Mechanical APDL Structural Analysis Guide

To define your own cross sections, use the subtype MESH.To define a cross section with integrated properties such as Iyy and Izz ...

Figure 15.2: Types of Solid Section Cell Mesh Default 2 x 2 Mesh 4 x 4 GradedMesh Capturesplasticity throughthicknessand theonse ...

common sections custom sections Common sections are described by a standard geometry and a single material. Custom sections ar ...

Overlap the areas (Main Menu> Preprocessor> Modeling> Operate> Booleans> Overlap> Areas) or glue them (Main M ...

Refine the section mesh. (Main Menu> Preprocessor> Sections> Beam> Custom Sectns> Edit/Built- up> Refine Mesh ...

SECDATA,station-1,x1,y1,z1 SECDATA,station-2,x2,y2,z2 The following is a typical command input stream used to create a tapered c ...

15.4. Using Nonlinear General Beam Sections The nonlinear general beam section (SECTYPE,,GENB) is an abstract cross section type ...

A 2 G(γ 2 ,T) = Transverse shear stiffness as a function of shear strain and temperature in plane XY T is the current temperatur ...

The following input illustrat es a typical (temperature-independent) nonlinear axial behavior: sectype,1,genb,plastic! Elasto-pl ...

materials, or homogeneous beams with orthotropic material and material orientation not parallel to the beam axis, the coupling b ...

where Nx = Axial resultant force Ny = Resultant force in beam Y coordinate direction Nz = Resultant force in beam Z coordinate d ...

The following input example uses the CBMX command to define a (temperature-independent) paramet- erized cross-section stiffness ...

offz = -10 /com, /com, Define a beam channel section. Unequal lengths and thicknesses are /com, used to demonstrate an unsymmetr ...

/com, For the preintegrated section, generate elements parallel to /com, the x-axis and offset from the beam with channel sectio ...

Figure 15.4: Lateral-Torsional Buckling of a Cantilever I-Beam Lateral-Torsional Buckling of a Cantilever I-Beam, Modeled With 6 ...

15.7.3. Problem Sketch Figure 15.5: Diagram of a Beam With Deformation Indicated 15.7.4. Eigenvalue Buckling and Nonlinear Colla ...

Create a straight line through keypoints 1 and 2. Choose menu path Main Menu> Preprocessor> Modeling> Create> Lines ...

The Line Attributes dialog appears. The program includes the material attribute pointer to the material set 1, the element type ...

15.7.10. Solve the Eigenvalue Buckling Analysis Set analysis options. Choose menu path Main Menu> Solution> Unabridged Me ...

15.7.11. Solve the Nonlinear Buckling Analysis Introduce model imperfections calculated by the previous analysis. Choose menu p ...