Benchmark UP3

Uniaxial Extension (Anisotropic Case)

This is an extension of benchmark UP2 for the case of an arbitrary value of fiber angle 0β2  in case of the anisotropic Gent material. The uniaxial loading is set to value p1=-240 kPa.

Image depicts cantilever dimensions, loading and boundary conditions.

Boundary conditions at x=0:

Image depicts cantilever boundary conditions.
Parameters

l = 1 m z0 = 0.05 m κ = 108 Pa μ = 280709 Pa Jm = 1.1575 μaniso = 26000 Pa Jmaniso = 1.044

Theory

The theory yields two nonlinear algebraic equations, which are solved by means of the Newton method. For details see [Stembera, 2013].

FE Model

To discretize the bar we used 2×2×40=160 BRICK60 elements.

Results

Fiber angle Theory femCalc (BRICK60)
β [] φ [] ux [m] ux [m] Ratio [-]
90 0 0.1955 0.1961 1.003
60 30 0.2343 0.2349 1.003
30 60 0.2794 0.2800 1.002
0 90 0.2707 0.2714 1.003