DEPARTMENT OF MECHANICAL ENGINEERING

INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY - GUWAHATI

ME 682 : Nonlinear Finite Element Methods

2022-2023, IInd semester

PROJECT - 1 : Stress analysis of plate with hole

Consider a rectangular plate of length 2` and height 2h consists of a hole of radius
R = a as shown in figure 1. It is subjected to biaxial loading as shown in the figure
along the x and y directions . Note that only quarter of the plate is shown due to
symmetry. Assuming that the loading can be considered as plane strain write a finite
element program to solve for the stress distribution along section AB and ED respectively.
Use 4-noded quadrilateral element.

Figure 1: A plate subjected to biaxial loading. The material

Submission Guideline:
1. Choose your own geometric dimensions and loading values but material properties
should be as shown in the figure. You can refere to standard textbook on solid
mechanics or finite element method for specific problem.

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 2. A report consisting the finite element formulation, results and code.

3. Make sure you follow the report preparation format discussed in class. This means,
your report should have a title page, Table of contents page, List of figures, List of
tables, various chapters properly numbered, Results and discussion, Conclusions,
References. All pages should have page numbers.

4. You can either write your own code or you can use the code supplied to you.

5. Carry out detailed mesh convergence study, deformed shape, stress contour plots
etc.

Submission Deadline: 31.03.2023 5 PM.