NE/Nastran

Getting Started

FEMComp 2003
 NE/Nastran Getting Started
- Analysis of 2D Plate
• Find maximal displacements and effective
stresses for a fixed (F) plate model loaded by
vertical forces (30) as below. Plate thickness is 0,1.

FEMComp 2
 NE/Nastran Getting Started
- Analysis of 2D Plate
• Plate material is steel with Young Modulus
E=2,1 E+05 MPa and Poisson Ratio v=0,3
• FEA computations consist of the following
four steps:
– Material and Element Property Definitions
– Model Geometry and Element Mesh Creation
– Load and Boundary Condition Application
– Model Solution
– Stress and Displacement Results Evaluation
FEMComp 3
 NE/Nastran Getting Started
- Analysis of 2D Plate
• Material and Element Property Definitions
– Run Start-Program-NENastranV8.2-NENastranV8.2
Modeler; run Model-Material and enter data as below.

FEMComp 4
 NE/Nastran Getting Started
- Analysis of 2D Plate
• Material and Element Property Definitions
– Run Model-Property and enter element data and material
reference as below.

FEMComp 5
 NE/Nastran Getting Started
- Analysis of 2D Plate
• Model Geometry and Element Mesh Creation
– Create rectangle 10 x 2 running Geometry-Surface-
Corners and select by picking or enter four points
(0,0,0), (10,0,0), (10,2,0) and (0,2,0) as below.

FEMComp 6
 NE/Nastran Getting Started
- Analysis of 2D Plate
• Model Geometry and Element Mesh Creation
– Generate10 x 2 element mesh running Mesh-Geometry-
Surface, select your surface and enter Plate in Property
Box to obtain the following FE model.

FEMComp 7
 NE/Nastran Getting Started
- Analysis of 2D Plate
• Load and Boundary Condition Application
– Run Model-Load-On Curve, create Load Set 1 and
apply the load, selecting right edge and enter FY as 30
in Force Per Length.

FEMComp 8
 NE/Nastran Getting Started
- Analysis of 2D Plate
• Load and Boundary Condition Application
– Run Model-Constraint-On Curve, create Constraint
Set 1, select the left edge and choose Fixed in Create
Constraints on Geometry.

FEMComp 9
 NE/Nastran Getting Started
- Analysis of 2D Plate
• Model Solution
– Run Model-Analysis, create New set, run Analyze...,
write model to NASTRAN, run Analysis-Run and push
Continue button

FEMComp 10
 NE/Nastran Getting Started
- Analysis of 2D Plate
• Stress and Displacement Results Evaluation
– Run View-Select, select Contour, push Deformed and
Contour Data… then OK, OK and display effective
SHELL VON MISES-2 stress plot

FEMComp 11
 NE/Nastran Getting Started
- Analysis of 2D Plate
• Stress and Displacement Results Evaluation
– Push right mouse button and select Post Data…, in
Select Postprocessing Data… change Contour to 3..T2
Translation then OK, and display Y displacements

FEMComp 12