Workshop 16 Stiffened Plate: WS16-1 NAS120, Workshop 16, May 2006 © 2005 MSC - Software Corporation

WORKSHOP 16
STIFFENED PLATE
NAS120, Workshop 16, May 2006

Copyright© 2005 MSC.Software Corporation WS16-1
z Workshop Objectives
z Practice modeling a stiffened plate.

z Problem Description
z A thin plate is reinforced with two types of stiffeners.
z The outer edges of the plate are reinforced with I-beam stiffeners.
z The interior of the plate is reinforced with three hat stiffeners.
z The structure is simply supported at two edges.
z A uniform pressure of 5 psi is applied to the surface of the plate.
5.0 TYP
20.0
20.0

z Problem Description (cont.)
z The plate and stiffeners are constructed from aluminum alloy 7075-
T73 with the following properties:
z E = 10 x 106 psi
z ν = 0.3
z The plate is 0.100 in thick.

z The I-beam stiffener has the following cross section:
0.1 TYP
2.0
1.0

z The rolled hat stiffener has the following cross section:
2.0
Cross-Sectional 0.504 in2

Area
IAA 0.143 in4 0.785
IBB 0.174 in4 B B
J 0.0016 in4 0.898
1.0
z Suggested Exercise Steps
1. Create surface geometric representing the plate.
2. Mesh the geometry to create plate (CQUAD4) and bar (CBAR)
elements.
3. Define material (MAT1) and element properties (PSHELL and
PBAR).
4. Verify the Y-element axis and offset vectors for the bar elements.
5. Define simply-supported boundary constraints (SPC1) and apply a
uniform pressure load to the plate (PLOAD4).
6. Submit the model to MSC.Nastran for a linear static analysis.
7. Post process the results.

CREATE NEW DATABASE
Create a new database called

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

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

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

Step 1. Geometry: Create / Curve / XYZ
Turn on the Show Parametric

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

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

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

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

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

IsoMesh.
a. Elements: Create / Mesh
/ Surface.
b. Select Quad as the
Element Shape.
b
c. Select IsoMesh as the c
Mesher.
d
d. Select Quad4 Element
Topology.
e. Select all the surfaces.
f. Enter 2.0 as the Global e
Edge Length.
g. Click Apply.
h. Click on Hide labels icon.
f
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Step 2. Finite Elements: Create / Mesh / Curve
Generate bar elements along the

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

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 d
Name.
c. Click on the Input Properties
button to bring up the Input e
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 b
material menu.
g. Click Apply.
c
f
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Step 3. Element Properties: Create / 2D / Shell
a
Create element properties for the
plate elements.
a. Properties: Create / 2D /
Shell. d
b. Enter plate as the Property
Set Name. f
button.
b
d. Click on the Matl Prop Name
icon.
e. Click on the alum in the
Select Existing Material
window. c
f. Enter 0.1 as the thickness.
g. Click OK.
h. Select all surfaces for the h
Application Region. i
i. Click Add. e
j. Click Apply.
g
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Step 3. Element Properties: Create / 1D / Beam
Create element properties for the hat

stiffeners.
Beam.
b. Enter hat_stiffener as the d
Property Set Name. f
button. g b
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 c
Orientation.
g. Enter <0 0 .948> for the offset
at Node 1 and Node 2.

a. Scroll down the properties

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

a. Click on Select Members,

then click on the beam
element filter.
b. For the application region
select three rows of bar
elements.
c. Click Add. a
d. Click Apply.
a
c
d
Next, create element properties for

the I-beam stiffeners.
Beam.
b. Enter i_stiffener as the d
Property Set Name.
f
c. Click on the Input
Properties button.
g b
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.
c
g. Enter <0 0 1.05> for the
Offset at both nodes. h
h. Click on Beam Library icon.

a. Enter i_section for New

Section Name.
b. Select the I-Beam shape
option.
c. Enter dimensions for the I-
Beam as shown. c
d. Click on Calculate/Display g
to view the cross section. a
e. Click OK.
f. Click OK again.
b
g. Select the curve or edge
filter.
h. For the application region,
select the top and bottom
edges of the plate.
d
i. Click Add. h
j. Click Apply. i
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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. c
d. Click Apply.
e. Click Cancel
d e

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 Mid-
Span + Offsets b
e. Click Apply.
f. Change Beam Display to 3D Full- d
Span + Offsets.
g. Change Beam Display to 3D Full-
Span + Offsets + Equivalent I.
f
h. Click Apply. g
i. Click Cancel.
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1D 1D + Offsets
2D + Offsets 3D + Offsets 3D + Offsets + Equivalent I

Step 4. Element Properties: Show
Verify the orientation of the

hat sections by plotting the
element y axis.
a. Properties: Show
b. Select Bar Orientation b
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 b
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.

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

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

edges constrained.

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

applied pressure.

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

XDB result file.
a
a. Access Results / Attach XDB /
Result Entities.
b. Click on Select Result File.
c. Select the file called
stiffened_plate.xdb. c
d. Click OK.
e. Click Apply.
e
Step 7. Results: Create / Quick Plot
Plot plate stress and deformation

results.
a. Results: Create / Quick b
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. c

e
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
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NAS120, Workshop 16, May 2006

NAS120, Workshop 16, May 2006

NAS120, Workshop 16, May 2006

z The plate is 0.100 in thick.

NAS120, Workshop 16, May 2006

NAS120, Workshop 16, May 2006

Cross-Sectional 0.504 in2

IBB 0.174 in4 B B

J 0.0016 in4 0.898

NAS120, Workshop 16, May 2006

Create a new database called

NAS120, Workshop 16, May 2006

Create the surface.

NAS120, Workshop 16, May 2006

Turn on the Show Parametric

Break the surface in the

NAS120, Workshop 16, May 2006

Break the surfaces again in the

NAS120, Workshop 16, May 2006

Generate plate elements using a

NAS120, Workshop 16, May 2006 g

Generate bar elements along the

NAS120, Workshop 16, May 2006 d

Equivalence the model nodes to

NAS120, Workshop 16, May 2006

Create element properties for the hat

NAS120, Workshop 16, May 2006

a. Scroll down the properties

NAS120, Workshop 16, May 2006

a. Click on Select Members,

Next, create element properties for

NAS120, Workshop 16, May 2006

a. Enter i_section for New

NAS120, Workshop 16, May 2006 j

NAS120, Workshop 16, May 2006

Change the display settings to show beam

2D + Offsets 3D + Offsets 3D + Offsets + Equivalent I

NAS120, Workshop 16, May 2006

Verify the orientation of the

NAS120, Workshop 16, May 2006 d

Change the display of loads,

NAS120, Workshop 16, May 2006

Create the boundary condition for the a

Stiffened plate with two

NAS120, Workshop 16, May 2006

Stiffened plate model with

NAS120, Workshop 16, May 2006

After the job is completed, attach the

Plot plate stress and deformation

NAS120, Workshop 16, May 2006

Plot bar stress results.

NAS120, Workshop 16, May 2006 b

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