Mechanical APDL Basic Analysis Guide

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n,4,,1
n,5,2
n,6,2,1
e,1,2,3,4
e,2,5,6,3
finish

/solu
rescontrol,,all,1,5 !For all load steps, write the restart
!file .Rnnn at every substep, but allow
!a maximum of 5 restart files per load step
nlgeom,on !Large strain analysis with temperature loadings
nsubst,6,6,6
d,1,all
d,2,uy
outres,all,all
bfe,1,temp,1,1
bfe,2,temp,1,5
solve
rescontrol,file_summary !List information contained in all the
!.Rnnn files for this job
finish
/post1
set,1,3
presol
set,last
presol
finish

/solu
antyp,,rest,1,3 !Restart the analysis at load step 1,
!substep 3
solve
rescontrol,file_summary
finish
/post1
set,last
presol
finish

/solu
antype,,rest,1,3,endstep !End load step 1 at substep 3
!when time (load factor) = 0.5
!ldstep = 1, substep = 3, load
solve !execute ENDSTEP, loads are
!rescaled to time = 0.5
rescontrol,file_summary
bfe,1,temp,1,2 !apply higher loads,
bfe,2,temp,1,6
solve !execute solve to advance load
!factor from previous
!time = 0.5 to time = 1.5
/post1
set,last
presol
finish

The following example input shows how to terminate a load step at a particular substep, then continue
with the next load step.


Example 5.2:Terminating a Load Step and Continuing with Next Load Step


/solu
antype,,rest,1,3,endstep !End load step 1 at substep 3
!when time (load factor) = 0.6125
!ldstep = 1, substep = 3, load
solve !execute ENDSTEP, loads are
!rescaled to time = 0.6125
rescontrol,file_summary

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