Finite Element Modeling
Plate Elements - General
- Based on hybrid element formulation
- 3 and 4-noded elements
- Plane stress action and plate
bending action both available
- Ideal for modelling "surface"
structures such as walls, roof slabs, foundation slabs,
etc.
- Capable of handling out-of-plane
shear. So, thin and thick plates can be both modelled
Surface Elements
- Create shear walls using superelement
- Automatic meshing in the background
- Create openings, boundary lines, density/column points and wall lines
- Full design included
Modeling
- Graphical mesh generation
facilities available for generating elements from
complex shapes with holes
- Import of DXF files for 3D
surface entities
- Degrees of freedom at nodes
can be released selectively
- Constant thickness as well
as linearly varying thickness between the nodes
- Nodal loads, uniform pressure
over any region, trapezoidal pressure loads, surface
expansion and bending temperature loads
Results and Graphical Verification
- Stress retrieval at nodes
and at any point within the element
- Global corner forces
- Outputs include stress contours,
animation and numeric tables
- Find total stress / forces
distribution along any line
Solid Elements
- 8 noded brick elements which
can be collapsed down to 6 noded elements
- Pressure loads, nodal loads,
selfweight, and temperature loads
- Stress retrieval at nodes
- Outputs include stress contours,
animation and numeric tables
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