Mechanical APDL Structural Analysis Guide

The Define Nodal Data dialog appears. Be sure the Ref number of variable and Node number are both set to 2. Enter TIPLATDI in t ...

Plot variable versus time. Choose menu path Main Menu> TimeHist PostPro> Graph Variables. Enter 5 in the “1st variable to ...

/solu antype,static outres,all,all nlgeom,on arclen,on,25,0.0001 arctrm,u,1.0,2,uz nsubst,10000 solve finish /show,jpeg /post26 ...

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Chapter 16: Shell Analysis and Cross Sections Shell elements are used to create a mathematical 2-D idealization of a 3-D structu ...

The following commands are available for creating, viewing, and listing cross sections, and for managing cross-section libraries ...

16.2.1. Defining a Section and Associating a Section ID Number Use the SECTYPE command to define a section and associate it with ...

16.2.6. Associating an Area with a Section Use the AATT command to associate an area with a shell section type. When the area is ...

Figure 16.3: Shell Tool With Section Controls Page Displayed The transverse shear stiffness, hourglass coefficients and drill st ...

with independent material and section definitions, preintegration requires fewer system resources because numerical integration ...

Command Quantity Defined and Data Specified Transverse shear stiffness -- Symmetric part of submatrix [E] SSPE [ 1 ] E 11 ,E 21 ...

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Chapter 17: Reinforcing Reinforced materials are used extensively in civil construction, aircraft structures, automobiles, advan ...

Figure 17.1: Discrete Reinforcing Modeling Option Use the smeared option (SECTYPE,SECID,REINF,SMEAR) for modeling reinforcing fi ...

or modify base elements after generating the reinforcing elements, remove all affected reinforcing elements and reissue the EREI ...

! esel,all secn, 2! use reinforcing section! EREINF ! ! Inspect newly created reinforcing elements ! esel,s,type,,1 ! adjust the ...

! Define base elements ! et,1,SOLID185 mat,1 esize, 2.0 vmesh, 1 ! ! Define smeared reinforcing section ! sect,1,REINF,SMEAR sec ...

Figure 17.5: Fiber Orientation Display on Smeared Reinforcing Elements 17.4. Reinforcing Simulation and Postprocessing The REINF ...

Chapter 18: Modeling Hydrostatic Fluids Hydrostatic fluid elements are used to model fluids that are fully enclosed by solids (c ...

PRES (pressure) and HDSP (hydrostatic pressure) degrees of freedom are made to be the same at the pressure node. Inertial effec ...