MCL 735 –Project 2 (FEA)

Date:19/10/2019

1. Consider the profile from Project 1 as the profile of a Cantilever beam made of mild
steel and thickness of 50mm (in Z direction). As shown in figure below, for the applied
pressure S1 and S2, find out the variation of stress in x-direction with length along line
AB and nodal displacements using FE method with the help of Matlab. Material
properties for Mild Steel are as follows: E = 210000 N/mm , υ = 0.3
2

Note 1: Pressure S1 is applied over the complete length/area between point the points
P6 and P7 (refer Project 1 – CAD sheet for points P6 and P7).
Note 2: For ease in FE analysis, model the beam using 2D triangular elements in
MATLAB and ANSYS both.
S1 = 100N/mm2
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A B
S2 = 1000N/mm2

60mm
Fixed

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O X

2. Import the CAD model developed in Project 1 to ANSYS (IGES format) and perform
a finite element analysis and compare the obtained results with the results from Q. 1.

Note: Submission due date for this project shall be communicated soon.