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Modelling perforated sheet in FEA
The perforated sheets are used in large products (imagine a 40" conical strainer that is 100" long) and often have hundreds or thousands of holes. Modelling them in CAD itself is cumbersome(if possible at all for large models), let alone meshing the perforated sheets with these holes...- gcoopermax
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- Forum: Structural engineering general discussion
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Modelling perforated sheet in FEA
I typically represent perforated sheet using a solid sheet with equivalent elasticity and Poisson's ratio which can either be obtained from IPA handbook or from a simple FEA on a periodic section of perforated plate. However often there are times where the open area of the perforated sheet is so...- gcoopermax
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- Forum: Structural engineering general discussion
