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Elasto-plastic cantilever

A hexahedral cantilever from FLagSHyP, fixed at one end and driven by tip displacement. The constitutive law is J₂ (von Mises) plasticity. Drag the load factor to watch the plastic zone spread from the root.

Elasto-plastic cantilever

FLagSHyP · elasto_plasto_cantilever_plastic · hexa8 mesh deformed shape

Fixed at $X=160$ · prescribed tip $U_Z$ at free end $X=0$ · von Mises plasticity (matyp 17)

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Problem (FLagSHyP)

3-D cantilever, length 160, cross-section 2×8, hexa8 solid elements
All DOFs fixed on the face X=160 (icode = 7)
Prescribed negative U_Z on free-end nodes near X=0
Material: elasto-plastic (matyp 17) with hardening from the FlagShyp input deck

Viewer data

Coordinates from *-RESTART.MAT → GEOM.x
Increments 5, 10, 13, 15, 20 (slider / animate)
Contour ε̄^p uses element-average plastic strain from PLAST.epbar
Source script: run_elasto_plasto_cantilever_plastic.m