How composites can be modeled in ANSYS Using Solid185?

31 December 2015 8,682 9 View

How can I model bond-slip in ANSYS?

How can I model bond-slip in ANSYS? In modeling RC beams with Solid65 and Link180 elements, how one can use Combin39 nonlinear spring to model the bond-slip (including bond slip test data curve)...

01 February 2015 8,805 4 View

Can you help me with the modeling of Fiber Composites in ANSYS?

I am modeling strengthening of RC beams by bonding a carbon fiber polymer strip to the beam soffit. I am using element solid185(layered) for modeling of fiber strip. My question is how to define...

01 February 2015 8,849 13 View

What is the concept of Convergence Criteria in ANSYS?

I am modeling a reinforced concrete beam using ANSYS. From my repeated trials on nonlinear solution, I have noticed that changing the CONVERGENCE CRITERIA of solution will change the solution...

01 February 2015 9,602 16 View

Prosperities of orthotropic material in ANSYS when using Shell281?

I am modeling the strengthening of reinforced concrete beams with FRP. I am using shell281 to model FRP. In the material modeling phase, I entered the nine needed properties for orthotropic...

11 December 2014 1,050 1 View

How can I define failure criteria (stress and strain limits) of orthotropic materials in ANSYS?

I am modeling the behavior of RC beams strengthened with CFRPs using ANSYS. I was able to define the material properties of fiber laminates (Modulus of elasticity, Poisson ratio, and Shear...

10 November 2014 3,816 6 View

How can we predict the modulus of Elasticity of Orthotropic Composites?

Dear Friends If it is given from the manufacturer that the elastic modulus in the fiber direction of a unidirectional CFRP material (E11) is X, How we can predict the elastic modulus of the...

10 November 2014 3,744 7 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

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

LEDs on Vis Light photo degradation of MB water sol via N doped TiO2 in a mini flume?

Good day to all, I have no experience with light emitting diodes. I am building a glass mini flume to demonstrate the photo degradation of Methylene Blue in water running over self cleaning...

26 February 2021 4,026 5 View