Sandwich Panel 1: One Foam Core and 2 Fiber Glass Skin Layers on either side Creating Sandwich Panel

in NE NASTRAN. 1. Creating the geometry of the Sandwich Panel. a. Go to GEOMETRY > SURFACE > CORNERS b. Input the following values for X, Y & Z X Y 0 0 12 0 12 3 0 3 c. Click CANCEL d. Go to VIEW > AUTOSCALE > ALL e. Go to TOOLS > WORKPLANE, Uncheck DRAW

Z 0, 0, 0, 0,

Click Click Click Click

OK OK OK OK

WORKPLANE.

2. Creating Materials for the Sandwich Panel. a. Go to MODEL > MATERIAL b. Enter in the following data for the first material: Title Fiber Glass Youngs Modulus (psi) 4.87e6 Poissons Ratio 0.34 Tension 80000 Compression 80000 Shear 32000 Mass Density 1.647e-4 c. Click OK d. Enter in the following data for the second material: Title Foam Youngs Modulus (psi) 100 Poissons Ratio 0.3 Tension 20 Compression 20 Shear 8 Mass Density 2.998e-5 e. Click OK f. Click CANCEL 3. Creating Properties for the Sandwich Panel. (2 layers of Fiber Glass skin) a. Go to MODEL > PROPERTY b. Enter the following Properties for the first material: Title Fiber Glass Skin Material Select Fiber Glass Elem/Property Type Select PLATE, Click OK Thickness 0.03

c. Click OK d. Enter the following Properties for the second material: Title Foam Core Material Select Foam Palette Select Yellow Color, Click OK Elem/Property Type Select SOLID, Click OK e. Click OK f. Click CANCEL 4. Creating the required Meshing for the geometry created. a. Go to MESH > MESH CONTROL > DEFAULT SIZE b. Click OK c. Go to MESH > GEOMETRY > SURFACE d. Click inside the model once e. Click OK f. Select Fiber Glass Skin for PROPERTY g. Click OK 5. Turning off the geometry. a. Click on QUICK OPTIONS icon b. Click GEOMETRY OFF c. Click DONE. 6. Forming Foam Core by extrusion. a. Go to MESH > EXTRUDE > ELEMENT b. Click SELECT ALL c. Click OK d. Select Foam Core for PROPERTY e. Type 1 for ELEMENTS ALONG LENGTH f. Click OK g. Type in the following values for Base and Tip: Base 0 0 Tip 0 0 Click OK 7. Creating Skin Surface on the Foam Core a. Go to GEOMETRY > SURFACE > CORNERS b. Input the following values for X, Y & Z X Y 0 0 12 0 12 3 0 3 c. Click CANCEL

0 0.75

Z 0.75, 0.75, 0.75, 0.75,

Click Click Click Click

OK OK OK OK

8. Meshing the Fiber Glass Skin Surface a. Go to MESH > GEOMETRY > SURFACE b. Click on the top surface of the geometry c. Click OK d. Select Fiber Glass Skin for PROPERTY e. Click OK 9. Turning ON the geometry. a. Click on QUICK OPTIONS icon b. Click GEOMETRY ON c. Click DONE. 10. a. b. c. d. e. f. g. h. To display Property Color and Node numbering of the model. Go to VIEW > OPTIONS Select ELEMENT in Options Select PROPERTY COLORS in Color Mode Click APPLY Select NODE in Options Select ID in Label Mode Click APPLY Click OK

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To view the solid view of the Sandwich Panel a. Click on VIEW STYLE icon b. Select SOLID a. b. c. d. e. f. a. b. c. d. To merge the coinciding nodes in the Sandwich Panel Go to TOOLS > CHECK > COINCIDENT NODES Click SELECT ALL Click OK Type 0.02 for MAXIMUM DISTANCE TO MERGE Check tick the MERGE COINCIDENT ENTITIES Click OK To renumber the nodes of the Sandwich Panel Go to MODIFY > RENUMBER > NODE Click SELECT ALL Click OK Click OK

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Creating Skin Surface on the sides of the Foam Core a. Rotate the sandwich panel such that the side of the foam core is visible b. Go to GEOMETRY > SURFACE > CORNERS c. Click on METHODS ^ d. Select ON NODE e. Click on the left top corner node from the side of the foam core f. Click OK

g. Select the left bottom corner node from the side of the foam core h. Click OK i. Select the right bottom corner node from the side of the foam core j. Click OK k. Select the right top corner node from the side of the foam core l. Click OK m. Click CANCEL

15. Creating Skin Surface on the other sides of the Foam Core (Similar to
the instructions on step 14) a. Now, rotate the sandwich panel such that the other side of the foam core is visible b. Go to GEOMETRY > SURFACE > CORNERS c. Click on METHODS ^ d. Select ON NODE e. Click on the left top corner node from the side of the foam core f. Click OK g. Select the left bottom corner node from the side of the foam core h. Click OK i. Select the right bottom corner node from the side of the foam core j. Click OK k. Select the right top corner node from the side of the foam core l. Click OK m. Click CANCEL 16. Panel a. b. c. d. e. f. 17. To merge the coinciding nodes on the sides of the Sandwich Go to TOOLS > CHECK > COINCIDENT NODES Click SELECT ALL Click OK Type 0.02 for MAXIMUM DISTANCE TO MERGE Check tick the MERGE COINCIDENT ENTITIES Click OK

Double click once on the sandwich panel so that the changes get applied. Rotate the sandwich panel and observe if BLUE colored fiberglass skin layer is visible or not on all the 4 surfaces of the sandwich panel.

To Align the Sandwich Panel according to the Work plane a. Go To VIEW > ALIGN BY > WORKPLANE NOTE: This step will show the top surface of the sandwich panel 19. To apply the Load on the Sandwich Panel

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Go to MODEL > LOAD > NODAL Type Force for TITLE Click OK Select the 4 nodal points present on the middle line present on the top surface of the sandwich panel Click OK Type the value -25 for FZ Click OK Click CANCEL

To apply Constraint for the Sandwich Panel a. Rotate the Sandwich Panel so that the bottom skin surface is visible b. Go to MODEL > CONSTRAINT > NODAL c. Type Pinned for TITLE d. Click OK e. Select the 4 nodal points on the line present on the second line from the left edge of the panel f. Click OK g. Click PINNED h. Click OK i. Select the 4 nodal points on the line present on the second line from the right edge of the panel j. Click OK k. Check tick TY and TZ l. Click OK m. Click CANCEL a. b. c. d. e. f. a. b. c. d. e. f. To Analyze the Model of the Sandwich Panel Go to FILE > ANALYZE Save the file as SANDWICH on the Desktop Click WRITE Click OK Go to ANALYSIS > RUN Click CONTINUE To view the deformation of the model Click on VIEW > SELECT Select DEFORM in Deformed Style and CONTOUR in Contour Style Click DEFORMED AND CONTOUR DATA Select 7033.SHELL VON MISES-2 in contour drop down box Click OK Click OK

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Save the file on the Desktop a. Go to File > SAVE b. Type in your NAME and click SAVE.