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PLATE WITH HOLE (2D) ANALYSIS

GOALS:
- Understanding the characteristic of 2D element (shell element) for
plate with hole.
- Understand about surface modelling in MSC-Patran.
PROBLEM DEFINITION:
A plate structure has hole in the center of plate. The thickness of plate
is 1 mm. Radius of a hole is 50 cm. The width of plate is 3 m and the
length of plate is 5 m. Material which is used in the analysis is Steel
with 200 GPa Young Modulus and 0.3 Poisson Ratio. The load is 210 N.
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FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS

1. Creating File
 Set file name e.g. “pelat_bolong”

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2. Geometry Modelling

 Create Surface (Geometry)

o Action : Create
o Object : Surface
o Method : XYZ
o Vector Coordinates List : <3 5 0>
o Origin Coordinates List : [0 0 0]
o Apply
 Create Hole (Geometry)
o Action : Edit
o Object : Surface
o Method : Add Hole
o Option : Center Point
o Hole Radius : 0.5
o Surface : Surface 1
o Center Point List : [1.5 2.5 0]
o Apply
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 Create Helping Point at Circle Curve (Geometry)

o Action : Create
o Object : Point
o Method : Interpolate
o Option : Curve
o Number of Inferior Point : 7
o Curve List : Surface 1.5 (click a circle)
o Apply

 Create Helping Point at Outer Edge Surface

o Action : Create
o Object : Point
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o Method : Project
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o Project onto : Curve

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o Direction : Normal
o Point List : Select point at up, low, left & right
o Curve List : Edge Surface near Point (see figure)

 Divide Surface into 8 Parts (Geometry)

o Action : Edit
o Object : Surface
o Method : Break
o Options : 2 Point
o Surface List : Click surface which will be broken
o Break Point List : Click point which will separates the
surface
o Do it again until 8 surfaces are created

3. Mesh Setting
 Create Mesh Seed (Element/Meshing)
o Action : Create
o Object : Mesh Seed
o Type : Uniform
o Number of elements : 10
o Curve List : Select all Edge Surface
 Create 2D Elements (Mesh)
o Action : Create
o Object : Mesh
o Type : Surface
o Elem Shape : Quad
o Mesher : IsoMesh
o Topology : Quad4
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o Surface List : All Surface

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o Apply
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 Merge multi-node
o Action : Equivalence
o Apply

4. Setup Structural Properties

 Create Material Data (Materials/Properties)

o Action : Create
o Object : Isotropic
o Method : Manual Input
o Material Name : steel
o Input Properties
a. Elastic Modulus : 2E11
b. Poisson Ratio : 0.3
c. OK
o Apply
 Model Properties Setting (Properties)
o Action : Create
o Object : 2D
o Type : Shell
o Property Set Name : plate
o Input Properties
a. Material Name : m:steel
b. OK
o Select Application Region
a. Select Members : Select all surface
b. Add
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c. OK
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o Apply
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5. Loads and Boundary Conditions Setting

 Create Support (Loads/BCs)

o Action : Create
o Object : Displacement
o Method : Nodal
o New Set Name : fix
o Input Data
a. Translation : <0,0,0>
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b. Rotation : <0,0,0>
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c. OK
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o Select Application Region
a. Geometry Filter : FEM
b. Select Node : All Bottom Edge of surface
c. Add
d. OK
o Apply
 Create Loads (Loads/BCs)
o Action : Create
o Object : Total Load
o Method : Element Uniform
o New Set Name : F1
o Input Data
a. Edge Load : <0,10,0>
b. OK
o Select Application Region
a. Geometry Filter : FEM
b. Select Node : All Upper Edge of Surface
c. Add
d. OK
o Apply

6. Analysis Preparation
There is two way in analyzing a model which has set.
 Patran Command (Analysis)
o Action : Analyze
o Object : Entire Model
o Method : Full Run
o Apply
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 Nastran Command
o Open MD Nastran
o Open : select file created by MSC Patran
o Run
7. Display Results
 Attach Result File (Analysis)
o Action : Access Result
o Object : Attach XDB
o Method : Result Entities
o Select Result File
a. Select file *.xdb which has same name with save *.db file
b. OK
o Apply
 Display Result in file (Analysis)
o Action : Monitor
o Object : Job
o View F06 File
o Another way
a. Find a file with *f06 extension
b. Open with Word Processor (Notepad)
 Display Result in Graphic
o Results
o Select an option to display
o Apply
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