Summary

Compression: Nominal

Note

The required compute environment for this simulation matches the project description in the User Manual.

The rectangle model is simple demonstration for how to exercise the capabilities of a WAVES workflow [2]. It is a single 2D square, plane-stress element oriented in the 1-2 plane consisting of a mock, linear-elastic material model, simple boundary conditions, and applied uniaxial compression. The simulation preparation and solve are conducted in Abaqus [3].

The stress-strain plot shows that the simulation model is acting as expected with a linear elastic response through a 10% compressive strain load. This verifies that the geometry journal file and linear elastic material model are implemented correctly and provides confidence in the journal file and simulation input files for future simulations and analysis.

Compression: Mesh Convergence

Note

The required compute environment for this simulation matches the project description in the User Manual.

The rectangle model is simple demonstration for how to exercise the capabilities of a WAVES workflow [2]. It is a single 2D square, plane-stress element oriented in the 1-2 plane consisting of a mock, linear-elastic material model, simple boundary conditions, and applied uniaxial compression. The simulation preparation and solve are conducted in Abaqus [3].

This parametric study evaluates the mesh convergence for the stress component in the direction of loading.

As expected from the simple loading and boundary conditions, the mesh convergence study shows that the quantity of interest (QoI), stress in the loading direction, converges with a rectangle. This verifies that the parameterized implementation of the load and boundary conditions correctly handles the mesh density and provides confidence in the simulation journal files for applications to future parameter studies of material properties and load.