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NAFEMS Benchmark FV5


NAFEMS DEEP SIMPLY-SUPPORTED BEAM Test No FV5 Date/issue
1989-01-09/1


GEOMETRY & MESH
fv5_1.gif

ATTRIBUTES (a) Repeated eigenvalues
(b) Shear deformation and rotary inertia (Timoshenko Beam)
(c) Possibility of missing extensional modes when using iteration solution methods

BOUNDARY CONDITIONS x=y=z=0 at A, y=z=0 at B

MATERIAL PROPERTIES E=210 x 103 N m-2, n=0.3, r=8000 Kg m-3

ELEMENT TYPES Exact: Exact 3-D beam element.

Iso: 3-noded iso-parametric 3-D beam element


FREQUENCIES AND MODE SHAPES (*=closed form solution)

fr*=42.650 Hz
ft =42.710 Hz [Exact]
ft =42.657 Hz [Iso]
fr*=71.20 Hz
ft =71.495 Hz [Exact]
ft =71.202 Hz [Iso]
fr*=125.00 Hz
ft =125.51 Hz [Exact]
ft =125.00 Hz [Iso]
fv5_2.gif fv5_3.gif fv5_4.gif
Flexural Torsional Extensional
Modes 1 & 2 Mode 3 Mode 4

fr*=148.15 Hz
ft =150.76 Hz [Exact]
ft =148.71 Hz[Iso]
fr*=213.61 Hz
ft =221.57 Hz [Exact]
ft =213.72 Hz [Iso]
fr*=283.47 Hz
ft =301.08 Hz [Excact]
ft =286.81 Hz [Iso]
fv5_5.gif fv5_6.gif fv5_7.gif
Flexural Torsional Flexural
Modes 5 & 6 Mode 7 Mode 8 & 9

Download the files corresponding to the benchmark:

Data category File Description Provided by
cross section geometry and FE specification ISO 10303-209 class 9 - FE model; boundary conditions
2001-05-25
NAFEMS
posted results ISO 10303-209 class 10 - cross section geometry; FE model; boundary conditions; natural frequencies and mode shapes
2001-05-25
Steve Gordon, Electric Boat Corp.