Skew plate analysis

This section discusses the skew plate example.

You have been asked to model the plate shown in Figure 1.

Figure 1. Sketch of the skew plate.

It is skewed 30° to the global 1-axis, is built-in at one end, and is constrained to move on rails parallel to the plate axis at the other end. You are to determine the midspan deflection when the plate carries a uniform pressure. You are also to assess whether a linear analysis is valid for this problem. You will perform an analysis using Abaqus/Standard.