Plate Deflection Analysis with Different Mesh

Abstract

Abstract Ocean structures like a jacket, jack-up, and other floating structures consist of many structural elements to support and strengthen from internal and external loads. The structural element, like a beam, plate, and the stiffened plate, has a significant influence on the ultimate strength of the global structure. So that all these elements components should be evaluated and analyzed for the local and global of the structural strength. The objective of the present study is to analyze the plate deflection due to different mesh dimension. The plate is modeled by shell elements with different mesh dimensions; those are 8 x 8 and 16 x 16. The clamped edges as boundary conditions are applied to all sides of the plated. The applied load is located at the center of the plate. The Finite Element Method is used to analyze the plate deflection with different mesh dimensions under axial load acts at the center of the plate. The result obtained by FE Method is therefore compared to the analytical solution. It is found that the plate deflection obtained by the FE method is in good agreement with the analytical solution, and the behavior of the plate is also presented in this study.

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