Clamped circular plate under uniform pressure.
An isotropic disk of radius a and thin thickness h = a / 100 is clamped on
its rim and loaded normally by uniform pressure. It is thin enough that Kirchhoff–
Love theory is the correct reference, whose exact centre deflection is
w_max = q a^4 / (64 D); the expression is evaluated below. The mesh comes from
the disk() polar builder. Its outer boundary is an inscribed polygon and hence
slightly under-represents the true circle, so the circumferential resolution is held
at eight times the radial level: the chordal geometric error is then much smaller
than the finite-element discretisation error.
"""Clamped circular plate under uniform pressure.
An isotropic disk of radius ``a`` and thin thickness ``h = a / 100`` is clamped on
its rim and loaded normally by uniform pressure. It is thin enough that Kirchhoff--
Love theory is the correct reference, whose exact centre deflection is
``w_max = q a^4 / (64 D)``; the expression is evaluated below. The mesh comes from
the ``disk()`` polar builder. Its outer boundary is an inscribed polygon and hence
slightly under-represents the true circle, so the circumferential resolution is held
at eight times the radial level: the chordal geometric error is then much smaller
than the finite-element discretisation error.
"""
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 disk # noqa: E402
from _harness import Case, main, node_nearest # noqa: E402
A = 1.0
E, NU, H, Q0 = 1.0e7, 0.3, 0.01, 1.0e3
D = E * H**3 / (12.0 * (1.0 - NU**2))
REFERENCE = Q0 * A**4 / (64.0 * D)
def solve_at(n):
"""Centre deflection on a polar mesh with ``n`` radial and ``8n`` angular sectors."""
mesh = disk(A, nr=n, nt=8 * n)
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)
rim = lambda x: np.isclose(x[0]**2 + x[1]**2, A**2, rtol=0.0, atol=1e-10)
state = hm.solve(domain, material, hm.traction(domain, [0.0, 0.0, Q0]),
hm.clamp(domain, where=rim))
u = hm.nodal_displacement(state).value.reshape(-1, 3)
rec.stop()
k, dist = node_nearest(domain, [0.0, 0.0, 0.0])
if dist > 1e-12:
print(f" (note: centre sample node is {dist:.2e} away at n={n})")
return abs(u[k, 2])
CASE = Case(
name="Clamped circular plate under uniform pressure",
quantity="centre transverse deflection",
reference=REFERENCE,
tolerance=0.02,
citation="Computed Kirchhoff--Love circular-plate solution, w=q a^4/(64 D)",
levels=(6, 10, 16, 24),
quick_level=24,
solve=solve_at,
notes="a/h=100; disk rim has 8n inscribed-polygon sectors",
)
if __name__ == "__main__":
main(CASE)