Mechanical APDL Basic Analysis Guide

You can use the BFK command to specify table names at keypoints. If you specify table names at the corner keypoints of an area o ...

Main Menu> Solution> Define Loads> Settings> Replace vs Add> Nodal Body Ld Main Menu> Solution> Define Load ...

loads, (3) directly defined BF loads, or (4) BFUNIF loads. No conflict among solid model body loads is possible. CASE C: At leas ...

volume number overwrites the body load specified for a lower line number, area number, or volume number, respectively. The body ...

The ACEL,OMEGA, and DOMEGA commands specify acceleration, angular velocity, and angular accel- eration, respectively, in global ...

Current (optional, for applying drift current) Wave (optional, for applying a wave state) Zone (optional, for applying local oc ...

2.5.12. Axisymmetric Loads and Reactions For constraints, surface loads, body loads, and Y-direction accelerations, you define l ...

Figure 2.18: Central Constraint for Solid Axisymmetric Structure 2.5.13. Loads to Which the Degree of Freedom Offers No Resistan ...

Cartesian, spherical and cylindrical coordinate systems are valid). If working in batch mode, you need to define the table befor ...

Boundary Condition Primary Variable Command [ 1 ] TIME or FREQ, X,Y, Z, SF,,PRES TEMP, SECTOR Pressures SFE,,,PRES Temperature T ...

In addition, some real constants for elements SURF151,SURF152, and FLUID116 can have associated primary variables. Table 2.11: R ...

2.5.15.3. Operating on Table Parameters For convenience, you can multiply table parameters by constants, add one table to anothe ...

hth=2 !!!! cantilever beam height dim,xval,array,X1 !!!! create 1D arrays to load 5D table xval(1)=0,20 !!!! variations per dime ...

set,2,1 /title, Pressure distribution; time=30, temp=150 eplot finish The following plots illustrat e the pressure distribution ...

An equivalent method for applying the coefficient uses the CMSEL,ALLSEL, and SF commands, as follows: CMSEL,S,cmp ALLSEL,BELOW,A ...

time for other load steps. To start your analysis at "zero" time, such as in a transient analysis, specify a very small value su ...

If you specify stepped loads, the program handles all loads (constraints, forces, surface loads, body loads, and inertia loads) ...

Load Type Applied in Load Step 1 Introduced in Later Load Steps Body Temperatures Ramped from TUNIF[ 2 ] Ramped from previous TU ...

as a series of harmonic components (a Fourier series). To specify the mode number, use one of the following: Command(s):MODE GUI ...

Command GUI Menu Paths Purpose Main Menu> Solution> Load Step Opts> Time/Frequenc> Damping Main Menu> Solution> ...