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PROCEDURE:
1. Set up an FEA model of the thin flat circular plate with clamped edges which was tested in
Practical Lab 1 (also see Fig. 1 overleaf).
2. FEA Load Case 1 To your FEM apply a uniform upwards acting pressure distribution over the
entire plate of 20 and 40 kPa. Perform an analysis and note the resulting plate profile.
Compare (graphically) the resulting deflection with your corrected experimental results from
Prac. Lab. 1 for pressure steps p of 20 and 40 kPa respectively.
Also compare (graphically) FEA deflection with corresponding theoretical deflection - Eqn.
[16.26] (see Text-book or Prac. Lab. 1) for pressures of 20 and 40 kPa respectively.
3. F. E. Load Case 2 For the same plate, assume a different loading case as follows at the centre
a Point Load, W, of 200 N acting upwards plus a constant pressure , p, of 40 kPa acting upwards
over the entire plate (i.e. in the same direction to W). Perform an analysis and note the resulting
plate profile.
To validate this FEA result we can in this case use Theory - Eqn [16.26] gives the theoretical
profile for the constant pressure case. For a circular clamped edge plate with a central Point
Load, W, an equation for theoretical deflection is given in the Appendix overleaf. These two
theoretical deflections can be added together using superposition.
Compare (graphically) FEA deflection with corresponding theoretical deflection.
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DATA : 1. The circular plate is made from aluminium; take E = 70 GPa, = 0.3.
2. Effective radius of clamped plate is a=110 mm.
3. Thickness of plate is 3.0 mm.
pressure
effective radius a=110 mm
Fig. 1 - Flat Circular Pressure Plate Experiment.
ASSIGNMENT REPORT :
Type and edit your report using Microsoft Word. Plot graphs using graphic paper or computer
software. Email your group Lab. Report to Roger Zou at roger.rogerzou@gmail.com by due Date 2
weeks after conducting Lab. Please scan your report and save whole report as one PDF file with a
name of Your Surname_Initial_Student ID_Comp Lab.pdf. Also please refer to Unit of Study
Outline for penalties etc.
The Report must include (in order):
APPENDIX :
For a flat thin circular plate subject to uniform pressure with a clamped periphery (as shown
Fig. 1), it is expected that deflected profile will be a smooth bell shaped curve according to the
following equation :
(Ref.: Chapt.16 in Mech. of Engng Matls by Benham, Crawford and
Armstrong)
Deflection curve :
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w=
p
a2 r2
64 D
where : w = vertical deflection (m) ; a = fixed max. radius (m); r = variable radius (m);
p = pressure (Pa) ;
E h3
D=
12 1 - 2
Flexural Rigidity:
r =
r
E
For a flat thin circular plate with a clamped periphery (as shown Fig. 1) subjected to a central
Point Load, W, the deflected profile will be smooth curve according to the following equation:
(Ref.: Roarks Formulae for Stress and Strain 7 the Edition Table 11.2, Case No.17)
W 2
a
Deflection curve :
w=
a r 2 1 + 2 ln
16 D
r
Where : w = vert. defln (m) ; a = fixed max. radius (m) ; r = variable rad. (m) ; W = Pt Load (N) ;
E h3
Flex. Rigidity : D =
; E = Youngs Modulus (Pa) ; h = plate thickness (m) ;
12 1 - 2
= Poissons ratio.
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Load case 2
For Load Case 2 A Graph (to scale) comparing FEA deflection with theoretical deflection Please
note that vertical axis of graphs should be Z deflection and horizontal axis should be diametral
location.
Z deflection mm
6.00E-01
5.00E-01
load case 2 FEA
4.00E-01
3.00E-01
2.00E-01
1.00E-01
0.00E+00
-150
-100
-50
0
Diametral location
FIG 1.
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50
100
150
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Load case 1
Experimental and calculated (DELFECTION)
Deflection V radius
0.6
0.5
Deflection (mm)
0.4
calc w(.2bar)
0.3
calc w(.4bar)
0.2
experiment (0.2bar)
0.1
experiment (0.4bar)
0
-150
-100
-50
50
100
150
-0.1
Diametral location
Fig 2.
Deflection(mm) vs Diametral
Location .2Bar
3.00E-01
Deflection (mm)
2.50E-01
2.00E-01
1.50E-01
Deflection(mm) vs
Diametral
1.00E-01
5.00E-02
-150
-100
0.00E+00
-50
0
50
100
150
Diametral Location(mm)
fig. 3
5.00E-01
-150
4.00E-01
3.00E-01
.4bar fea
2.00E-01
1.00E-01
-100
0.00E+00
-50
0
50
Diametral Location(mm)
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100
150
fig. 4
Load Case 2
Experimental and calculated (stress)
30
25
20
calc (0.2)
calc (0.4)
15
experiment (0.2)
10
experiment (0.4)
Poly. (calc (0.2) )
0
0
20
40
60
80
100
120
-5
-10
Radius (mm)
Fig. 5
calc (0.2)
calc (0.4)
10
experiment (0.2)
experiment (0.4)
0
0
20
40
60
-10
80
100
120
-20
-30
Radius (mm)
Fig. 6
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Appendix
0.2 bar, FEA output
X
Y
Z
Directional
Coordinate Coordinate Coordinate Deformation
(mm)
(mm)
(mm)
(mm)
-110
0
0
-105.42
0
0
1.77E-03
-100.83
0
0
6.74E-03
-96.25
0
0
1.45E-02
-91.667
0
0
2.46E-02
-87.083
0
0
3.68E-02
-82.5
0
0
5.05E-02
-77.917
0
0
6.56E-02
-73.333
0
0
8.16E-02
-68.75
0
0
9.82E-02
-64.167
0
0
0.11509
-59.583
0
0
0.13206
-55
0
0
0.14882
-50.417
0
0
0.16513
-45.833
0
0
0.18077
-41.25
0
0
0.19551
-36.667
0
0
0.20921
-32.083
0
0
0.22171
-27.5
0
0
0.23281
-22.917
0
0
0.24243
-18.333
0
0
0.25048
-13.75
0
0
0.25683
-9.1667
0
0
0.26141
-4.5833
0
0
0.26422
0
0
0
0.26523
4.5833
0
0
0.26433
9.1667
0
0
0.26164
13.75
0
0
0.25717
18.333
0
0
0.25092
22.917
0
0
0.24298
27.5
0
0
0.23345
32.083
0
0
0.22245
36.667
0
0
0.21003
41.25
0
0
0.1964
45.833
0
0
0.18171
50.417
0
0
0.16612
55
0
0
0.14985
59.583
0
0
0.13311
64.167
0
0
0.11615
68.75
0
0
9.92E-02
73.333
0
0
8.26E-02
77.917
0
0
6.65E-02
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82.5
87.083
91.667
96.25
100.83
105.42
110
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0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
5.14E-02
3.76E-02
2.53E-02
1.50E-02
7.14E-03
2.01E-03
2.66E-05
S (mm)
0
4.5833
9.1667
13.75
18.333
22.917
27.5
32.083
36.667
41.25
45.833
50.417
55
59.583
64.167
68.75
73.333
77.917
82.5
87.083
91.667
96.25
100.83
105.42
110
114.58
119.17
123.75
128.33
132.92
137.5
142.08
146.67
151.25
155.83
160.42
165
169.58
174.17
178.75
183.33
187.92
192.5
197.08
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X
Y
Z
Directional
Coordinate Coordinate Coordinate Deformation
(mm)
(mm)
(mm)
(mm)
-110
0
0
-105.42
0
0
3.54E-03
-100.83
0
0
1.35E-02
-96.25
0
0
2.89E-02
-91.667
0
0
4.92E-02
-87.083
0
0
7.35E-02
-82.5
0
0
0.10108
-77.917
0
0
0.13113
-73.333
0
0
0.16312
-68.75
0
0
0.19633
-64.167
0
0
0.23018
-59.583
0
0
0.26412
-55
0
0
0.29763
-50.417
0
0
0.33025
-45.833
0
0
0.36154
-41.25
0
0
0.39102
-36.667
0
0
0.41842
-32.083
0
0
0.44342
-27.5
0
0
0.46562
-22.917
0
0
0.48486
-18.333
0
0
0.50095
-13.75
0
0
0.51366
-9.1667
0
0
0.52282
-4.5833
0
0
0.52844
0
0
0
0.53046
4.5833
0
0
0.52866
9.1667
0
0
0.52327
13.75
0
0
0.51434
18.333
0
0
0.50185
22.917
0
0
0.48595
27.5
0
0
0.46691
32.083
0
0
0.4449
36.667
0
0
0.42006
41.25
0
0
0.39279
45.833
0
0
0.36342
50.417
0
0
0.33225
55
0
0
0.2997
59.583
0
0
0.26623
64.167
0
0
0.2323
68.75
0
0
0.19843
73.333
0
0
0.16517
77.917
0
0
0.13308
82.5
0
0
0.10287
87.083
0
0
7.52E-02
201.67
206.25
210.83
215.42
220
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91.667
96.25
100.83
105.42
110
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
5.06E-02
3.00E-02
1.43E-02
4.01E-03
5.32E-05
rad
exp .4
-11.1923
-1.28462
11.37692
-23.5231
-3.23077
22.36154
tang
97.5
72
-1.94323
4.900333
-3.88646
9.800667
1.192308
4.584615
1.623077
8.130769
25
12.11875
24.2375
12.02308
23.43846
-95
-75
-50
-25
0
25
50
75
95
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calc
calc
experiment
experiment
w(.2bar)
w(.4bar)
(0.2bar)
(0.4bar)
0.017073
0.034145
0
-0.06
0.075699
0.151398
0.11
0.06
0.1664
0.3328
0.19
0.28
0.237748
0.475495
0.27
0.42
0.264351
0.528703
0.25
0.485
0.237748
0.475495
0.225
0.42
0.1664
0.3328
0.16
0.29
0.075699
0.151398
0.065
0.12
0.017073
0.034145
0
0.02
S (mm)
0
4.5833
9.1667
13.75
18.333
22.917
27.5
32.083
36.667
41.25
45.833
50.417
55
59.583
64.167
68.75
73.333
77.917
82.5
87.083
91.667
96.25
100.83
105.42
110
114.58
119.17
123.75
128.33
132.92
137.5
142.08
146.67
151.25
155.83
160.42
165
169.58
174.17
178.75
183.33
187.92
192.5
197.08
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X
Y
Z
Directional
Coordinate Coordinate Coordinate Deformation
(mm)
(mm)
(mm)
(mm)
-110
0
0
-105.42
0
0
4.49E-03
-100.83
0
0
1.72E-02
-96.25
0
0
3.72E-02
-91.667
0
0
6.37E-02
-87.083
0
0
9.58E-02
-82.5
0
0
0.13266
-77.917
0
0
0.17337
-73.333
0
0
0.21733
-68.75
0
0
0.26365
-64.167
0
0
0.31162
-59.583
0
0
0.3606
-55
0
0
0.4099
-50.417
0
0
0.4589
-45.833
0
0
0.507
-41.25
0
0
0.55355
-36.667
0
0
0.59805
-32.083
0
0
0.63998
-27.5
0
0
0.67865
-22.917
0
0
0.71362
-18.333
0
0
0.74438
-13.75
0
0
0.77025
-9.1667
0
0
0.79047
-4.5833
0
0
0.8044
0
0
0
0.81145
4.5833
0
0
0.80469
9.1667
0
0
0.79104
13.75
0
0
0.7711
18.333
0
0
0.74552
22.917
0
0
0.71501
27.5
0
0
0.68027
32.083
0
0
0.64184
36.667
0
0
0.60011
41.25
0
0
0.55578
45.833
0
0
0.50939
50.417
0
0
0.46142
55
0
0
0.41251
59.583
0
0
0.36326
64.167
0
0
0.31429
68.75
0
0
0.2663
73.333
0
0
0.21992
77.917
0
0
0.17584
82.5
0
0
0.13493
87.083
0
0
9.79E-02
201.67
206.25
210.83
215.42
220
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91.667
96.25
100.83
105.42
110
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
6.55E-02
3.86E-02
1.82E-02
5.08E-03
6.68E-05