Benchmark LE10

Thick Plate Under Pressure

The following results are for a model of the LE10 benchmark test from National Agency for Finite Element Methods and Standards (U.K.), also known as NAFEMS(1). Reduced integration elements for ANSYS as well as published ABAQUS results are provided for comparison purposes.



Model description



Fine mesh



Results

* The ABAQUS results were published in the Abaqus Benchmarks Manual(2) and neither the model nor the results have been verified.

The ANSYS (v10.0), Tahoe (v2.1) and CalculiX (v1.5) results were obtained from the same geometry mesh and boundary conditions with analogous elements. For an image of the coarse mesh density, refer to LE1.

The target yy component of stress at the inside top corner is: 5.38 MPa.

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References:

(1) NAFEMS publication TNSB, Rev. 3, "The Standard NAFEMS Benchmarks," October 1990.
(2) ABAQUS Benchmarks Manual, Version 6.5, 2004.

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