Static analysis of circular plates under Mechanical Loads

Static analysis of circular plates under Mechanical Loads Author : Harpreet Lalia Mentor : Prof. Farhad Alinaghizadeh Civil Engineering and Construction Management Technology Abstract In this research statics analysis of circular plates is performed using Solid. Works. Circular plates with different material properties, thickness to radius ratios, and boundary conditions under mechanical loads are modeled analyzed in Solid. Works. The results are obtained for deflections of circular plates under uniform and point loads. A three-dimensional (3 D) model of circular plates is first created in Solid. Works. Then the material properties, mechanical loads and boundary conditions are defined for the plate. It is found deflection of plates is depended on magnitude of mechanical loads, geometrical parameters, boundary conditions and material properties. Responses of Solid. Works for deflections of plates versus loads are obtained and shown in figures. The effects of boundary conditions, geometrical parameters, material properties and mechanical loads on deflection of plates is investigated. Furthermore, equilibrium equation of circular plates under load is obtained by writing equilibrium condition for an element of circular plate under mechanical loads Introduction Circular plates have different applications in engineering field. In this research we studied static analysis of circular plates under transverse mechanical loads. The analysis is performed in Solidworks. A three-dimensional (3 D) model of circular plates is created in Solidworks. The material properties, boundary condition, and load are then defined. Deflection of the plates with clamped boundary condition is obtained. Furthermore, equilibrium equation of circular plates under transverse loading is obtained. Experimental Study Deflections of circular plates with clamped boundary conditions are obtained using Solid. Works. The results are obtained for plates made of alloy steel. Deflection of plates under transverse loading is shown in the below figure. Solid. Work is widely used in different engineering fields, e. g. , Civil, Structural, and Mechanical engineering. Solid. Works has different features such as creating a plate with a distributed load or point load. Objective The objective of this research is to study analysis of circular plates under transverse loading using Solid. Works. To model the problem, circular plates are first created in Solid. Works and then material properties and boundary conditions are defined. We experimented with Solid. Works and saw so many outstanding forces features that can be applied to the subject area of static analysis of structural members. Equation of circular plates the equilibrium equation of circular plates is written as follows: References “Deflection Check / Serviceability Check in SDC Verifier. ” SDC Verifier, 23 Apr. 2019, https: //sdcverifier. com/articles/deflection-check-serviceability-check/. [2] Definition of DEFLECTION. https: //www. merriamwebster. com/dictionary/deflection. Accessed 27 Nov. 2019. [2] Timoshenko SP, Woinowsky-Krieger S. Theory of plates and shells. Mc. Graw-hill; 1959. This is equation is obtained by considering equilibrium condition for an element of the circular plate. More detail about this equation can be found in Ref. [2].