Mechanical APDL Basic Analysis Guide

Command GUI Menu Paths Purpose Main Menu> Solution> Load Step Opts> Nonlinear> Convergence Crit Main Menu> Soluti ...

OUTRES,NSOL,5 OUTRES,ALL,10 As another example, OUTRES,NSOL,10 OUTRES,NSOL,ALL,TIP writes the solution at all DOFs every 10th su ...

2.6.6. Setting Spectrum Options. There are many commands in this category, all meant to specify response spectrum data and power ...

The LSWRITE command does not capture changes to real constants (R), material properties (MP), couplings (CP), or constraint equ ...

Figure 2.21: Pretension Definition The normal direction is specified via the PSMESH command and is part of the section data. Thi ...

In the first load step, apply a force or displacement to node K. In this case, the load is applied as a force. The force “locks ...

Figure 2.23: Pretension Section X Y Z X Y Z X Y Z Sample application of PSMESH Pretension surface We use the PSMESH operation to ...

Figure 2.24: Pretension Stress MNMX YX Z Sample application of PSMESH - preload only Pretension adjustment UX We apply constrain ...

wpstyle,,,,,,,,0 vglue,all numc,all vplot mat,1 smrt,off vmesh,4,5 mat,2 vmesh,1,3 /pnum,mat,1 eplot psmesh,,example,,volu,1,0,z ...

Select Main Menu> Preprocessor> Element Type> Add/Edit/Delete. The Element Types dialog box appears. Click Add. The Li ...

Select Utility Menu> PlotCtrls> View Settings> Magnification. The Magnification dialog box appears Select User Specifi ...

Enter the following values: Outer radius (RAD1): 1 Optional inner radius (RAD2): 0.35 Z-coordinates (Z1, Z2): 0, 0.75 Ending a ...

Click Mesh. Pick volumes 1, 2, and 3 and click OK in the picking menu. Close the MeshTool dialog box. Select Utility Menu> P ...

Select Utility Menu> Select> Entities. Make sure Areas are still selected and click Sele All. Click OK. Select Main Menu& ...

2.8.4.10. Postprocessing: Pretension and Thermal Results Select Main Menu> General Postproc> Plot Results> Contour Plo ...

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Chapter 3: Using the Function Tool The Function Tool allows you to define a dependent variable as a function of one or more inde ...

Function Loader -- Retrieves the functions and loads them as table arrays. The following terms apply when using the Function T ...

numbers) appear in different colors so that you can more easily verify the equation you are entering. You can also graph or list ...

Specific heat (material property C) Thermal conductivity (material property kxx) Thermal conductivity (material property kyy) T ...