Week 5 Sphere pressing on a plate

Objective: To perform static structural analysis to simulate a structural steel sphere pressing on a structural steel NL plate.

Procedure:

1. Symmetry:
2. Contacts:
3. Meshing (Mesh Size `1` `mm`):
4. Boundary Conditions:

Analysis:

1. Sphere:
   1. Directional Deformation:
   2. Equivalent Stress:
2. Plate:
   1. Directional Deformation:
   2. Equivalent Plastic Strain:
   3. Equivalent Stress:

Result:

Plate						Sphere
Directional Deformation (`mm`)		Equivalent Plastic Strain (`(mm)/(mm)`)		Equivalent Stress (`MPa`)		Directional Deformation (`mm`)		Equivalent Stress (`MPa`)
Maximum	Minimum	Maximum	Minimum	Maximum	Minimum	Maximum	Minimum	Maximum	Minimum
`0.32958`	`-3.3886`	`1.7499`	`0`	`3313.7`	`44.913`	`0`	`-1.108times10^-5`	`1.4152`	`0.0091765`

Conclusion:

The directional deformation and the equivalent stress is greater in the plate than the sphere.