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I am trying to define two elements with different real constants in APDL. This is my code:
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!element 1
ET,3,CIRCU94,0 !SET UP element
R,1,1 !RESISTANCE VALUE=1
TYPE,3 !SET ELEMENT TYPE
E, n1, n2 !CREATE RESISTOR BETWEEN NODES 1 AND 2
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!element 2
ET,3,CIRCU94,0 !SET UP element
R,2,10000 !Capacitance VALUE=1
TYPE,4 !SET ELEMENT TYPE
E, n2, n3 !CREATE RESISTOR BETWEEN NODES 1 AND 2
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
The problem is that the software creates two sets, and in each set defines elements with the same real constants!!! It means, for instance, set 1 includes all elements with real constant=1 & set 2 includes all elements with real constant=2.
Thanks for any hint.
Hi Sina,
My area of work is irrelevant to yours, and I'm just writing this answer since I'm a little bit familiar with Mechanical APDL.
If I understand your question correctly, you want to assign real constants to their respective element types (constant 1 to element 1, and constant 2 to element 2). If that is the case, I assume there might be a problem with your code. If I were you, I would have tried this:
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!element 1
ET,3,CIRCU94,0 !SET UP element
R,3,1 !RESISTANCE VALUE=1
TYPE,3 !SET ELEMENT TYPE
E, n1, n2 !CREATE RESISTOR BETWEEN NODES 1 AND 2
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!element 2
ET,4,CIRCU94,0 !SET UP element
R,4,10000 !Capacitance VALUE=1
TYPE,4 !SET ELEMENT TYPE
E, n2, n3 !CREATE RESISTOR BETWEEN NODES 1 AND 2
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
So in defining the second element type, you should write ET 4, and the real constants corresponding to each element type must have their respective element IDs.
Hope it helps you.
Cheers.
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