Assignment No 2
Submitted to:
Dr. Khazar Hayat
Submitted by:
Zuhaib Raza
Session:
(2020-ME-524)
Subject:
Finite Element Analysis
Element Types & Description
1. SHELL28
Structural 3-D Shear/Twist Panel
4 nodes 3-D space
DOF: UX, UY, UZ, ROTX, ROTY, ROTZ
SHELL28 Element Description
SHELL28 is used to carry shear load in a frame structure. The element has three degrees
of freedom at each node: translations in the nodal x, y, and z directions, or rotations about
the nodal x, y, and z axes.See SHELL28 in the Mechanical APDL Theory Reference for more
details about this element.
2. SOLID5 Element
3-D Coupled-Field Solid
8 nodes 3-D space
DOF: UX, UY, UZ, TEMP, VOLT, MAG
SOLID5 Element Description
SOLID5 has a 3-D magnetic, thermal, electric, piezoelectric, and structural field capability
with limited coupling between the fields. The element has eight nodes with up to six degrees
of freedom at each node. Scalar potential formulations (reduced RSP, difference DSP, or
general GSP) are available for modeling magnetostatic fields in a static analysis. When used
in structural and piezoelectric analyses, SOLID5 has large deflection and stress stiffening
capabilities. See SOLID5 in the Mechanical APDL Theory Reference for more details about this
element. Coupled field elements with similar field capabilities are PLANE13, SOLID62, and
SOLID98.
3. SURF151 Element
2-D Thermal Surface Effect
2 or 4 nodes 2-D space
DOF: TEMP
SURF151 Element Description
SURF151 may be used for various load and surface effect applications. It may be overlaid
onto a face of any 2-D thermal solid element (except axisymmetric harmonic elements
PLANE75 and PLANE78). The element is applicable to 2-D thermal analyses. Various loads and
surface effects may exist simultaneously. See SURF151 in the Mechanical APDL Theory
Reference for more details about this element.