Mechanical APDL Structural Analysis Guide

Figure 18.1: Negative and Positive Volumes for Hydrostatic Fluid Elements (2) Hydrostatic fluid elements having positive volume ...

Use the TB,FLUID command with TBOPT = GAS to define material behavior for a gas, and specify the following material constant usi ...

18.4. Example Model Using Hydrostatic Fluid Elements The following example shows an axisymmetric model of a cylinder-piston arra ...

/batch,list /title, Sample input data for defining hydrostatic fluid elements /prep7 ! ! Define element types ! et,1,182 !plane1 ...

! Hydrostatic fluid elements--E command e,61,162,,1 !element with negative volume--nodes 61 and 162 swapped ! ! Define degree-of ...

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Appendix A. Example Analyses with Multiple Imposed Rotations The examples shown here demonstrat e how the results change when th ...

!Element definitions TYPE,1 MAT,1 REAL,1 SECNUM,1 EN,1,1,2 FINISH A.2.1. Sequentially Applied Rotations The following input illu ...

solve !solve load step 2 !boundary conditions for load step 3 !60° clockwise rotation at node 1 about x-axis (from load step 1) ...

d,1,uy,0.0 !displacement at node 1 fixed in x-direction d,1,uz,0.0 !displacement at node 1 fixed in x-direction d,1,omgx,-pi/6.0 ...

Figure 1: Rotated Configuration Resulting from Sequentially Applied Rotations A.2.2. Simultaneously Applied Rotations The follow ...

/solu !solution nlgeom,on !geometrically nonlinear analysis !boundary conditions for load step 1 d,1,ux,0.0 !displacement at nod ...

Index A adequate mesh density, 266 alpha (mass) damping, 2, 86, 159 alternating stress intensity, 424 amplitude of harmonic load ...

controlling cutbacks, 12 controlling restarts, 12 convergence checking, 245 enhancements, 267 failure, 267 convergence criteria, ...

beam analysis, 459 buckling analysis, 192 harmonic analysis, 96 nonlinear analysis, 284 single-point response spectrum analysis, ...

gas, 477 gasket joints simulation applications, 320 element topologies, 318 elements, 319 formulation, 318 introduction to, 317 ...

libraries sections, 450, 465 library paths for cross sections, 436 line element results, 20, 48 line search option, 12, 247, 270 ...

mode-superposition transient dynamic analysis obtain the modal solution, 121 obtain the mode-superposition transient solution, 1 ...

transient, 129 prestressed full transient dynamic analysis procedure, 129 prestressed harmonic analysis procedure, 104 prestress ...

mode-superposition method, 128 sample spectrum analysis command method, 152 sample static analysis command method, 34 GUI method ...