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NAFEMS Benchmark LE6


NAFEMS SKEW PLATE NORMAL PRESSURE Test No LE6 Date/Issue
1989-01-01/1


ORIGIN NAFEMS report LSB2

ANALYSIS TYPE Linear elastic plate bending

GEOMETRY All dimensions in metres
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Thickness 0.01

LOADING Normal pressure -0.7 kPa in the vertical z-direction

BOUNDARY CONDITIONS Simple supports (no z-displacement) for all edges (i.e. AB, BC, CD, DA)

MATERIAL PROPERTIES Isotropic, E=210 ´ 103 MPa, n=0.3

ELEMENT TYPES Flat plate-bending quadrilaterals or triangles

MESHES Coarse 2´2
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Fine 4´4
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OUTPUT maximum principal stress on the lower surface at the plate centre (point E) TARGET 0.802 MPa (analytic)

Download the files corresponding to the benchmark:

Data category File Description Provided by
Geometry specification ISO 10303-203 class 6 - advanced b-rep
2001-02-13
NAFEMS
ISO 10303-203 class 4 - manifold surfaces
2000-03-02
FE specification ISO 10303-209 classes 4 and 10 - FE model; loads and boundary conditions; target result
Analysis result ISO 10303-209 class 10 - FE model; loads and boundary conditions; calculated results
2000-08-03
MSCSoftware
(Tom Mack)
MS Powerpoint - maximum prinicpal stress as a function of number of elements
2000-08-03
JPEG - deformation fringes
2000-08-03
JPEG - maximum principal stress fringes
2000-08-03