FEM

Lecture 6
i. Mesh and Result:

a) Mesh Type 1
The given problem is solved with 10 triangular elements as shown in the Fig.3.

Fig.3. Mesh

The solution of this model is show in below figures and result displayed in below table.

Number of Deflection (v) in Y sxx (MPA) syy(MPA) gxy(MPA)

Elements Direction (mm)
10 0.17 1.568 0.5 5.1
 Fig.4. Result screen

Fig.5. sxx plot for 10 elements

Fig.6. yy plot for 10 elements

Fig.7. gxy plot for 10 elements

 Fig.8. Deflection plot for 10 elements

The results obtained from the finite element software are not matching with the analytical solution. So,
we increase number of elements in different orientation to get accurate solution.
But the condition given is to keep with the CST element and so we use only triangle element with
different orientations.