Bridge Abutment effect on flow field and/or Velocity Field ?

I am looking for a mathematical relationship to approximate the location at which abutments start affecting the flow field or velocity field of the current. Basically the distance where the...

06 July 2018 4,054 1 View

Maximum shear stress in Abaqus ?

I have modeled a Steel I-girder bridge with a moving load in abaqus, i need to extract the maximum shear stresses fro each girder. is it the S, Mises or S11 S12 S22 S33 depending on my orientations??

03 April 2018 1,116 3 View

MPC modeling problems in Abaqus ?

Hello Everyone, I am trying to model An integral Abutment bridges in Abaqus CAE, the bridge is fairly simple, a concrete deck resting on 10 Steel (I-Beam) girders. i am having a lot of problems...

31 December 2017 2,263 1 View

Abaqus MPC contact Issue??

Hello every one I am trying to create a connection between a concrete deck defined as a shell and steel girders defined as wires, i have chosen to do this by creating an MPC connector type beam....

10 November 2017 2,959 0 View

Abaqus error, when trying to apply contact and constraint between shell and beam????

07 August 2017 4,206 0 View

Modeling Contact between shell elements in abaqus?

Hello everyone, i am currently modeling a steel i girder bridge in abaqus, i would like to know how to model the contact between the girders and the bridge. there is a total of 10 girders that all...

07 August 2017 6,473 1 View

SAP2000 moving load????

hello guys, when modeling a moving load (truck) on a bridge in sap2000 , and you choose say the full 3 lanes how does sap run the trucks, i.e does sap run the trucks on three lanes simultaneously...

06 July 2017 8,291 1 View

What's the best way to measure growth rates in House sparrow chicks from day 2 to day 10?

What's the best way to measure growth rates in House sparrow chicks from day 2 to day 10? Since, the growth curve from day 2 to 10 won't be like the "Logistic curve" it might not follow logistic...

03 March 2021 1,401 3 View

After a reference from Int J Body Compos Res, can any body help?

Hi, I am after the reference below, my library says it cannot obtain a copy either locally or internationally, any help appreciated! Chris Wang ZM, Heshka S, Wielopolski L, Pi-Sunyer FX, Pierson...

03 March 2021 6,193 1 View

What techniques can I use to determine the miscibility of polymer blends?

The term miscibility refers to the single-phase state in thermodynamics. I do not mean the compatibility of different components. To determine the miscibility I know several techniques such as...

03 March 2021 4,107 4 View

How to repeat an operation on an atom selection for multiple times in PyMol?

Hi, I am trying to construct a multi-layer fibril structure from a single layer in PyMol by translating the layer along the fibril axis. For now, I am able to use the Translate command in PyMol...

02 March 2021 4,569 4 View

How to define and get results (stresses) for certain points of a model in abaqus, using python? When the size of the model changes?

I want to do a parameter study of a aixsymmetric cylinder in Abaqus. I want to create several jobs where I get the stresses for 3 different points in my model. These points are defined. I wrote a...

01 March 2021 10,078 1 View

Shall I skip the measurement model in SmartPLS?

Hello everyone, I had run a mediation model in SmartPLS using questionnaires that were already validated among my statistical population. A professor who edited my paper -though she is not...

01 March 2021 3,052 3 View

What is involved in morphological changes of SEM images of a substance?

In the sem analysis of CaCO3 nanaoparticles, the morphology images showed spherical shaped particles but the proposed morphology for these type of nanoparticles is trigonal. I prepared the...

01 March 2021 1,960 4 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

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

How to assign different material properties to each element in Abaqus ?

Hello, I am writing a python script to generate my model and write the input file. The problem is I have 1000 elements in my mesh and I want to assign different material properties to each...

01 March 2021 9,511 3 View