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Verification & Validation

As with any numerical method verification and validation of great significance. As mentioned earlier, there is no analytical solution for the finite plate with a hole. Thus, the results can not be compared to theory. Thus, in this section other verification and validations will be used. First, the solution will be examined as the mesh is refined to see if it has converged. Additionally, the optimization results will be verified by using different optimization methods and comparing results.

Mesh Refinement

The convergence criteria which was inserted earlier was used to view the effect of mesh refinement with a radius of 1.3278 inces.

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As one can see from the data above, over the course of the mesh refinement, the equivalent Von Mises Stress only changes by less than one percent. Thus, the solution has been verified with respect to mesh refinement.

Optimization Methods

The optimization was carried using each of the four optimization methods offered in ANSYS workbench. Note that the default optimization method in ANSYS is Screening.

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