If I use quadratic elements in FEM with a contact surface, is the Mesh size of the Contact half of the body mesh size?

08 September 2015 1,243 4 View

ANSYS: Is it possible to use INTER-Elements and a Contact at once on the same Surface?

08 September 2015 3,903 5 View

How does "initially bonded" work in ANSYS?

And what is the parameter responsible for separation?

07 August 2015 4,728 0 View

Can someone help me with my crack propagation code and change it to separation (delamination) of the bodies?

!HERE MY CODE: ! 2D model: Laminated Composite PLANE182 (4 nodes) and crack INTER202 (4 nodes) ! Crack propagation using VCCT technique, CINT and CGROW commands FINISH /CLEAR /TITLE,Test Crack...

06 July 2015 1,414 3 View

ANSYS/APDL: How can I create "superimposed" nodes in order to simulate chip separation?

I want to do this: [source: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0100-73862000000200004]

06 July 2015 2,250 1 View

Are there direction-dependent Constraints realisable in APDL (ANSYS 14.5)?

I want a line to be able to move in only negative x-Direction. If the line ever gets (back) to x=0 it should be constrained.

06 July 2015 9,298 4 View

ANSYS: How can I model a 3D-body, which has rotational symmetry by using 2D-Elements?

05 June 2015 1,728 5 View

Where does 1/6 come from in the derivation in von Mises yield criterion (picture in comment)?

05 June 2015 4,947 2 View

Is it possible in ANSYS to combine Chaboche + Hill?

If you have already done that, please answer.

05 June 2015 7,222 4 View

Arc length method for non linear buckling (Nonlin.-FEM in ANSYS): Is there any way I can continue the Simulation beyond the critical point?

04 May 2015 2,080 10 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

How Relativistic effects is one reason for lanthanide contraction?

The Lanthanide contraction which is the decrease in ionic radii of the elements in the lanthanide series from atomic number 57, lanthanum, to 71, lutetium, is due to poor shielding of the 4f...

01 March 2021 2,272 4 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