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If a plates dimensions are in inches instead of mm
If you do a simple uniaxial tensile test on rubber and steel. Let us consider a simple (but same values say 10x10mm to 10x10in) how will it
dog-bone speciment with the measurement area being of unit length and unit area (in affect the max Von mises stress values...
cross-section). Let the specimen is held in one end and pulled at the other. If after
Implicit FEA versus Explicit FEA related to stress
testing, the new length was 1.01 units. The strain in the specimen is analysis of automotive system quasi static FEA.
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Change in length 0.01
Percent Strain = 100 × = 100 ×
1
= 1%
Original length

or otherwise, Strain is

Change in length 0.01

Strain = ϵ 11 = =
1
= 0.01
Original length

As per Wikipedia and a general order-of-magnitude estimate, the Young’s modulus

of rubber is about 1 MPa and steel about 200 GPa.

Since this is a simple uniaxial tensile case, we can say that the stress component along
the direction of extension is related to the strain component along that direction
through Young’s modulus as

σ11 = Eϵ 11
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Substituting the above values in these equations, the stress observed in steel is about
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will depend on the material properties irrespective of whether it is linear or nonlinear Edits
FEM. That is the universal truth that is because of physics (or mechanics)!

Only difference to the above, in Nonlinear FEM is that the stresses will have a more
complicated relation, than written above, to the strains. In addition, the relations
might be history dependent (like plasticity) or implicit (like hypoplasticity) or written
through free-energy density (like hyperelasticity).

Overall, in any problem, you have three relations:

Kinematics & Compatibility: This relates the displacements and strains

Equilibrium: This relates the forces and stresses

Constitutive: This relates the stresses and strains

Also note that in FEM, you are primarily solving for displacements and nodal reaction
forces. Stresses & strains are obtained as a post-processing output. It would be beyond
the scope of this post to elaborate on this.
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In the linear elastic regime of a material, Stress is independent of material !
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In FEA, after solving KU=F, what is the sequence of
Model a simple geometry like cube etc calculating stress at nodes?

Fix one of the faces What is meant by integration points in Fea? How are

displacements, strains and stresses calculated?
Load the opposite face with uniaxial tension (give force not displacement ! )
What does FEA calculate first: stress or strain?
Do 2 sets of linear static analysis with 2 different materials
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check the stress distributions, You will get the same !!! materials?

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of the materials (like the colour of the material)?
Ajay starts with imposing same strains to two different materials and proves that
If a plates dimensions are in inches instead of mm
the stresses are different. But, by imposing same strains to different materials, you are (but same values say 10x10mm to 10x10in) how will it
applying “different forces” to those materials . So as forces vary, naturally stresses affect the max Von mises stress values...
vary. The stress variation is not due to material change but is due to change of force
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magnitude! analysis of automotive system quasi static FEA.
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Vinay Koundinya, Computational Mechanics Engineer

Answered May 15, 2016

Case 1: If it is linear static analysis you are carrying out, your stress values doesn’t
depend on young’s modulus and poisson’s ratio. However the displacement varies.
Most FEA engineers while starting their careers do not know this(Including me and
some of my friends). They fail to answer the same question in interviews. Most people
say steel will have lesser stress than aluminium for same component which is
wrong.So just take an example and try to solve the problem and find out yourself.

Case 2: If it is non-linear analysis, the stress values depend on the material properties
applied
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Vignesh Rajendran, works at Robert Bosch

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Very much.
Behavior of materials are characterized based on the material property definition.
The material characterization curve should be obtained and fitted based on
experiments and the type of experiments used to identify the parameters of material
characterization is of high detail.
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If a plates dimensions are in inches instead of mm
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