Simulation of Stretching of a Thin Plate with a Hole | FEATool Multiphysics Tutorial

Quickstart Video Tutorial - Simulation of Stretching of a Thin Plate with a Hole with the FEATool Multiphysics MATLAB toolbox https://www.featool.com

This example is a well known benchmark test case from structural mechanics, thin plate with a circular hole in the center, with a uniform load applied along one axis. The plate is considered to be infinitely long, made of steel, and thin enough to satisfy the two-dimensional plane stress approximation.

The computed solution will be compared with linear elasticity theory, where it is expected that the maximum stress in the direction tangential to the load should be three times the stress of a plate without a hole.

► QUICK LINKS:
00:00 - Introduction
01:50 - Geometry definition
05:05 - Mesh generation
06:00 - Equation specification
08:07 - Boundary conditions
10:09 - Solving
10:38 - Postprocessing and visualization

Accompanying step-by-step instructions are also available in the FEATool Multiphysics User's Guide https://www.featool.com/doc/structura...

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