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7.3 Academic Example 125

frequencies and the corresponding mode shapes. It is noted that
this example is a classical problem often used to study plate
vibration because their exact solutions are available. Understand-
ing their solution behaviors will provide confidence prior to
analyzing problems with more complicated geometry.

Y

  1Kg/m 3
E  10.92 10 N/m 2

6
v  0.3 1m
h  0.01 m

X
1m

(a) Starting ANSYS Workbench

 Open the ANSYS Workbench, set the Units menu on the

upper tab to Metric (kg,m,s, C,A,N,V).
 On the Analysis Systems window, click twice on the
Modal item. A new small box will appear on the Project
Schematic window.
 Retype the name in the lower blue tab as the desired project
name, e.g., Plate Modal Analysis, and hit Enter.
 Right click on the Engineering Data tab and select the
Edit… option, the A2: Engineering Data window will
pop-up. Double click on Click here to add a new
material and type in a new material name, e.g., “My Plate
Material”, and hit Enter.
 Click at the Density under Physical Properties and drag it
to the Property list at the bottom of the window. Enter the
Density value as 1 and hit Enter.