005

Step 1. Geometry: Create / Surface / XYZ

Create the surface.

PAT301, Workshop 16, December 2005

Step 1. Geometry: Create / Curve / XYZ

Step 1. Geometry: Edit / Surface / Break

Break the surface in the

PAT301, Workshop 16, December 2005

Step 1. Geometry: Edit / Surface / Break

Break the surfaces again in the

PAT301, Workshop 16, December 2005

Step 2. Finite Elements: Create / Mesh / Surface

Generate plate elements using

c. Select IsoMesh as the

e. Select all the surfaces.

PAT301, Workshop 16, December 2005

Step 2. Finite Elements: Create / Mesh / Curve

Generate bar elements along the

PAT301, Workshop 16, December 2005

Step 2. Finite Element: Equivalence / All / Tolerance Cube

Equivalence the model nodes to

PAT301, Workshop 16, December 2005

Step 3. Material: Create / Isotropic / Manual Input

Step 3. Element Properties: Create / 2D / Shell

Step 3. Element Properties: Create / 1D / Beam

PAT301, Workshop 16, December 2005

Step 3. Element Properties: Create / 1D / Beam

a. Scroll down the properties

PAT301, Workshop 16, December 2005

Step 3. Element Properties: Create / 1D / Beam

Click on Select Members,

PAT301, Workshop 16, December 2005

Step 3. Element Properties: Create / 1D / Beam

PAT301, Workshop 16, December 2005

Step 3. Element Properties: Create / 1D / Beam

Enter i_section for New

Step 3. Viewing / Angles

PAT301, Workshop 16, December 2005

Step 4. Display / Load/BC/Elem Props

Change the display settings to show beam

Step 4. Display / Load/BC/Elem Props

Step 4. Element Properties: Show

PAT301, Workshop 16, December 2005

Step 4. Display / Load/BC/Elem Props

Change the display of loads,

PAT301, Workshop 16, December 2005

Step 5. Loads/BCs: Create / Displacement / Nodal

Create the boundary condition for the

Step 5. Loads/BCs: Create / Displacement / Nodal

PAT301, Workshop 16, December 2005