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FBD to match FEA
Hello. I have a case, that probably is easy to explain, but that I'm stuck on for the moment. In picture below there are 3 plates connected to each other by guide pins. The left and right side of the 2 outer plates are fixed. Blue and red areas are cavities where a pressure is applied. In this...- mmar2087
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- Forum: Mechanical engineering general discussion
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Stress-Strain curve into FEA
Hi. Perhaps a stupid question, but here I go.... How do I input stress/strain data from a tensile test into an elasto-plastic material model in FEA? The program states that the starting point should be the yield point. Attached You'll find the results and graphs from 2 tests bars. Result on...- mmar2087
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- Forum: Finite Element Analysis (FEA) engineering
