Engineering Stress Analysis: Theory and Simulations 7-11 December 2015 FEA Assignment Submission date: 18" January 2016 (FT MSc Students + REMS CDT) 1° February 2046 (PT MSc Students) Assignment Description: Perform a 3-dimensional (3D) elastic finite element analysis on a C(T) specimen geometry with the width of HW” = 50mm, thickness of B = 25mm and initial crack length of ay = 25mm. The total applied load is 1000N and the material elastic properties are E =140 GPa and v = 0.3. Compare the predicted stress distributions (x and oy,) from the 3D model with those of obtained from 2D plane stress, 2D plane strain and analytical solutions from advanced FEA tutorial 1 The students need to write a technical report explaining the model set up, loading & boundary conditions, mesh sensitivity analysis, results and discussions, The report must be written in Arial 12 pt and should not exceed 20 pages in total. Note 1: Choose an appropriate method to apply the given load on the 3D geometry. Note 2: Validate 2D and 3D FE predictions for @ = 0° and r/a < 0.1, where @ is the crack tip angle, r is the radial distance ahead of the crack tip and a is the crack length All students should provide electronically their Abaqus files and report for_a valid submission, Students should submit their assignment in a printed copy in a flat-file and not just staple: