Solution not converged, run continued at user's request in ansys apdl?

Why does my error file shows this warning message continuously but the solution is still going on? The error picture is attached

31 December 2017 4,188 1 View

What are the Constants of concrete of solid 65 element?

Hello, I want to use all the 9 constants of concrete for solid 65 . Where can get all the values for these parameters as the first four are always used so I have the idea about that but how the...

31 December 2017 5,593 3 View

How to rectify the error of too much element distortion in apdl?

I'm performing the analysis of shear wall with foundation 76*27*16 inches and the wall of dimension 48*144*4 inches in apdl. When the displacement controlled lateral cyclic loading is applied on...

31 December 2017 1,148 1 View

What could be the reason that the model takes more time to solve for nonlinear properties in apdl?

Hello, I am solving a RC wall model and I have observed that if I do the analysis for some time, then with only the linear properties, it is solved faster but as soon as I give a nonlinear...

31 December 2017 8,193 2 View

What can be done if there is local failure in model in apdl?

In my model during analysis, there is seen a local failure near the area where the load is applied so I tried using a load plate but it still doesnot work. 1. What can be done to rectify this ? 2....

11 December 2017 2,038 0 View

While modeling of RC shear wall that subjected to cyclic loading in ANSYS , analytical results differs from experimental results ?

I am working on a verification of RC shear wall subjected to cyclic loading using ANSYS APDL 14.50 but the results given by ansys are far different from that of the experimental results. - I used...

11 December 2017 3,551 2 View

How can I get reaction solution for by constrained nodes at every time step in ANSYS apdl?

I m performing analysis of shear wall which is constrained at the bottom and I have obtained the results. But in order to plot the reaction solution of the nodes at every time step, It has become...

11 December 2017 6,950 1 View

How do use bauschinger effect in ansys apdl?

I am applying a displacement controlled loading on a shear wall, I am using drucker prager parameters in the material properties, I want to capture the bauschinger effect. How can I do that in...

10 November 2017 9,458 2 View

How to integrate the reaction forces on all nodes in ansys apdl?

For a cantilever beam with point force at end, I have analysed by apdl and got different reaction forces at different nodes (at the fixed point). how to get the single value of reaction force?

07 August 2017 9,095 6 View

What is convergence depended upon in ansys apdl?

05 June 2017 6,971 0 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

What is the procedure to determine the permeability of concrete?

can anyone help me in this, it will help me with my research work

01 March 2021 834 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

Apart from Nanosilica and CNT's what are the other nanomaterials readily available to use in concrete mixture?

Nanotechnology in concrete materials

01 March 2021 3,379 3 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