[SOLVED] Do you have the L. R. Baker's thesis, 'Flexural action of masonry structures under lateral load'?

[SOLVED] I am looking for an old thesis, which was written by L. R. Baker in 1981. I wonder anyone has the softcopy of this thesis paper? Ref: Baker, L. R. (1981). Flexural action of masonry...

07 August 2018 3,343 3 View

Which element type should analyst use for Finite Element Analysis (simulation)?

For any given Finite Element Analysis (simulation) it's essential to define each part of the geometry with one or more elements depending on the types of structures and analysis. As far as I know,...

01 February 2018 1,434 4 View

What is stochastic finite element modelling?

08 September 2017 4,195 1 View

Research paper on numerical modeling of masonry veneer and cavity wall subjected to seismic and wind load?

Can anyone please suggest few research paper which include the numerical modeling of masonry veneer wall and cavity wall under seismic and wind load? Please don't answer if you are not sure about...

02 March 2017 7,975 1 View

Any way to download and activate ABAQUS for personal use?

I tried to download the ABAQUS v6.14 SE from from official website (3DS Academy) by using my school id. However, after downloading when I was installing, it showed that, "File is Corrupt". I check...

02 March 2017 9,953 2 View

In ABAQUS how to model wire mesh of ferrocement?

To model wire mesh of the ferrocement in ABAQUS, may I consider wire mesh same as concrete reinforcement model?

02 March 2017 5,578 6 View

What is the meaning "scale factor for the yield stress" in LS DYNA?

10 November 2015 2,691 1 View

How can I calculate energy dissipation (by porous materials like aluminum foam) from deformed volume?

Due to impact load there is a deformation in specimen and I need to calculate the energy absorbed by the specimen (aluminum foam). I have mass and velocity of the striker, deformed volume of the...

09 October 2015 6,730 4 View

What is the range of strain rate for closed cell aluminum foam where it can show significant strain rate sensitivity?

I want to know the maximum strain rate limit for closed cell aluminum foam, beyond this limit there is no strain rate effects to aluminum foam. That means, on which range of strain rate exhibits...

09 October 2015 3,452 1 View

If I submit one manuscript in two journals together, what is/are the problem(s) actually?

I am confused about one journal that, there is any chance or not to accept my paper. That's why if I want to submit one manuscript in two journals simultaneously, what is/are the problem(s)? And...

05 June 2015 7,025 2 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

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

How to modify Johnson cook equation in ABAQUS?

I wanted to add an extra parameter to the existing Johnson cook equation in the ABAQUS simulation. How to add those extra parameters. Ref: A modified Johnson-Cook material model with strain...

28 February 2021 4,841 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