4.4.3 FV12: Free thin square plate

Product: ABAQUS/Standard  

Elements tested

S3R    S4    S4R    S4R5    S8R    STRI65    SC6R    SC8R   

Problem description

Model:

Plate thickness = 0.05 m.

Material:

Young's modulus = 200 GPa, Poisson's ratio = 0.3, density = 8000 kg/m3.

Boundary conditions:

at all nodes. The continuum shell meshes use equation constraints to provide equivalent midsurface kinematic constraints.

Reference solution

This is a test recommended by the National Agency for Finite Element Methods and Standards (U.K.): Test FV12 from NAFEMS publication TNSB, Rev. 3, “The Standard NAFEMS Benchmarks,” October 1990.

Mode shapes predicted by ABAQUS (for element type S4R5)

The contour plots were generated by setting the maximum and minimum contour levels close to zero. Where contour levels coincided with the element boundaries, the maximum contour level was increased and the minimum contour level was decreased appropriately.

Results and discussion

The results are shown in the following table. The values enclosed in parentheses are percentage differences with respect to the reference solution.

 Mode
1, 2, 345678910
NAFEMSRBM1.6222.3602.9224.2334.2337.416N/A
S3RRBM1.64 (1.1)2.40 (1.7)3.00 (2.7)4.38 (3.5)4.47 (5.6)7.98 (7.6)7.98
S4RBM1.633 (0.68)2.403 (1.82)3.007 (2.91)4.286 (1.25)4.286 (1.25)7.973 (7.55)8.032
S4RRBM1.631 (0.55)2.403 (1.82)3.007 (2.91)4.265 (0.76)4.265 (0.76)7.880 (6.26)8.028
S4R5RBM1.622 (0.00)2.362 (0.08)2.931 (0.31)4.131 (–2.41)4.131 (–2.41)7.875 (6.19)7.875
S8RRBM1.626 (0.25)2.369 (0.38)2.935 (0.44)4.185 (–1.13)4.185 (–1.13)7.559 (1.93)7.559
STR165 (2󫶘 mesh)RBM1.628 (0.37)2.364 (0.17)2.931 (0.31)4.229 (–0.09)4.265 (–0.76)7.490 (1.00)7.533
SC6RRBM1.644 (1.4)2.4 (1.7)3.0 (2.7)4.3 (1.6)4.47 (5.6)7.97 (7.7)7.98
SC8RRBM1.63 (0.5)2.4 (1.7)3.0 (2.7)4.26 (0.6)4.26 (0.6)7.8 (6.1)8.02
SC8R*RBM1.635 (0.8)2.403 (1.8)3.008 (2.9)4.308 (1.7)4.308 (1.7)8.037 (8.3)8.037
*ABAQUS/Standard results with enhanced hourglass control.

Input files

nfv12_std_s3r.inp

S3R elements.

nfv12e4x.inp

S4 elements.

nfv12f4x.inp

S4R elements.

nfv1254x.inp

S4R5 elements.

nfv1268x.inp

S8R elements.

nfv1256x.inp

STRI65 elements.

nfv12_std_sc6r.inp

SC6R elements.

nfv12_std_sc8r.inp

SC8R elements.

nfv12_std_sc8r_eh.inp

SC8R elements with enhanced hourglass control.