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Finite Element Analysis And Experimentation Of An Icosahedron Frame Under Compression, Mohammed Alghofaily Sep 2015

Finite Element Analysis And Experimentation Of An Icosahedron Frame Under Compression, Mohammed Alghofaily

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A nonlinear analysis of a 3D icosahedron frame was conducted using ABAQUS, under a compressive load in which collapse occurs. The frame was created in SolidWorks using the material properties of the 3D plastic building material VeroBlue. Two considerations were made: the computational features of the frame, and the comparison between the experimental solution to the numerical solution. Two studies were also considered in this research: The first study was a comparison between the seven-inch and the four-inch icosahedron model with identical weight to buoyancy ratios; and the second study was a comparison between the seven-inch icosahedrons frame, with the …