# Thin-limit transverse-shear study for a simply supported plate. This fixes a reasonably fine square mesh and reuses it while the Case ``level`` denotes slenderness ``a/h`` rather than mesh size. Each plate is compared with the analytic Reissner--Mindlin one-mode answer (Kirchhoff bending plus transverse shear) under sinusoidal pressure. At the thin end, ``a/h = 500``, the Kirchhoff component dominates; that is precisely where a locking element would spuriously stiffen. The ``a/h = 5`` and 10 endpoints intentionally retain appreciable shear deformation; the analytic shear term makes them useful controls for the thin-plate cases. As in the simply-supported plate examples, this is the soft support: edge ``uz`` is held, rotations are free, and three in-plane point gauges remove only rigid motion. ``monotone=False`` is intentional because these levels are material slendernesses, not a mesh-refinement sequence. ```python """Thin-limit transverse-shear study for a simply supported plate. This fixes a reasonably fine square mesh and reuses it while the Case ``level`` denotes slenderness ``a/h`` rather than mesh size. Each plate is compared with the analytic Reissner--Mindlin one-mode answer (Kirchhoff bending plus transverse shear) under sinusoidal pressure. At the thin end, ``a/h = 500``, the Kirchhoff component dominates; that is precisely where a locking element would spuriously stiffen. The ``a/h = 5`` and 10 endpoints intentionally retain appreciable shear deformation; the analytic shear term makes them useful controls for the thin-plate cases. As in the simply-supported plate examples, this is the soft support: edge ``uz`` is held, rotations are free, and three in-plane point gauges remove only rigid motion. ``monotone=False`` is intentional because these levels are material slendernesses, not a mesh-refinement sequence. """ import pathlib import sys import csdl_alpha as csdl import numpy as np import hermit as hm sys.path.insert(0, str(pathlib.Path(__file__).parent)) from _geometry import rect_plate # noqa: E402 from _harness import Case, main, node_nearest # noqa: E402 A = B = 1.0 E, NU, Q0 = 1.0e7, 0.3, 1.0e3 MESH_LEVEL = 24 def _reference(slenderness): """Exact one-mode Reissner--Mindlin deflection: bending plus shear.""" h = A / float(slenderness) d = E * h**3 / (12.0 * (1.0 - NU**2)) g = E / (2.0 * (1.0 + NU)) kappa = 5.0 / 6.0 k2 = np.pi**2 * (1.0 / A**2 + 1.0 / B**2) return Q0 / (d * k2**2) + Q0 / (kappa * g * h * k2) def _soft_simple_support(domain): edge = lambda x: (np.isclose(x[0], 0.0) | np.isclose(x[0], A) | np.isclose(x[1], 0.0) | np.isclose(x[1], B)) return (hm.pin(domain, where=edge, dofs=("uz",)) + hm.gauge(domain, at=[0.0, 0.0, 0.0], dofs=("ux", "uy")) + hm.gauge(domain, at=[A, 0.0, 0.0], dofs=("uy",))) def solve_at(slenderness): """Return FE/reference ratio for one fixed mesh at ``a/h = slenderness``.""" h = A / float(slenderness) mesh = rect_plate(A, B, nx=MESH_LEVEL, ny=MESH_LEVEL, cell="quad") rec = csdl.Recorder(inline=True) rec.start() domain = hm.ShellDomain(mesh, element="CG2CG1") material = hm.isotropic(domain, E=E, nu=NU, thickness=h, density=1.0) traction = hm.from_function( domain, ("Lagrange", 2, (3,)), lambda x: np.column_stack((np.zeros(len(x)), np.zeros(len(x)), Q0 * np.sin(np.pi * x[:, 0] / A) * np.sin(np.pi * x[:, 1] / B))), ) state = hm.solve(domain, material, hm.traction(domain, traction), _soft_simple_support(domain)) u = hm.nodal_displacement(state).value.reshape(-1, 3) rec.stop() k, dist = node_nearest(domain, [A / 2, B / 2, 0.0]) if dist > 1e-9: print(f" (note: centre sample node is {dist:.2e} away at a/h={slenderness})") value = abs(u[k, 2]) ref = _reference(slenderness) print(f" a/h={slenderness:>3}: FE={value:.6e}, RM reference={ref:.6e}, " f"FE/reference={value / ref:.6f}") return value / ref CASE = Case( name="Simply supported plate thin-limit shear study", quantity="FE / analytic Reissner--Mindlin centre-deflection ratio", reference=1.0, tolerance=0.02, citation="Computed Reissner--Mindlin single mode: Kirchhoff bending + kappa G h shear", levels=(5, 10, 50, 100, 500), quick_level=50, solve=solve_at, monotone=False, notes="level means a/h, not mesh size; fixed 24x24 mesh; a falling thin-end ratio is locking", ) if __name__ == "__main__": main(CASE) ```