Mechanical APDL Structural Analysis Guide

8.13.3.1. Set the Analysis Title and Jobname

1. Choose menu path Utility Menu> File> Change Title.


2. Type the text "Cyclic loading of a fixed circular plate."


3. Click on OK.


4. Choose menu path Utility Menu> File> Change Jobname. The Change Jobname dialog box appears.


5. Type the text “axplate” in the entry box and click OK.

8.13.3.2. Define the Element Types

1. Choose menu path Main Menu> Preprocessor> Element Type> Add/Edit/Delete.


2. Click on Add. The Library of Element Types dialog box appears.


3. In the list on the left, click once on "Structural Solid."


4. In the list on the right, click once on "Quad 4node 182."


5. Click on OK.The Library of Element Types dialog box closes.


6. Click on Options. The PLANE182 element type options dialog box appears.


7. In the scroll box for element behavior, scroll to "Axisymmetric" and select it.


8. Click on OK.


9. Click on Close in the Element Types dialog box.

8.13.3.3. Define Material Properties

1. Choose menu path Main Menu> Preprocessor> Material Props> Material Models. The Define Material
   Model Behavior dialog box appears.


2. In the Material Models Available window, double-click on the icons next to the following options: Struc-
   tural, Linear, Elastic, Isotropic. A dialog box appears.


3. Enter 16911.23 for EX (Young's modulus).


4. Enter .3 for PRXY (Poisson's ratio).


5. Click on OK. Material Model Number 1 appears in the Material Models Defined window on the left.

8.13.3.4. Specify the Kinematic Hardening material model (KINH).

1. In the Material Models Available window, double-click on the following options: Nonlinear, Inelastic, Rate
   Independent, Kinematic Hardening Plasticity, von Mises Plasticity, Multilinear (General). A dialog box
   appears.


2. Enter the following Strain/Stress value pair in the table: 0.001123514, 19.00


3. Click on the Add Point button, and enter the next Strain/Stress value pair: 0.001865643, 22.80

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Example Nonlinear Analysis (GUI Method)