Research Article

The Application Research of Inverse Finite Element Method for Frame Deformation Estimation

Table 3

Loading case for the frame structure. Max deflections are captured from NDI.

Case 1Case 2Case 3Case 4Case 5

Loads18 N23 N35 N45.5 N68 N
Max deflection in Y16.31 mm20.5 mm31.2 mm41.3 mm62.8 mm
RMS in Y0.22 mm0.49 mm2.0 mm3.3 mm6.8 mm
%Diff(v) in Y1.3%2.4%6.4%8.1%10.9%
Max deflection in Z2.53 mm3.23 mm5.1 mm6.5 mm10.2 mm
RMS in Z0.32 mm0.41 mm0.73 mm0.75 mm1.1 mm
%Diff(w) in Z12.6%12.8%14.6%11.5%10.8%