How can i set number of cycles in ANSYS APDL ?

I am using a sine load in ANSYS APDL. I have run it for a cycle. I want to run it for about 2 million cycles. How can i set number of cycles in ANSYS APDL ?

07 August 2015 3,398 1 View

How can I use cyclic load in ansys apdl?

07 August 2015 7,142 3 View

How can i compile UPF in ANSYS ?

04 May 2015 4,889 5 View

How to calculate effective bond area ?

I am modelling FRP strengthening RC beam in ANSYS. Can you suggest me how can i calculate the effective bonded area between FRP and RC beam ? I am using FRP at bottom part (soffit) of the RC beam...

03 April 2015 6,265 4 View

How to model bond slip using interface element Combin39 in ANSYS?

I am modelling FRP strengthened RC beam using Combin39 as interface element to model the FRP/concrete interface. I am using a bond slip model which will provide me bond stressa and slip relation....

02 March 2015 7,186 5 View

How can one get axial strain in ANSYS ?

For the FRP strengthened RC beam, I want to calculate concrete strain and FRP strain separately. There are so many strain functions i.e. first principle, second principle etc. but How can i get...

02 March 2015 975 4 View

Why did solution in ansys not converging after first crack appear in RC beam ?

I am modelling RC beam with Solid 65 and link 180 for concrete and reinforcement respectively. I have used Hognestad model for stress-strain relation in compression. I got converged and accurate...

31 December 2014 5,795 2 View

Why is nodal y displacement very less in comparison to experimental result in rc beam ?

I am trying to model rc beam in ansys with solid 65 for concrete and link 180 for reinforcement. I am using symmetric boundary condition, so quarter of specimen is modelled. But, when I try to run...

11 December 2014 5,729 7 View

How can I merge coincident nodes in ANSYS?

I am modelling the rc beam with solid 65 for concrete and link 180 for reinforcement. I am using discrete method for reinforcement. While merging coincident nodes between concrete and...

11 December 2014 1,131 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

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