OS-V: 0700 Twisted Cantilever Beam (Implicit Results)

MacNeal-Harder Test This is a twisted cantilever beam solved with solid and shell elements. A model is made with each element's type to investigate the effect of distorted elements with a high aspect ratio.

1. FE Model of the Beam with Boundary Conditions and Loadcases

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Model Files

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Benchmark Model

Six types of elements are used for this problem. They are tria-shell, quad-shell, and hexa-solid elements, each with 1st and 2nd order. Two loading cases, in-plane bending and transverse bending, are used for each model. For both load cases, unit loads are applied in a consistent fashion over all of the nodes at the tip of the beam.

Theoretical solutions for the deflections at the tip, computed by beam theory, are:
Load Type Component Value
In-plane bending UY 0.001754
Transverse bending UZ 0.005424

Linear Static Analysis Results

All results are normalized with the target value.
In-plane Bending Transverse Bending
QUAD4 0.988 0.992
QUAD8 1.014 1.062
TRI3 0.839 0.984
TRI6 1.161 1.215
HEX8 0.986 1.005
HEX20 1.017 1.052

Reference

MacNeal, R.H., and Harder, R.L., A Proposed Standard Set of Problems to Test Finite Element Accuracy, Finite Elements in Analysis and Design, 1 (1985) 3-20.