Industry Se ctor Marine & Offs hore RTD The m a tic Are a Da te 4-Dec -03 Collapse pressure of plates Jack Reijmers Nevesbu, The Hague, The Netherlands Summary Although stiffened platefields are quite common, structural analysis is highly nonlinear. So FEA is not really the right tool for plate analysis. When collapse of the plate is considered the results are even suspicious. So for this structural problem FEA seems not fit for purpose. FENET THEMATIC NETWORK COMPETITIVE AND SUSTAINABLE G

Some Results for Procedural Benchmarks for Modelling Common Fabrication Details in Plate/Shell Structures FENET_E&D2 FENET Workshop Majorca 25th and 26th March 2004 Jim Wood University of Strathclyde FENET THEMATIC NETWORK COMPETITIVE AND SUSTAINABLE GROWTH (GROWTH) PROGRAMME FENET THEMATIC NETWORK COMPETITIVE AND SUSTAINABLE GROWTH (GROWTH) PROGRAMME FENET_E&D2 R1 = 50 mm; R2 = 1000 mm t = 15mm; L = 15.1mm (leg length) 45 degree fillet Neglect self-weight FENET THEMATIC NETWORK COMPETITIV

Industry Se ctor Marine & Offs hore RTD The m a tic Are a Da te 4-Dec -03 Collapse pressure of plates Jack Reijmers Nevesbu, The Hague, The Netherlands Summary Although stiffened platefields are quite common, structural analysis is highly nonlinear. So FEA is not really the right tool for plate analysis. When collapse of the plate is considered the results are even suspicious. So for this structural problem FEA seems not fit for purpose. FENET THEMATIC NETWORK COMPETITIVE AND SUSTAINABLE G

Industry Se ctor Marine & Offs hore RTD The m a tic Are a Da te 14-Nov-02 CATIA - ANSYS, Perhaps someday the twain shall meet. Jack Reijmers Nevesbu, The Hague, The Netherlands Summary Nevesbu uses CATIA for design and ANSYS for structural analysis. Although from a commercial point of view data-exchange is no problem, the effort required by the engineer is beyond compare. FENET THEMATIC NETWORK COMPETITIVE AND SUSTAINABLE GROWTH (GROWTH) PROGRAMME CATIA Enterprise Professional Base FE m

Industry Se ctor Marine & Offs hore RTD The m a tic Are a Da te 14-Nov-02 CATIA - ANSYS, Perhaps someday the twain shall meet. Jack Reijmers Nevesbu, The Hague, The Netherlands Summary Nevesbu uses CATIA for design and ANSYS for structural analysis. Although from a commercial point of view data-exchange is no problem, the effort required by the engineer is beyond compare. FENET THEMATIC NETWORK COMPETITIVE AND SUSTAINABLE GROWTH (GROWTH) PROGRAMME CATIA Enterprise Professional Base FE m

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Memo To: From: CC: Date: Re: FENET Membership and other interested parties Jim Wood (jwood@mecheng.strath.ac.uk) April 20, 2005 Procedural Benchmarks Attached to this document are 3off Procedural Benchmarks, in the form of Word Templates, developed as part of the FENET Thematic Network. These benchmarks concern details commonly found in plate/shell structures. The purpose of these benchmarks is twofold: (a) To provide results at pre-defined locations in the various models, to allow comparison

FENet Annual Meeting Prague 12 ­ 13 December 2002 FENET THEMATIC NETWORK COMPETITIVE AND SUSTAINABLE GROWTH (GROWTH) PROGRAMME Formal Report on Progress of the FENet Project FENet Objectives Achievements in the First Year Contractual/Membership Issues Planned Changes for Subsequent Years FENET THEMATIC NETWORK COMPETITIVE AND SUSTAINABLE GROWTH (GROWTH) PROGRAMME The FENet Network Objective Improve the quality of industrial applications of FE and related technologies in Europe. Dissemin

Industry Se ctor Marine & Offs hore RTD The ma tic Are a Da te 7 ok t 04 The extrapolation of finite element results to hot spot stresses Jack Reijmers IV Nevesbu, Papendrecht, The Netherlands Summary Finite element analysis raises in discontinuities excessive stresses. Proper assessment shall result in an acceptable result FENET THEMATIC NETWORK COMPETITIVE AND SUSTAINABLE GROWTH (GROWTH) PROGRAMME Nevesbu Shell expansion FENET THEMATIC NETWORK COMPETITIVE AND SUSTAINABLE GROWTH (GROWTH

FENet Annual Meeting Prague 12 ­ 13 December 2002 FENET THEMATIC NETWORK COMPETITIVE AND SUSTAINABLE GROWTH (GROWTH) PROGRAMME Formal Report on Progress of the FENet Project FENet Objectives Achievements in the First Year Contractual/Membership Issues Planned Changes for Subsequent Years FENET THEMATIC NETWORK COMPETITIVE AND SUSTAINABLE GROWTH (GROWTH) PROGRAMME The FENet Network Objective Improve the quality of industrial applications of FE and related technologies in Europe. Dissemin