ANSYS Mini Project
ANSYS Mini Project
ANSYS Mini Project
The figure shows a square plate with a hole at the center experiencing
pressure, p = 100 psi. The dimension of the plate is 10 in. by 10 in., the
thickness is 0.1 in. and the radius of the hole is 1 in. The plate is made of
steel, E = 29 x 106 psi. Assume Poisson’s ratio to be 0.3.
Use the ANSYS software to obtain the maximum stress in the plate. The
finite element analysis should be done in several ways.
Result
• Mesh image
• Deformed and undeformed geometry
• Von Mises stress image
– By doing meshing, we can control the fineness of the mesh. The smaller the element
size, the finer the mesh. It is the simplest way to define the element six\ze by defining
a global element size.
That’s why if we see through all the results, there are some result where the
meshing is very small/fine as we set it to 0.1 and some are big as we set to 0.3.
– Deformed and undeformed geometry is used to determine the deformation of
specimen after load is applied. The blue region shows when it is deformed and the
dotted line shows when it is undeformed state.
– Von Mises stress image is used to see the stress distribution throughout the entire
specimen. The scaling of colours determine the stress on certain area.
– The most important thing in this finite element solution is the determination of
boundry condition, the Poissons ratio, and the E value of the material.
*** there are no plane 2 include in the library of ANSYS. So for the first
problem, there are no thickness can be input.
Conclusion