Verification Manual

6.2 Mechanical Structures – Linear Statics Analysis with Plate Elements........................................ 180
6.2.1 Plane Shear and Bending Load on a Plate ................................................................................ 180
6.2.2 Uniformly Distributed Load on a Circular Plate .......................................................................... 182
6.2.3 Torque Loading on a Square Tube ............................................................................................ 184
6.2.4 Cylindrical Shell with Internal Pressure ...................................................................................... 186
6.2.5 Gravity Loading on a Thin Wall Cylinder .................................................................................... 188
6.2.6 Pinched Cylindrical Shell ............................................................................................................ 190
6.2.7 Infinite Plate with a Circular Hole ............................................................................................... 192
6.3 Mechanical Structures – Linear Statics Analysis with Solid Elements ....................................... 194
6.3.1 Thick Plate Clamped at Edges ................................................................................................... 194
6.4 Mechanical Structures – Normal Modes/Eigenvalue Analysis ..................................................... 197
6.4.1 Cantilever Beam with a Variable Rectangular Section .............................................................. 197
6.4.2 Thin Circular Ring Clamped at Two Points ................................................................................ 199
6.4.3 Vibration Modes of a Thin Pipe Elbow ....................................................................................... 201
6.4.4 Thin Square Plate (Clamped or Free) ........................................................................................ 204
6.4.5 Simply – Supported Rectangular Plate ...................................................................................... 207
6.4.6 Bending of a Symmetric Truss ................................................................................................... 209
6.4.7 Hovgaard’s Problem – Pipes with Flexible Elbows .................................................................... 211
6.4.8 Rectangular Plates ..................................................................................................................... 213
6.5 Stationary Thermal Tests – Steady-State Heat Transfer Analysis ............................................... 215
6.5.1 L-Plate......................................................................................................................................... 215
7. Buckling Verification Using Theoretical Solutions ...................................................................... 217
7.1 Buckling of a Thin Walled Cylinder .................................................................................................. 218
7.2 Buckling of a Bar with Hinged Ends ................................................................................................ 220
7.3 Buckling of a Bar with Hinged Ends Using Plates ......................................................................... 222
7.4 Buckling of a Bar with Hinged Ends Using Solids ......................................................................... 224
7.5 Buckling of a Rectangular Plate Under Concentrated Center Loads ........................................... 226
7.6 Buckling of a Rectangular Plate Under End Uniform Load ........................................................... 228
8. Dynamics Verification Using Standard NAFEMS Benchmarks................................................... 230
8.1 Transient Forced Vibration Response – Deep Simply Supported Beam ..................................... 231
8.2 Periodic Forced Vibration Response – Deep Simply Supported Beam ....................................... 233
8.3 Modal Transient Forced Vibration Response – Simply Supported Plate .................................... 236
8.4 Harmonic Forced Vibration Response – Simply Supported Plate ............................................... 238
8.5 Random Forced Vibration Response – Simply Supported Plate .................................................. 240
8.6 Direct Transient Forced Vibration Response – Simply Supported Plate..................................... 242
8.7 Direct Frequency Response – Simply Supported Plate ................................................................ 245
9. Dynamics Verification Using Theoretical Solutions .................................................................... 248
9.1 Seismic Response of a Beam Structure .......................................................................................... 249
9.2 Cantilever Beam Subjected to Sine Plus Tip Load......................................................................... 251
9.3 Simply Supported Beam, Ramped Nodal Forcing Function, Transient Forced Vibration ......... 254
9.4 Tower Structure Under a Harmonic Excitation Force .................................................................... 256
9.5 Simply Supported Beam Subjected to a Traveling Dynamic Load .............................................. 259
10. Nonlinear Static Verification Using Theoretical Solutions ........................................................ 262
10.1 Nonlinear Cable Tension ................................................................................................................. 263
10.2 Cable Supporting Hanging Loads .................................................................................................. 265
10.3 Ten Story Plane Frame .................................................................................................................... 267
10.4 Straight Cantilever with Axial End Point Load ............................................................................. 269
10.5 Residual Stress Problem ................................................................................................................. 271
11. Nonlinear Static Verification Using Standard NAFEMS Benchmarks ...................................... 273

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