The 2005 New Template

Panel Buckling Modeling

Instructions
Demonstrated:
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Set up the Model Database 16
! Examine the Model and Loading Conditions 18
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Set up the Analysis 27
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Review the Results 35
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Set up the Model Database

In this example you will open an existing MSC.Patran database that contains the panel model, boundary
conditions, and loading definitions.

To open a new MSC.Patran database:

Step 1: On the File menu, click Open.

Step 2: Navigate to the directory containing the Stiffened_Panel.db file.

Step 3: Click once on Stiffened_Panel.db and click OK.
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Examine the Model and Loading Conditions

To review Loads and Boundary Conditions:

Use the following instruction to review the imported model:

• Click and hold down the scroll wheel button on the mouse to rotate the model.
• Click any of the view buttons to review the model in different views.

Things to consider about the model***

• This model contains shell elements and bar elements.
• Boundary Conditions have been applied as shown.
• The compressive load is applied as an enforced displacement of 0.28 inch applied to an
RBE2 that spans the free end of the panel.
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To examine the model:

Step 1: On the Group menu, click Post...
Step 2: In the Select Groups to Post list, click
once mat_2024T3, and click Apply to
post.

Step 3: To review all the model, select different

groups in the Select Groups to Post
menu, and click Apply to post the
different groups.

Note: By posting the different groups, understand how the panel is assembled.
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To examine the Stress-Strain Curves:

Step 1: On the MSC.Patran Main toolbar, click the
Fields button.

Step 2: From the Fields menu, select the following

options:
• Action: Select Show.
• Select Field to Show: Select 7349_marc.
• Click Specify Range...

Step 3: From the Specify Range menu, select the

following options:
• Use Existing Points: Select Check box.
• Minimum: Enter 0.0.
• Maximum: Enter 0.1.
• No. of Points: Enter 15.
• Click OK.
Step 4: On the Fields menu, click Apply.
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Examine the Stress-Strain Curve.

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Step 5: Repeat Steps 1 through 4, except in Step 2, in the Select Field to Show list, click once
2024_marc.

Note: The 2024 curve has an additional data point at a strain of 0.997 which is not shown on this
plot.
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To examine the Contact Bodies:

Step 1: On the MSC.Patran Main toolbar, click the

Loads/BCs button.

Step 2: From the Loads/BCs menu, select the

following options:
• Action: Select Plot Markers.
• Assigned Load/BCs Sets: Select
Conta_db1a.
• Select Groups: Select default_group.
• Click Apply.
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Step 3: Examine the Contact Bodies. Circles will be drawn showing the contact.
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Step 4: Repeat Steps 1 through 4, except in Step 2, select the remaining contact bodies for the Assigned
Load/BCs Sets list.
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Set up the Analysis

To set up the Analysis:

Step 1: On the MSC.Patran Main toolbar, click the

Analysis button.

Step 2: From the Analysis menu, select the

following options:
• Action: Select Analyze.
• Object: Select Entire Model.
• Method: Select Full Run.
• Available Jobs: Select SOL600-
Stiffened_Plate.
• Click Solution Type...
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Step 3: From the Solution Type menu, note that

the Solution Type is set to Implicit
Nonlinear.
• Click OK.
Step 4: On the Analysis menu, click Subcases...
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Step 5: From the Subcase menu, select the

following options:
• Action: Select Create.
• Available Subcases: Select Default.
• Analysis Type: Select Static.
• Click Subcases Parameters...
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Step 6: From the Static Solution

Parameters menu, select the
following options:.
• Linearity: Select NonLinear.
• Nonlinear Geometric Effects:
Select Large
Displacement/Large Strains.
• Follower Forces: Uncheck the
Check box.
• Follower Loads: Select No
Follower Loads.
• Click Load Increment Params...

Step 7: From the Load Increment

Parameters menu, select the
following options:
• Increment Type: Select Fixed.
• For the [Number of
Increments:]: Enter 40.
• [Total Time:]: Enter 1.0.
• Automatic Cutback: Check the
Check box.
• Number of Cutbacks: Enter 10.
• Click OK.

Note: If you are not sure about what to use, the default “Adaptive” setting is a good place to start.
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Step 8: On the Static Solution Parameters

menu, click Contact Table... and
select Global Contact Detection:
Default(by body #).

Note: By default, all bodies are

allowed to touch each
other.

• Click OK.
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Step 9: On the Static Solution Parameters menu, click OK.

Step 10: On the Subcases menu, click Output
Requests...
Step 11: On the Output Request menu, click Select
Nodal Results...
Step 12: From the Select Nodal Results menu, select
the following options:
• Available Result Types: Select
CONTACT NORMAL STRESS.
• Click OK.

Step 13: On the Output Request menu, click

Select Element Results...
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Step 14: From the Select Element Results menu,

select the following options:
• Available Result Types: Select
STRESS COMPONENTS.
• Click OK.
Step 15: On the Output Results menu, click OK.
Step 16: On the Subcases menu, click Apply.
Step 17: On the Message menu, click Yes to
overwrite the existing subcase.

Step 18: On the Subcases menu, click Cancel.

Step 19: On the Analysis menu, DO NOT click Apply. Since the job takes about 30 minutes to run, the
completed analysis results are included and ready to be attached.
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Review the Results

To attach the results:

Step 1: From the Analysis menu, select the

following options:
• Action: Select Access Results.
• Object: Select Attach T16/T19.
• Method: Select Results Entities.
• Click Select Results File...
Step 2: Navigate to the directory containing the
Stiffened_Panel.db file and select it.
• Click OK.

Step 3: On the Analysis menu, click Apply.

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To review the results:

Step 1: On the MSC.Patran Main toolbar, click the
Results button.

Step 2: From the Results menu, select the following

options:
• Action: Select Create.
• Object: Select Quick Plot.
• Select Result Cases: Select
A1:Incr=1,Time=0.02500.
• Select Fringe Result: Select
Displacement, Translation.
• Select Deformation Result: Select
Displacement, Translation.
• Click Apply.
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Step 3: Repeat Steps 1 through 4, except in Step 2, select the remaining increments one by one for the
Assigned Load/BCs Sets list to review the results.
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Step 4: From the Results menu, select the

following options:
• Action: Select Create.
• Object: Select Fringe.
• Select Result Case(s): Select
A1:Incr=40,Time=1.00000.
• Select Fringe Result: Select Stress,.
• Click Apply.
Step 5: Repeat Step 4, except change layer by
clicking Position...((NON-LAYERED)).
Step 6: On the Select... menu, click At Layer 1 and
click Close.

Step 7: On the Results menu, click Apply.

Note: By going through Steps 4

through 6, you can plot the
von Mises stress at different
layers.
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Step 8: Repeat Steps 4 through 6, except in Step 6, click Layer 5 from the list.
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Step 9: To examine panel longitudinal

compressive stresses, from the Results
menu, select the following options:
• Action: Select Create.
• Object: Select Fringe.
• Select Result Case(s): Select
A1:Incr=1,Time=0.02500.
• Select Fringe Result: Select Stress,.
• Click Position...((NON-LAYERED)).
• Quantity: Select Y Component.
• Click Apply.
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Step 10: Repeat Step 9, except select the remaining increments one by one for the Select Result Case(s)
list to understand how the compressive load is redistributed after the initial skin buckling.
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Step 11: To examine panel longitudinal compressive

stresses, from the Results menu, select the
following options:
• Action: Select Create.
• Object: Select Graph.
• Method: Select Y vs X.
• Select Result Case(s): Select all the
increments (A1:Incr=0,Time=0.00000
through A1:Incr=40,Time=1.00000).
• Select Y Result: Select Force, Nodal
Reaction.
• Click Position...((NON-LAYERED)).
• Quantity: Select Z Component.
• X: Select Global Variable.
• Variable: Select Time.
• Click the Target Entities Icon.
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Step 12: From the Results menu, select the following

options:
• Target Entities: Select Nodes.
• In the Select Result Case(s) box, click on
node where the enforced displacement is
applied (Node 3277).
• Click Apply.
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Note: This plot shows the panel loading history. The panel ultimate strength is obtained from this
graph.

Step 13: On the MSC.Patran Main toolbar, click the XY Plot button to adjust the scales and grid lines.
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