Basic Abaqus problem with shear on a plate

[tugrul195]

Hi all,

I have a basic problem in abaqus which I couldnt solve. I have put a shear at the top edge, and its clamped at the bottom edge. I wanted to see the behavior of the plate under shear but I could not get the proper response. Here is what I get:

http://goo.gl/f2Be3h

 

[mrgoldthorpe]

You can't clamp the base.

The way to get pure shear is to put symmetry boundary conditions on the base and left-hand edge. Apply a uniform tension to the top edge and a uniform compression of the same magnitude of the right-hand edge. That is: apply pure shear.