Wednesday, March 25, 2015

2D elastic Finite Element MATLAB code + Abaqus Verification

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I wrote a finite element code (FEM Program) for two-dimensional analysis of elastic body using MATLAB programming language.
Here is a video of the results + its verification with Abaqus:


4-node elements ,4 Gauss points for numerical integration are used;.

Contact me via email (hosseinali.sut@gmail.com) for MATLAB files (functions).

*** Here is a solve example using both Abaqus and Code:
Normal Stress in X-direction, Abaqus result:


Normal Stress in X-direction, Code result:


Shear Stress in XY-direction, Abaqus result:


Shear Stress in XY-direction, Code result:


Normal Stress in Y-direction, Abaqus result:


Normal Stress in Y-direction, Code result: