Elements 18 and 20: results on the top and bottom layers.

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Elements 18 and 20: results on the top and bottom layers.

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Hi all,
in respect of the elements 18 and 20, I'd like to obtain the results on the top and bottom layers.
Do you think that is possible?
In case, you have a sample routine?
Or some document describing the procedure?

Thank you all,
Andrea
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Re: Elements 18 and 20: results on the top and bottom layers

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Hello Andrea,

no, this is not possible for plate elements. What you may do is investigating the stresses file Z88O3.TXT: The first two entries XX and YY are the locations of the Gauss Points, thus, you get the stresses inside the plate element, but because a plate element has no Z direction (the height exists only inside the formulas for computation), this stresses apply to the surface (top & bottom are identical!) of the plate element.

If you really want the stresses on top or bottom you may use a hexahedron No.1 or No.10.

See our book (in German) "Finite Elemente Analyse fuer Ingenieure", 4th edition, ISBN 978-3-446-42776-1 for further details - besides, we are working on an English edition of this book.

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Prof. Rieg
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Re: Elements 18 and 20: results on the top and bottom layers

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Thank you Prof. Rieg,
I'm waiting the English version of your book.

I checked the stresses file Z88O3.TXT (and I studied the Mindlin plate theory) and it is reported that Z88r calculate the following:
XX YY MXX MYY MXY QYZ QZX SIGXX SIGYY TAUXY TAUXZ(Z=0) TAUYZ(Z=0) SIGV

So, would it be possible to estimate top and bottom stress (using bending moments information) by the following formulas?

SIGXX_top = SIGXX + 6*MXX/(t*t)
SIGYY_top = SIGYY + 6*MYY/(t*t)
TAUXY_top = TAUXY + 6*MXY/(t*t)
SIGXX_bootom = SIGXX - 6*MXX/(t*t)
SIGYY_bootom = SIGYY - 6*MYY/(t*t)
TAUXY_bootom = TAUXY - 6*MXY/(t*t)

where t=thickness.

Thank you for the support,
Andrea
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Re: Elements 18 and 20: results on the top and bottom layers

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Dear Andrea,

this could work because plate theory states according to Pilkey, W.: Formulas for Stress, Strain and Structural Matrices. Wiley: New York: 1994:

t= thickness
z= Z coordinate

SIGMA XX = 12 * z / t**3 * MXX
SIGMA YY = 12 * z / t**3 * MYY
TAU XY = 12 * z / t**3 * MXY
TAU XZ = 30 * QXX / 2 / t *(1 - (2*z/t)**2)
TAU YZ = 30 * QYY / 2 / t *(1 - (2*z/t)**2)

Regards

Prof. Rieg
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