Dear Friends,
I am running some tests in Autodesk Simulation in order to verify the software’s accuracy (and to learn more about the technique we are employing so far in our calculations).
Basically a partner company of ours prefers to use ADINA due to the academic background of its staff. Therefore we were running some comparisons but unfortunately the results found in Autodesk Simulation do not converge.
The problems we are trying to verify are described in the ADINA Verification Manual Report ARD 04-10 September 2004, and are, in the attached document, called respectively:
A.32 Pinched cylindrical shell, quadratic shell elements (page 58-59)
A.33 Pinched cylindrical shell, plate elements (page 60)
The problem consists of a cylindrical shell that is pinched at the middle on both sides.
One of the references (attached Lindberg) of the problem states (PDF page 30) that E * t * wc / P = -164.24 which is used by the ADINA document as the theoretical value.
For this problem in Simulation I used the Nonlinear analysis because I could not define the elements as Shell in the Linear Analysis. The mesh was refined around the force application point.
R=100 in ; t = 1 in ; E = 3e7 lbf/in2 ; P = 1lbf ; L = 200 in
The shell elements have their midside nodes included and were calculated as “Large Displacement”
Here are the results:
Therefore, the displacement under the force application point is of 2.2567e-5 inches. Which gives us:
E * t * wc / P = 3e7 * 1 * 2.2567e-5 / 1 = 677.01 != 164.24
What are the possible reasons for such difference? I woudl like to see if it is actually possible to get closer to the theoretical results.
I also have some other questions:
1- Why are shell elements unavailable for a Linear Analysis?
2- Why can’t I include midside nodes of plate elements in the Linear Analysis?
I really thank everyone for the help on this matter!
NOTE: I COULD NOT ADD THE MODEL FILE DUE TO THE FACT THAT IT WAS TOO BIG. IF NECESSARY, I CAN SEND IT BY MAIL.
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Solved by John_Holtz. Go to Solution.
scudelari,
My guess is 677/4 = 169.25 which is about 3% high. (The applied load P = 4* your load due to the 1/4 symmetry?)
I did a coarse linear model with 400 elements (20 along the length) and obtained 162 which is 1.4% low.
Just for everyone's knowledge, the ADINA solution is using linear assumptions, so the MES analysis should be using small displacements. Since the displacement is so small, there should be very little difference.
You said "For this problem in Simulation I used the Nonlinear analysis because I could not define the elements as Shell in the Linear Analysis."
But referring to Autodesk Wiki the "Plate-elements" in ASIM Linear Analysis have five degrees of freedom + an artificial stiffness for the 6th. Isn't that what usually is understood under Shell-elements in literature (a superposition of plate and membrane-theory)?
Hello,
I did try again and indeed you are correct. That you for the help.
I also tried with an insanely coarse mesh and the resuts were still good.
Thanks again!