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Modal Analysis: Design Project 4 Simon Amboise

1) The document analyzes a plate structure using three finite element types (SOLID45, SHELL63, BEAM4) to determine the first modal frequency. 2) For each element type, the modal frequency is calculated for varying plate lengths and element sizes, and compared to the expected analytical frequency of 523.2 Hz. 3) The results show that all three element types produce similar modal frequencies that decrease with increasing plate length, as expected. SOLID45 is the most computationally expensive while BEAM4 is the fastest. Element size only affects SOLID45 and SHELL63 results.

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Modal Analysis: Design Project 4 Simon Amboise

1) The document analyzes a plate structure using three finite element types (SOLID45, SHELL63, BEAM4) to determine the first modal frequency. 2) For each element type, the modal frequency is calculated for varying plate lengths and element sizes, and compared to the expected analytical frequency of 523.2 Hz. 3) The results show that all three element types produce similar modal frequencies that decrease with increasing plate length, as expected. SOLID45 is the most computationally expensive while BEAM4 is the fastest. Element size only affects SOLID45 and SHELL63 results.

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Design Project 4 Simon AMBOISE

Modal analysis

Case 1 : Analytical results


Case 2 : Shell43 element presentation
Bending stress
Maximum deflection
Comparison with analytical results
Case 3 : Plane82 element presentation, bending stress and deflection
Comparison with analytical results
Case 4 : Solid45 element, comparison with analytical results
Comparison with analytical results
Conclusion : Comparaison between these 4 cases
Presentation

Datas :
Young’s Modulus: E = 2,1 .105 Mpa
Poisson’s Ratio: ν = 0,3
r = 7850 kg/m3
a = 40 mm
h = 5 mm
Frequency of tone C2 = 523,2 Hz

3 different elements:
SOLID45 b=?
SHELL63
BEAM4
SOLID45 : BCs & pictures

Boundary conditions :
2 thin plates glued

Frequency = 523,21 Hz
for b = 150,22 mm
SOLID45 : Results
b 150 150,22 150,25 150,35 150,5 151 155 175
Freq 525,14 523,21 523,01 522,31 521,27 517,82 491,41 384,98 SOLID45
600
500
400
300
200
100
0
145 150 155 160 165 170 175 180

Different element sizes and comparison with element size = 10 mm

element size 2 5 10 15 20

Freq 520,31 521,1 523,21 526,48 532,56

Variation 0,554% 0,403% 0,000% 0,625% 1,787%

b = 150,22 mm
SOLID45 : Other BCs

Boundary conditions
1 thin plate

Frequency = 523,259 Hz
for b = 188,1 mm
<> 150,22 mm
SHELL63 : BCs & pictures

Boundary conditions
Thickness : 5 mm

Frequency = 523,2 Hz
for b = 150,08 mm
SHELL63 : Results
b 150 150,02 150,08 150,1 150,5 155 175
Freq 523,84 523,62 523,2 523,06 520,28 490,41 384,36 SHELL63
600
500
400
300
200
100
0
145 150 155 160 165 170 175 180

Different element sizes and comparison with element size = 10 mm

element size 2 5 10 15 20

Freq 522,56 522,71 523,2 523,88 525,04

Variation 0,122% 0,094% 0,000% 0,130% 0,352%

b = 150,2 mm
SHELL63 : Other BCs

Boundary conditions
Thickness : 40 mm

Frequency = 523,26 Hz
for b = 188,93 mm
<> 150,2 mm
BEAM4 : BCs & pictures

Boundary conditions

Frequency = 523,25 Hz
for b = 149,67 mm
BEAM4 : Results
b 149,5 149,6 149,67 149,68 150 151 155 175
Freq 524,44 523,74 523,25 523,18 520,95 514,07 487,89 382,78 BEAM4
600
500
400
300
200
100
0
145 150 155 160 165 170 175 180

Different element sizes and comparison with element size = 10 mm

element size 2 5 10 15 20

Freq 523,25 523,25 523,25 523,25 523,25

Variation 0,000% 0,000% 0,000% 0,000% 0,000%

b = 149,67 mm
Conclusion
 Modal frequency is inversely proportional to the 550
length of the plate.
 For the 3 element types, the result is nearly the same. 530
 As usually, SOLID45 has the longest calculation time
and BEAM4 has the shortest one.
510
 The element size has an influence for SOLID45 element
and SHELL63 element.
490
 The BCs are important.

470

SOLID45
450
SHELL63
BEAM4
430

410

390

370

350
140 150 160 170 180

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