Mechanical APDL Structural Analysis Guide

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esel,all

secn, 2! use reinforcing section!

EREINF

!

! Inspect newly created reinforcing elements

!

esel,s,type,,1

! adjust the translucency level of the

! base element to reveal the embedded reinforcing

! elements

/trlcy,elem,0.9

esel,all

/view,1,1,1,1

! Turn on the expaned element shapes

/eshape,1

eplot

fini

The input listing generat es the following output:

Figure 17.3: Discrete Reinforcing Element Display (with Translucent Base Elements)

17.3.2. Example: Smeared Reinforcing

Following is a typical sequence of commands for defining smeared reinforcing elements:

/batch,list

/show, sample,grph

/title, Sample input data for generating smeared reinforcing elements

/prep7

!

! Define material properties

!

mp, ex,1,10e6! Base Material

mp, ex,2,30e6! Reinforcing Material

mp,prxy,1,.3

mp,prxy,2,.3

mp,dens,1,.00001

mp,dens,2,.00002

!

! Define base geometry

!

CYLIND, 10.,12.,0.,20.,0,90.

!

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