Plate Bending of Steel Column Caps

Daniel Margolin MEng Structural EngineeringAbdul Al-Mishwat MEng Structural Engineering

MAE 5700 Final Project

What is a Column Cap?

Our Problem

10 ”

1 ”

Simplification

8 ”

Plate Theory

• Kirchhoff• Thin Plates

• Reissner-Mindlin• Thick Plates

- Assumes out-of-plane components are negligible.

- Normal to mid-surface remains normal after deformation.

- Thin plates: > t >

- Accounts for shear deformations.- Normal to mid-surface does not remain normal

after deformation.- Moderately thick plates: < t

Bi-Harmonic Equation of Plate Flexure:

Thin Plate Approximation:

WINT

WEXT

Linear Case Standard Displacement

Parameters

PLATE PROPERTIES:

- DIMENSIONS: 8”- 8”- 0.1”

- MODULUS OF ELASTICITY (E): 29,000 KSI

- Poisson’s Ratio (ν):0.3

- Applied load:1 psi

- SUPPORT CONDITIONS:SIMPLY SUPPORTED

ANSYS

Deflection: 6.337x10-3 in.

Stress:1854 psi

Element Performance

MATLAB

Maximum Deflection at Mid-Span: 1.56x10-4 m 6.14x10-3 in

Closed Form Solution

𝐷=𝑡 3𝐸

12(1−ν 2)

Rectangular Kirchhoff PlateSubjected to uniform loading

Maximum Deflection at Mid-Point: 6.266x10-3 in

Closed Form Solution

, κ=

𝜎 𝑥𝑥=6𝑡2𝑀 𝑥𝑥 𝜎 𝑦𝑦=

6𝑡 2𝑀 𝑦𝑦

Maximum In-Plane Stress: σxx 1839 psi

Final Results

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Thank you !

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