Load as a plane

Replies to This Discussion

Permalink Reply by Michael Freytag on November 18, 2013 at 5:03pm

Marco,

Is there a particular physical situation that you are trying to simulate?  What output are you interested in?  Stresses, displacements?

~Michael

• ▶ Reply

Permalink Reply by Marco Romagnoli on November 18, 2013 at 5:46pm

The part are like a box, empty inside. The phisical test after production are:

Lay on the ground (steel or concrete), push over a force applied by 1 undeformable plate of steel.

We need to dimension the wall of this "box" until they support the force. We are not interested at the force at the thin plane on top.

Marco

• ▶ Reply

Permalink Reply by Michael Freytag on November 18, 2013 at 6:51pm

If I understand correctly, you are interested in the stress state in the walls versus just the top.  For a simulation model, can you just ignore the top and apply the load to the walls directly?  Something like this:

~Michael

• ▶ Reply