Mechanical APDL Basic Analysis Guide

ample, the commands shown below define two element types,BEAM188 and SHELL181, and assign them type reference numbers 1 and 2 re ...

For line and area elements that require geometry data (cross-sectional area, thickness, diameter, etc.) to be specified as real ...

You can choose constant, isotropic, linear material properties from a material library available through the GUI.Young's modulus ...

Figure 1.1: Sample MPPLOT Display Following are some notes about temperature-dependent material properties: To modify a propert ...

You can save linear material properties (whether they are temperature-dependent or constant) to a file or restore them from a te ...

The procedure to specify anisotropic elastic material properties resembles that for nonlinear properties. You first activate a d ...

Figure 1.4: Material Model Interface Tree Structure For example, under Structural are categories Linear, Nonlinear, and others. ...

cases, the columns represent temperatures, and the rows represent data values (for example, density as a linear isotropic proper ...

Figure 1.7: Data Input Dialog Box - Added Row You can add more rows, as needed, by following the same procedure. You can insert ...

Graph: Displays a graph of the current data in the Graphics window. If required, you can change the data in the table and click ...

Example problems in the High-Frequency Electromagnetic Analysis Guide. Example: Structural-Thermal Harmonic Analysis in the Cou ...

Editing data typically falls into two general categories: changing data within an existing material property, and copying an ent ...

In the Material Models Available window, double-click on the following options:Nonlinear,Inelastic, Rate Independent,Combined K ...

You can give your material library files meaningful names that reflect the characteristics of the data they contain. For exampl ...

Issuing MPWRITE writes the material data specified by material number MAT into the named file in the current working directory. ...

Figure 1.8: Sample Finite Element Models There are two methods to create the finite element model: solid modeling and direct gen ...

If you are performing a static or full transient analysis, you can take advantage of the Solution Controls dialog box to define ...

Substeps are incremental steps taken within a load step. You use them mainly for accuracy and conver- gence purposes in transien ...

Chapter 2: Loading The primary objective of a finite element analysis is to examine how a structure or component responds to cer ...

Loads are divided into six categories: DOF constraints, forces (concentrated loads), surface loads, body loads, inertia loads, a ...