STAAD.Pro Help Verification Examples V. 04 Plate and Shell Elements V. 04 Plate and Shell Elements V. 2D Cantilever Beam End Deflection 1To find the free end deflection due to a joint load on a Cantilever beam modeled using Plate/shell elements. V. 2D Cantilever Beam End Deflection 2Find the deflection and moments for plate-bending finite element due to a pressure load.V. 2D Circular Plate In-Plane StressesA thick cylindrical plate supported along 2 radial edges. Find the radial displacement, radial stress, tangential stress and longitudinal stress at inner surface due to a unit pressure applied at the inner surface.V. 2D Circular Surface Displacements and StressesA circular plate is fixed along its perimeter. Using plate/shell elements, find the deflection at the center, maximum bending stress due to a uniformly distributed load, and a concentrated load at the center. V. 2D Circular Surface Edge StressThe objective of this example is to find the displacement at center, and bending stress at the center and at the perimeter of a circular plate fixed at its periphery. V. 2D Curved Beam Maximum StressUsing plate/shell elements, find maximum bending stress due to a force couple on a curved cantilever beam. V. 2D Plate Thermal Moment and StressTo find the bending moment due to thermal load through the thickness of a square plate.V. 2D Rectangular slab with simply supported edgesTo find the vertical deflection and bending moments at several points due to a unit pressure on a thin rectangular plate simply supported along 4 edges.V. 2D Retaining WallTo find the bending moments at various points on a wall fixed along three edges. V. 2D Surface DisplacementsTo find the vertical deflection and bending moments due to an unit pressure in a rectangular plate simply supported along four edges. V. 2D Surface with Hole Edge StressTo find the normal stress on the edge of a circular hole in the center of a rectangular plate.V. 2D Tapered Beam In-Plane StressTo find element stress due to joint load at the fixed end of a tapered plate with one end fixed.V. 2D Triangular Surface with Thermal LoadA simply-supported equilateral triangle is subjected to a linear thermal gradient. The deflections and bending moments are calculated.V. Cantilever Tube Stresses and DeflectionTo find deflections and element stresses due to loads at the free end of a Cantilever beam of tubular section. The beam is modeled using plate/shell elements. V. Curved Roof Displacements and StressesA Cylindrical roof is supported along two circular edges. Using plate/shell elements, find the vertical deflection at the center of the free edge, principal stresses at the center of the support and center of the free edge (top and bottom of the roof plate) due to uniformly distributed gravity load. V. Element Offset Table Top Comparison A simple table-like structure is composed of four column members and a single plate element. Verify that the element offset command gives similar results as those from other modeling methods.V. Element Offset Water Tank Comparison A concrete water tank structure is composed of members and plate elements. Verify that the element offset command gives similar results as those from other modeling methods.V. Response Spectrum Using Element OffsetValidate the response spectrum analysis results using element offsets with a similar model that uses control-dependent connections.V. Spherical Shell DisplacementsTo find the displacement in the direction of the load due to a unit load applied at the quadrants of a quarter of a spherical shell.V. Thermal Load on a PlateFind deflections and moments due to thermal loading and compare theoretical answers to the STAAD solution. V. Warped Surface DisplacementsTo find the displacements at the free end of a warped cantilever plate due to in-plane load and out of plane loads. Parent Topic: Verification Examples