I have a model of a deformable plate with a hole and a bolt that I have modeled as a rigid body.
The rigid body bolt is fixed to the 'ground' by fully restraining the reference point located at its center. The plate is restrained on its far end in z, rx and ry. The corner node on this edge is...
I will be doing a bolt-plate contact analysis. I do not care about accurately capturing the through-thickness stress distribution, I am mostly interested in the in-plane stresses.
For this purpose I have determined that a single solid element through thickness will be my model of choice. This...
I am implementing a Ritz solution for static deflection of an orthotropic laminate square plate. The method is clear to me and actually, I am getting some very nice results.
However, it is often claimed that the Ritz method is highly efficient. I am finding that as I increase my number of basis...
