What is the meaning of E/Enn in traction in abaqus?

Hello Guys I know so many of you have the same question when you start using cohesive element in abaqus. This section is a bit confusing E/Enn does not mean dividing. It simply means Young modulus...

07 August 2019 7,379 4 View

Why my Load-Displacement curve from simulation is not correct?

Hello As it can be seen from below figure my simulation and experiments results are really close to each other. I just do not understand why load increases suddenly after 4 mm displacement in...

31 December 2018 4,136 0 View

How to calculate Young modulus for Flexible adhesive?

I have flexible adhesive the Maximum stress is around 2.5 MPa and strain is around 150%. When we want to calculate Young modulus for normal material we normally take values from 0.05% to 0.25%...

31 December 2018 7,849 0 View

How to calculate total load in a displacement control analysis in abaqus?

07 August 2017 4,242 11 View

ABQUS unit system

Hello I have problem with unit system in abaqus. I have already checked tables and discussions about this subject in internet and I am confused and looking for Numerical example. Could you please...

06 July 2017 9,344 5 View

Can anyone simply explain me how can i get Cohesive zone parameters by doing experimental test?

I am currently working on adhesive joint. I want to do experimental test (DCB and ENF) to find cohesive zone information for my simulation. I am using Ansys software could anyone simply explain...

03 April 2017 710 0 View

How can I apply displacement rate (mm/time) in Ansys?

02 March 2017 3,017 0 View

Tutorial: How to model Progressive Damage on Composite Plate?

09 October 2016 2,468 1 View

Anyone familiar with buckling of simply supported laminated plates under in-plane loading?

02 March 2015 5,044 5 View

Resistor definition in Piezoelectric bimorph with ANSYS workbench

Hello, good day! I am trying to simulate similar bimorph piezoelectric harvester with below commands. However, the output power doesn't change with resistor value. Please help to find the reason. ET,10,CIRCU94,0 !SET UP RESISTOR R,1,100000 !RESISTANCE VALUE TYPE,10 !SET ELEMENT TYPE E,1,2 !CREATE RESISTOR BETWEEN NODES 1 AND 2 Thanks in advance Regards,

02 March 2021 0 0 View

Why are the velocities so high in my Boussinesq approximation Fluent simulation?

Hello, I have a mechanism where air rises due to convective flows. In this simulation, nothing is driving the air except this. I understand that the Boussinesq approximation only works for small...

02 March 2021 4,910 3 View

LOAD DISPLACEMENT CURVES Stiffness increasing in ANSYS non linear analysis. HOW CAN I CORRECT IT?

Hi. I am doing non linear FE analysis using a new material beam under flexural 2 point loading using ANSYS. I have defined a bilinear material model. The solution has converged. In results I am...

01 March 2021 9,911 3 View

How to show arrows over the streamlines in CFD-post?

I follow this to make streamlines like the photos attached below: (software- CFD post-processing) First I plot the 2D streamline over a surface "streamline 1". them I plot a vector by the...

01 March 2021 8,668 3 View

Which one is easier and better at modeling slender masonry structures? ANSYS or ABAQUS?

I need to model masonry and reinforced concrete minarets for my MSc thesis. Which one is easier and better at modeling slender masonry structures? ANSYS or ABAQUS? (Or any other program for just...

01 March 2021 736 3 View

Can Virtual Servers (remote dekstop manager) run heavy ANSYS Fluent CFD simulation ?

I have a virtual machine. My host Pc specs are not that good thats why i went for virtual servers. so basically my host pc has 8gb of ram with nvidia quadro k2200 4Gb DDR5 GPU ,processor intel...

01 March 2021 8,415 1 View

How to increase mesh quality of a cfd model in ansys fluent?

How can one improve mesh skewness, orthogonality, aspect ratio?

28 February 2021 7,730 3 View

How can we simulate an hyperelastic-viscoelastic behavor with Ansys APDL?

I am working on modeling and simulation of biomecanical material behaviour, I have succeded on simulating skin using anisotropic hyperelastic material, on APDL and in our lab's finite element...

28 February 2021 552 3 View

Complex wave form in ANSYS?

Is there a way to input wave speed in a complex form on ANSYS? The wave speed I need to assign a material is 325(1+0.11i) however I have been unable to do this thus far. Failing that, is there...

27 February 2021 5,969 1 View

What is the best way to calculate the angles of twist for concrete columns subjected to torsional moment using finite element software?

In Finite element software like ANSYS , there is difficulty in obtaining direct results of twisting of concrete members because SOLID65 which is the unique element designed to represent concrete...

26 February 2021 3,806 2 View