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Finite Element Analysis of Thin Shell Loaded at the Center
Abstract: Thin rectangular shell structure with clamped edges subjected to concentrated load at the center is modeled as symmetric structure using ANSYS. The shell structure is examined with different length and width combinations. The SHELL181 element is used to model this structure. In general, the results show good agreement with mechanics of materials’ solutions or design tables’ results. A convergence study of the shell structure shows that 10000 elements are sufficient …
Published in Trends in Mechanical Engineering & Technology · Vol. 9, Issue 2, 2019 · pp. 12–20 Read article