units

[amwc]

Hi
I am trying to solve a horizontal plate supported on 4 sides with a uniform vertical pressure.
I have drawn the shape using 'metres' and put the load/pressure in as 'kN/m2'
But I am assuming that the result for the reactions will not be in kN/m?
How do I interpret the results in order to get a useable value?
I need to give these results to a welding company.
Any help would be much appreciated.
Andy

 

[FEA way]

In Abaqus you have to keep units consistent. There are various tables available in the internet (and in the documentation) which can help you with that. When you use m and kN units then reaction forces are in kN while stress and pressure is in kPa.

 

[amwc]

Hi FEAway
Thank you for the answer
I have graphed the reactions along 1 side and its given me a value of RF3 = '12.72'kN is this the highest value for 1 support node?
I am just trying to understand the results.
Thanks
Andy

 

[FEA way]

If you used path plot or otherwise plotted reaction force for each node on supported edge then you will easily get maximum value from it. But often average reaction force is needed. In such case you can use avg operator in "Operate on XY Data" option of "Create XY Data" window. Nodes can be identified by their labels/numbers.