INSTITUTE OF AVIONICS AND AERONAUTICS, A. U.

(Department of Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering)

MATLAB / PATRAN COMPARISON PROJECT

AE- 723 (Advanced Mechanics of Composites)

Weightage : 10%
Due Date : Week 2 and Week 7

Using PATRAN / NASTRAN / FEMAP commercially available software, model a

cantilever Multi - Cell COMPOSITE beam (analogous to aircraft wing) and
apply a given Torque at its Free end.

Use Both Carbon Epoxy and Glass Epoxy FRC for your analysis, compare their
results and give your recommendations.

Consult Instructor in Week 1 for details of geometry, loads etc.

Plot following results:

(a) Variation of Axial Displacement along the length of beam

(b) Variation of Axial Displacement around the beam
(c) Variation of Axial Stress along the length of beam
(d) Variation of Axial Stress around the beam
(e) Variation of Shear Flow along the length of beam
(f) Variation of Shear Flow around the beam

Use MATLAB to generate a code to analyse subject beam under Torque and get
all above results.

Plot graphs showing comparison of results for your MATLAB code and PATRAN
results plotted on a single graph for comparison.

Submit results in form of a comprehensive report online by Friday of Week 7 via

e-mail.

Practical Examination on use of subject software will be conducted in Week 8

YOU ARE REQUIRED TO DEMONSTRATE FULL COMMAND OVER

NASTRAN/PATRAN FOR ANALYSIS OF A COMPOSITE STRUCTURE DURING
SUBJECT PRESENTATION IN CLASS USING YOUR LAPTOP IN WEEK 8