1. KAYLA KRUPER 10/19/2015 FINITE ELEMENT STUDY TO COMPARE THE PERFORMANCE OF COMPOSITE AND STEEL ANGLE BARS

2. INTRODUCTION/BACKGROUND Angle bar is used extensively as a building material to route cable from one point to another Goal of project is to compare the effects that the material has on the strength performance of angle bars

3. PROBLEM DESCRIPTION Model an angle bar in Abaqus/CAE Modify models with different physical properties such as material, mass and size Compare the analytical results of the performance of the angle bar to experimental data

4. APPROACH/METHODOLOGY Create three-dimensional model of a angle bar including modeling composite material using Abaqus/CAE Run and repeat analysis with both coarser and finer meshes to determine the adequacy of the mesh Re-run analysis using different angle bar physical properties

5. ANGLE BAR GEOMETRIES 2” x 2” x ¼” Angle Bar created

6. FIBERGLASS PROPERTIES Material E 1 (x10 6 psi) E 2 (x10 6 psi) v 12 G 12 (x10 6 psi) X t (x10 3 psi) Y t (x10 3 psi) S (x10 3 psi) X c (x10 3 psi) Y c (x10 3 psi) Glass- reinforced plastic (fiberglass) 7.82.60.251.315046 20

7. STEEL PROPERTIES Material Young’s Modulus E (x10 6 psi) Shear Modulus S (x10 6 psi) Bulk modulus (x10 6 psi) Steel 291223

8. MILESTONE/DEADLINE LIST Milestones Research experimental data on composite and steel performances Research material properties for composite and steel angle bars Create FEM of an angle bar Run FEM to determine effect of different variables Deadlines Tentative Project Proposal DraftSeptember 18, 2015 Project ProposalSeptember 23, 2015 First Progress ReportOctober 19, 2015 Second Progress ReportNovember 16, 2015 Preliminary Final ReportNovember 30, 2015 Final Report December 7, 2015