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MEE30004 - Solid Mechanics Fe Assignment - Flat Circular Press Plate - 2021

This document provides instructions for a finite element analysis (FEA) assignment on modeling the deflection of a circular aluminum plate with clamped edges under different loading conditions. Students are asked to: 1) Create an FEA model of the plate tested in a previous lab and apply uniform pressures of -20 kPa and -40 kPa, comparing deflections to experimental and theoretical results. 2) Apply a -40 kPa uniform pressure and a central point load equal to the last 3 digits of the student's ID. Compare the FEA deflection results to theoretical calculations using superposition. 3) Submit a report including graphs comparing FEA to experimental and theoretical deflections, a sample calculation,

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MEE30004 - Solid Mechanics Fe Assignment - Flat Circular Press Plate - 2021

This document provides instructions for a finite element analysis (FEA) assignment on modeling the deflection of a circular aluminum plate with clamped edges under different loading conditions. Students are asked to: 1) Create an FEA model of the plate tested in a previous lab and apply uniform pressures of -20 kPa and -40 kPa, comparing deflections to experimental and theoretical results. 2) Apply a -40 kPa uniform pressure and a central point load equal to the last 3 digits of the student's ID. Compare the FEA deflection results to theoretical calculations using superposition. 3) Submit a report including graphs comparing FEA to experimental and theoretical deflections, a sample calculation,

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Faculty of Science, Engineering and Technology

MEE30004 - SOLID MECHANICS

FE ASSIGNMENT - FLAT CIRCULAR PRESS PLATE - 2021


By writing my name below, I declare this is an individual assignment and no part of this submission has
been copied from any other student's work or from any other source except where due acknowledgment
is explicitly made in the text, nor has any part been written for me by another person. Refer to Subject
Outline for Plagiarism guidelines.

STUDENT NAME & No : . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

INTRODUCTION :
This assignment combines Practical Lab 1 with the Finite Element Analysis (FEA) of a pressure
loaded circular plate with clamped edges (see Fig. 1 overleaf). The aim of this Assignment is to set
up a computer model of the thin flat aluminum circular plate tested in Practical Lab 1, apply two (2)
different Load Cases and then compare FEA deflection with experimental deflections and/or
theoretical deflection.

NOTES : 1) This document must be read in conjunction with Practical Lab 1.


2) Assignment worth 12 % (individual report).
3) Validation is an important concept in FEA – we need to carry out an independent
check to ensure that answers from our FEA model are “reasonable’.
FEA analysis is carried out using ANSYS.

PROCEDURE:
1. Set up an FEA model of the thin flat circular plate with clamped edges which was tested in
Practical Lab 1 (also see Fig. 1 overleaf).

2. FEA Load Case 1 – Apply a uniform upwards acting pressure distribution over the entire plate of
-20 and -40 kPa (negative), respectively. Perform an analysis and note the resulting plate profile.
Compare (graphically) the resulting deflection with your corrected experimental results from
Practical Lab. 1 for pressure steps Δ p of 20 and 40 kPa respectively.
Also compare (graphically) FEA deflection with corresponding theoretical deflection - Eqn.
[16.26] (see Text-book or Practical Lab. 1) for pressures of 20 and 40 kPa respectively.

3. FEA Load Case 2 – For the same plate, apply a different loading case as follows – at the center a
Point Load W acting upwards, together with a constant pressure p of -40 kPa ( negative) acting
upwards over the entire plate (i.e. in the same direction to W). Perform an analysis and note the
resulting plate profile.
IMPORTANT: The Value of the point node W is equal to the last 3 digits (N) of your STUDENT
NUMBER. For instance, if your STUDENT NUMBER is 123456, then W = 456 N (positive).
To validate this FEA result we can use the Eqn. [16.26] given the theoretical profile for the
constant pressure case. For a circular clamped edge plate with a central Point Load, W, an
equation for theoretical deflection is given in the Appendix overleaf. These two theoretical
deflections can be added together using superposition.
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Compare (graphically) FEA deflection with corresponding theoretical deflection.

DATA : 1. The circular plate is made from aluminum; take E = 70 GPa,  = 0.3.
2. Effective radius of clamped plate is a=110 mm.
3. Thickness of plate is 3.0 mm.

pressure

effective radius a=110 mm

Fig. 1 - Flat Circular Pressure Plate Experiment.

ASSIGNMENT REPORT :
Type and edit your report using Microsoft Word. Plot graphs using graphic paper or computer
software. Please submit your report through Canvas by due Date – 2 weeks after the third Computer
Lab. Please scan your report and save the whole report as one PDF file with a name of Your
Surname_Initial_Student ID_Comp Lab.pdf. Please note that one report for each student. Also please
refer to Unit of Study Outline for penalties etc.

The Report must include (in order):

 This 3 pages handout as cover sheet /results for your report.


 For Load Case 1 - Graphs (to scale) comparing FEA deflection with corrected experimental
deflection and with theoretical deflection for p = 20 and 40 kPa, respectively. Please note
vertical axis of graphs should be ‘Z’ deflection and horizontal axis should be diametral
location. (2 Marks)
 For Load Case 2 – A Graph (to scale) comparing FEA deflection with theoretical deflection
Please note that vertical axis of graphs should be ‘Z’ deflection and horizontal axis should be
diametral location. (2 Marks)
 Sample theoretical calculation for Load Case 2. (1 Mark)
 Discussion and Conclusion. (2 Marks)
 A Table summarizing numerical values obtained in each case, as an Appendix at end of
Report. (1 Mark)

APPENDIX :
For a flat thin circular plate subject to uniform pressure with a clamped periphery (as shown in
Fig. 1), it is expected that deflected profile will be a smooth ‘bell shaped’ curve according to the
following equation: (Ref.: Chapter 16 in “Mech. of Eng’ng Mat’ls” by Benham, Crawford and
Armstrong)

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Deflection curve : w
p
64 D

a2  r2  2
….…………………………….. eq. [16.26]

where : w = vertical deflection (m) ; a = fixed max. radius (m); r = variable radius (m);
p = pressure (Pa) ;
E  h3
Flexural Rigidity: D 
12  1 -  2 
where : E = Young’s Modulus (Pa) ; h = plate thickness (m) ; ν = Poisson’s ratio.
 
Generalized Hooke’s Law : r  r  
E E
   r
  
E E

For a flat thin circular plate with a clamped periphery (as shown in Fig. 1) subjected to a
central Point Load, W, the deflected profile will be smooth curve according to the following
equation:
(Ref.: Roark’s Formulae for Stress and Strain – 7 the Edition – Table 11.2, Case No.17)
W  2  a 
Deflection curve: w  a  r 2  1  2  ln 
16π D   r 

Where : w = vert. deflection (m) ; a = fixed max. radius (m) ; r = variable rad. (m) ;
W = Point Load (N) ;

E  h3
Flex. Rigidity : D  ; E = Young’s Modulus (Pa) ; h = plate thickness (m) ;

12 1 -  2 
ν = Poisson’s ratio.

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