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ANSYS
Results for Semi-monocoque structure

Preference: Structural

Preprocessor:

Element type: SHELL99

Real Constants:
Mat no. theta thk
Set 1: 1.0000 0.0000 3.800
Set 2 : 1.0000 0.0000 40.000
 Section type:

Material Properties:

Linear  Elastic  Isotropic

Young’s modulus [E] = 70000 Poisson’s ratio [ν] = 0.33


Modeling:

 Creating key points:

Key point number = 1
X, Y, Z= 0.00000 0.00000 0.00000

Key point number = 2

X, Y, Z= 0.00000 1000.00 0.00000

Key point number = 3

X, Y, Z= 500.000 1000.00 0.00000

Key point number = 4

X, Y, Z= 500.000 0.00000 0.00000
  Creating line:
Line between key points 1 & 2

 Extruding line:
Extrude the line about key points 3 & 4
 Extruded model:

 Creating bulkheads by dividing by work plane:

 Creating cutouts at the centre by dividing the area by cylindrical volume:

 With cutouts:

Meshing:
Creating T-section stiffeners

Stiffeners:
Mesh attribute for bulkheads:

 Bulkheads & Stiffeners

Meshed object:

Loads:
Static analysis
Fixed at the bottom
 Force Fy on selected nodes.
Fy = -4629.60000

Static analysis:

Solution(static)
Solving the problem.
Eigen buckling:

General Postprocessor:
Plot Results

Deformed shape
 Side view showing the cutouts deformation

 VonMises stress:
 Stress at the cutout showing the maximum value

 Buckling
Mode shape: 1
Mode shape: 2

Mode shape: 3