Tag Archives: Gauss Points

PlateStress Update

Posted on 13/08/2016 by dougaj4

The functions from the PlateStress spreadsheet (details here) will be incorporated in the FEA spreadsheets currently being presented. In the process of using these functions I made a couple of improvements: The required sequence of the Gauss Points numbers was clarified: … Continue reading →

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Mohr’s Circle and Plate Stresses and Actions

Posted on 27/10/2012 by dougaj4

The functions described in this post can be found in the download file PlateStress.zip, including examples and full open source code. The function MCircle returns the plane stress components (XX, YY and XY stress) for any specified stress field, when rotated through a … Continue reading →

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