Plate

Plate

class guwlib.guw_objects.plate.Plate

Base class to represent thin plates in which GUW can propagate.

IsotropicRectangularPlate

class guwlib.guw_objects.plate.IsotropicRectangularPlate(material, thickness, width=None, length=None)

Bases: Plate

A class representing a simple isotropic, rectangular plate.

The bottom left-hand corner of the plate marks the reference (coordinate origin) for all other objects (Defect, Transducer).

Parameters:

  • material (IsotropicMaterial) – Plate material, e.g. 1100 aluminum alloy.

  • thickness (float) – Plate thickness.

  • width (float) – Plate width (ABAQUS x-direction).

  • length (float) – Plate length (ABAQUS y-direction).

Variables:

  • material (IsotropicMaterial) – Plate material, e.g. 1100 aluminum alloy.

  • thickness (float) – Plate thickness.

  • width (float) – Plate width (ABAQUS x-direction).

  • length (float) – Plate length (ABAQUS y-direction).

  • description (str) – A short description of the plate for logging.

  • datum_xy_plane_id (int) – ABAQUS feature ID of a datum xy-plane (modelling aid).

  • datum_y_axis_id (int) – ABAQUS feature ID of a datum y-axis (modelling aid).

  • datum_z_axis_id (int) – ABAQUS feature ID of a datum z-axis (modelling aid).

  • cell_set_name (str) – Name for the ABAQUS cell set containing the entire plate (excluding defect and transducer bounding boxes).

  • material_cell_set_name (str) – Name for the ABAQUS cell set containing the entire plate (including all defect and transducer bounding boxes).

  • top_surf_face_set_name (str) – Name for the ABAQUS face set containing the top surface of the plate (excluding defect and transducer bounding boxes).

  • field_output_face_set_name (str) – Name for the ABAQUS face set containing the top surface of the plate (including defect and transducer bounding boxes).

  • std_interface_node_set_name (str) – Name for the ABAQUS node set containing all nodes of the STD-XPL interface between plate and transducers, on the STD part of the model (relevant only if modeling_approach is set to piezo_electric).

  • xpl_interface_node_set_name (str) – Name for the ABAQUS node set containing all nodes of the STD-XPL interface between plate and transducers, on the XPL part of the model (relevant only if modeling_approach is set to piezo_electric).

Figures:

width
thickness
length
material

Left: illustration of Plate parameters, right: example ABAQUS model