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    • Microstruct is Validated against the popular engineering programs STAAD Pro and SAP2000 (for plate only)

    Plate under 0.25psi uniformly distribued pressure on the whole area

    This is 20"x20"X0.1"(thick) steel plate with fixed supported boundary conditions. It has different level of meshing to test the convergence using Microstruct, STAAD Pro and SAP2000. The plate is subjected to 0.25psi uniformly distribued pressure on the whole area. The result is listed below

    • E = 30000 ksi
    • Position Ratio = 0.3
    Diagram (2x2 mesh)
    Software
    Deflection
    Error
    Microstruct
    0.023in
    25%
    STAAD Pro
    0.021in
    14%
    SAP2000
    ASAP
    ASAP
    CLOSE FORM
    0.01840in
    0.0%
    Diagram (4x4 mesh)
    Software
    Deflection
    Error
    Microstruct
    0.021in
    14%
    STAAD Pro
    0.017in
    8%
    SAP2000
    ASAP
    ASAP
    CLOSE FORM
    0.01840in
    0.0%
    Diagram (8x8 mesh)
    Software
    Deflection
    Error
    Microstruct
    0.019in
    3%
    STAAD Pro
    0.018in
    2%
    SAP2000
    ASAP
    ASAP
    CLOSE FORM
    0.01840in
    0.0%
    Diagram (16x16 mesh)
    Software
    Deflection
    Error
    Microstruct
    0.019in
    3%
    STAAD Pro
    0.018in
    2%
    SAP2000
    ASAP
    ASAP
    CLOSE FORM
    0.01840in
    0.0%
    Diagram (32x32 mesh)
    Software
    Deflection
    Error
    Microstruct
    0.018in
    2%
    STAAD Pro
    0.018in
    2%
    SAP2000
    ASAP
    ASAP
    CLOSE FORM
    0.01840in
    0.0%
    Diagram (64x64 mesh)
    Software
    Deflection
    Error
    Microstruct
    0.018in
    2%
    STAAD Pro
    0.018in
    2%
    SAP2000
    ASAP
    ASAP
    CLOSE FORM
    0.01840in
    0.0%
    Plate under 0.1kip concentrate force at the center of the plate

    This is 20"x20"X0.1"(thick) steel plate with fixed supported boundary conditions. It has different level of meshing to test the convergence using Microstruct, STAAD Pro and SAP2000. The plate is subjected to 0.1kip concentrated force at the center of the plate. The result is listed below

    • E = 30000 ksi
    • Position Ratio = 0.3
    Diagram (2x2 mesh)
    Software
    Deflection
    Error
    Microstruct
    0.091in
    12%
    STAAD Pro
    0.085in
    4%
    SAP2000
    0.091in
    12%
    CLOSE FORM
    0.08154in
    0.0%
    Diagram (4x4 mesh)
    Software
    Deflection
    Error
    Microstruct
    0.090in
    10%
    STAAD Pro
    0.077in
    -6%
    SAP2000
    0.093in
    14%
    CLOSE FORM
    0.08154in
    0.0%
    Diagram (8x8 mesh)
    Software
    Deflection
    Error
    Microstruct
    0.085in
    4%
    STAAD Pro
    0.080in
    -2%
    SAP2000
    0.086in
    5%
    CLOSE FORM
    0.08154in
    0.0%
    Diagram (16x16 mesh)
    Software
    Deflection
    Error
    Microstruct
    0.083in
    2%
    STAAD Pro
    0.081in
    -1%
    SAP2000
    0.083in
    2%
    CLOSE FORM
    0.08154in
    0.0%
    Diagram (32x32 mesh)
    Software
    Deflection
    Error
    Microstruct
    0.082in
    1%
    STAAD Pro
    0.082in
    1%
    SAP2000
    0.082in
    1%
    CLOSE FORM
    0.08154in
    0.0%
    Diagram (64x64 mesh)
    Software
    Deflection
    Error
    Microstruct
    0.082in
    1%
    STAAD Pro
    0.082in
    1%
    SAP2000
    0.082in
    1%
    CLOSE FORM
    0.08154in
    0.0%