"""Clamped square plate under uniform pressure — NAFEMS LE5.
Companion to :class:`SSPlateStatic` with all four edges
**clamped** (zero deflection AND zero rotation along each edge),
loaded by a uniform transverse pressure :math:`q`.
The maximum centre deflection of a clamped square plate has no
elementary closed form but is published from the converged
double-Fourier solution as
.. math::
w_{\\text{max}} \\approx 0.00126 \\, \\frac{q\\, a^{4}}{D},
\\qquad D = \\frac{E\\, h^{3}}{12 (1 - \\nu^{2})}.
The 0.00126 factor is the NAFEMS R0015 reference value (also in
Timoshenko & Woinowsky-Krieger §32 Table 12). This is a
factor of ~3.2 stiffer than the simply-supported plate (whose
0.00406 factor sits in :class:`SSPlateStatic`).
References
----------
* Timoshenko, S. P. and Woinowsky-Krieger, S. (1959) *Theory of
Plates and Shells*, 2nd ed., McGraw-Hill, §32 Table 12 —
clamped-plate deflection coefficients.
* NAFEMS, *Standard Benchmark Tests for Linear Elastic
Analysis*, R0015 (1990), §2.5 LE5 "Clamped square plate".
* Cook, R. D., Malkus, D. S., Plesha, M. E., Witt, R. J. (2002)
*Concepts and Applications of Finite Element Analysis*, 4th
ed., Wiley, §12.5.
Cross-references (public verification manuals — fair-use
problem-ID citations only; no vendor content vendored):
* **Abaqus AVM 1.4.1** clamped-plate-pressure family.
Implementation notes
--------------------
Uses a HEX8 enhanced-strain hex slab — same kernel +
through-thickness convention as :class:`SSPlateStatic`. All
four edge faces are fully clamped (every DOF pinned), so the
plate models the textbook fully-clamped boundary exactly.
"""
from __future__ import annotations
from dataclasses import dataclass
from typing import Any
import numpy as np
import pyvista as pv
import femorph_solver
from femorph_solver import ELEMENTS
from femorph_solver.validation._benchmark import (
BenchmarkProblem,
PublishedValue,
)
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@dataclass
class ClampedPlateStatic(BenchmarkProblem):
"""Clamped square plate under uniform pressure (NAFEMS LE5)."""
name: str = "clamped_plate_static"
description: str = (
"Clamped square Kirchhoff plate under uniform pressure — "
"NAFEMS LE5 / Timoshenko & Woinowsky-Krieger 1959 §32."
)
analysis: str = "static"
a: float = 1.0 # edge length [m]
h: float = 0.02 # thickness [m]; L/h = 50
E: float = 2.0e11
nu: float = 0.3
rho: float = 7850.0
q: float = 1.0e5 # uniform pressure [Pa]
@property
def published_values(self) -> tuple[PublishedValue, ...]:
D = self.E * self.h**3 / (12.0 * (1.0 - self.nu**2))
# Timoshenko Table 12 (clamped-edge square plate, ν = 0.3):
# w_max coefficient ≈ 0.00126.
w_max = 0.00126 * self.q * self.a**4 / D
return (
PublishedValue(
name="w_max",
value=w_max,
unit="m",
source="Timoshenko & Woinowsky-Krieger 1959 §32 Table 12",
formula="w_max = 0.00126 q a^4 / D, D = E h^3 / (12(1-ν²))",
# 60 × 60 × 2 HEX8-EAS recovers the Kirchhoff w_max to
# within ~3 % on a/h = 50. Setting the tolerance to 5 %
# gives one full doubling of headroom over the observed
# error — dense enough for the verification table to
# mean something while still fitting the
# NAFEMS-LE5-style engineering bound. Tighter
# convergence (~1 %) needs a dedicated shell kernel
# (QUAD4_SHELL).
tolerance=0.05,
),
)
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def build_model(self, **mesh_params: Any) -> femorph_solver.Model:
# 60 × 60 in-plane drops the single-element discretisation error
# at a/h = 50 from ~10 % (20 × 20) to ~3 %. Through-thickness
# stays at 2 layers — adding more does not improve accuracy
# because the Mindlin shear correction at this aspect ratio is
# well below the in-plane discretisation residual.
nx = int(mesh_params.get("nx", 60))
ny = int(mesh_params.get("ny", 60))
nz = int(mesh_params.get("nz", 2))
xs = np.linspace(0.0, self.a, nx + 1)
ys = np.linspace(0.0, self.a, ny + 1)
zs = np.linspace(0.0, self.h, nz + 1)
grid = pv.StructuredGrid(
*np.meshgrid(xs, ys, zs, indexing="ij")
).cast_to_unstructured_grid()
m = femorph_solver.Model.from_grid(grid)
m.assign(
ELEMENTS.HEX8(integration="enhanced_strain"),
material={"EX": self.E, "PRXY": self.nu, "DENS": self.rho},
)
pts = np.asarray(m.grid.points)
tol = 1e-9
# Clamp all four edge faces — every DOF pinned.
edge = (
(np.abs(pts[:, 0]) < tol)
| (np.abs(pts[:, 0] - self.a) < tol)
| (np.abs(pts[:, 1]) < tol)
| (np.abs(pts[:, 1] - self.a) < tol)
)
m.fix(nodes=(np.where(edge)[0] + 1).tolist(), dof="ALL")
# Uniform pressure on top face — same lumped-load
# convention as SSPlateStatic.
top = np.where(np.abs(pts[:, 2] - self.h) < tol)[0]
f_per_node = -self.q * (self.a * self.a) / len(top)
for n_idx in top:
m.apply_force(int(n_idx + 1), fz=f_per_node)
m._bench_pts = pts # type: ignore[attr-defined]
return m