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The test was repeated for the four elements under consideration. The composite plate was
discretized using 1600 elements of type S4R, 1600 elements of type SC8R, 80000 elements
of type C3D8R and 20000 elements of type C3D20R in each of the four cases. A similar set
of tests were performed on an off-axis symmetric [-56/-25/-38/-35]s orientation composite
plate. The resultant deflection contour plots for a composite plate meshed using shell and
brick elements are shown in Figure 5.4 and Figure 5.6.
Figure 5.3. FE model of a composite plate meshed with 2D shell elements representing the
load and boundary conditions.
Figure 5.4. Abaqus results showing the deflection contour plot for a 2D shell composite plate
under uniform transverse pressure load.
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