PLANE STRESS FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS OF PLANE STRESS OR STRAIN PROBLEMS ANALYSIS | A03
Summary The Plane Stress module can be used to perform finite element analysis of a membrane of any general geometry subjected to plane stress or strain. You can combine simple polygons to model complex geometries, and the program automatically generates a suitable mesh for the analysis. Multiple load cases comprising point loads and UDL’s can be applied to the outline of the model.
What makes this module special?
• Plane stress and plane strain problems can be solved • Easy geometry input • Automatic mesh generation
Detailed Description Many complex three-dimensional problems are amenable to simplification to plane elasticity problems, e.g., regions of a dam wall far away from the edges can be analysed as a slice of unit thickness. Plane strain problems, such as the dam wall example, as well as plane stress problems, are the domain of Plane Stress .
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