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

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

02 March 2017 3,017 0 View

Are You looking for a Full ANSYS ACP tutorials?

31 December 2016 4,218 4 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,

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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

How to define and get results (stresses) for certain points of a model in abaqus, using python? When the size of the model changes?

I want to do a parameter study of a aixsymmetric cylinder in Abaqus. I want to create several jobs where I get the stresses for 3 different points in my model. These points are defined. I wrote a...

01 March 2021 10,078 1 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

Joint behaviour in Abaqus is not captured well?

I am working on roof joint and trying to simulate the behaviour in Abaqus. I am successful in running the model but the final graph does not follow the experimental curve in the negative direction...

01 March 2021 6,661 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

Is anyone familiar with the cyclic compressive fatigue testing (BS EN 12697 - 25) ?

I would like to get more information on the cyclic compressive fatigue testing (BS EN 12697 - 25) which is typically done for bituminous material in pavement design. Any one can advise on the...

28 February 2021 2,004 3 View