Deformed heart-like plate - QuickField simulation example

This example is prepared by Dr. von Haefen

Heart disease in spite of E=2000 N/m². This is a rather simple example. Not every problem must have a technical or scientific background. In this case it's something like a joke for demonstration purpose. It's a mechanical problem with Cartesian coordinates. One vertex of the object is fixed; another one is stressed in x-direction. The result is the poor deformed heart; look at that fine color map of displacement.

Engineering question

How to calculate deformation and von Mises stress in an irregularly shaped plate under an in-plane load?

Answer
Apply the specified support and x-direction load in a plane-stress model and evaluate the resulting displacement and von Mises stress fields.

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Typical applications
irregular plate components, structural plates, mechanical sheet elements

Simulation problem

Problem Type
Plane-parallel problem of stress analysis Distribution von Mises Stress in heart-like plate:

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