Simulation of Cook's membrane using enhanced elements

Here, we demonstrate the performance of the enhanced assumed strain element Q1E4 using beam clamped on one end and subjected to a load on the free end. This problem is commonly referred as Cook's membrane. The material is taken as a nearly incompressible.

Firstly, we consider linear elasticity with $E = 250$ and $\nu = 0.4999$

Geometry and loading of Cook's membrane

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Secondly, we use large strain model

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You can download the mesh generator for Cook's membrane written in Matlab here: meshgeneratorcooksmembrane.zip

Created 1/2014 by Martin Horák