FEM solver for cantilever beam

Configuration

To edit the material properties in the setting section of FEM_solver.py, open the file and change values if needed;

• E: Young's modulus
• nu: Poisson's ratio
• Py: vertical load on the edge of right top

Run

./src/run.sh 40 10

• arg1: the number of elements in x
• arg2: the number of elements in y

./src/run_steps.sh

Example Results

Comparison of Tip Displacement Across Different Configurations

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The number of elments over height = 1

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The number of elments over height = 4

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The number of elments over height = 10

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The element aspect ratio = 1

Appendix

Cloning the Repository

To clone the repository with its submodules,

git clone --recurse-submodules https://github.com/watf-dev/FEM_Beam.git

To add the directory to the PATH, for example,

echo 'export PATH=$PATH:/path/to/directory' >> ~/.zshrc
source ~/.zshrc

Mesh Generation

Currently, a TEST mesh is available in the public directory.