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A plywood box supported by wedges under uniform pressure

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manaliac

Mechanical
Jun 9, 2011
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Hello everyone,



I am working right now on a plywood box simply supported by wedges under a uniform pressure of 1 MPa.

The pressure is applicated through a rigid shell part layed on the top of the box ( a surface to surface contact). The bottom of the box is on contact (surface to surface) with the rigid shell wedges (2 on the corner of the box and 1 on the middle).

As a boundary condition, all the DOF's of the wedges are constrained.

Firslty the Plywood box is squeezed under the pressure until she began to bounce back like a spring and separate from the wedges and flying somewhere!!

I really don't understand the rebound behavior of the box. So can anyone help me with this riddle?



Thank you



M.
 
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