Joseph Pace

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How do I display partitions in Abaqus results?

When a part is partitioned, you can see the line where the partition was created in the parts, assembly, and mesh modules. However, these lines where the part is partitioned are not visible in the...

26 May 2021 3,222 11 View

How do I properly mesh a partitioned volume in Abaqus?

I'm having trouble doing something I thought would be simple. I have a cube, and I want to partition a cylindrical section from that cube. I do that by creating a circular partition on one of the...

02 April 2020 7,390 3 View

How do I deal with getting multiple results for strain at a node in ANSYS?

I have a model that is composed of multiple bodies. There is a conformal mesh at the boundary between bodies, so the bodies share nodes at the boundary. I noticed though that when I export the...

05 April 2019 1,222 3 View

How can I define element orientation along a curved path in ANSYS?

I would like my x direction to follow a curved path since the material properties follow a curved path. For example, if I have a curved beam with fibers in the direction of the curve, I'd like to...

20 February 2019 1,079 1 View

How to incorporate thermal strains in nonlinear ANSYS model?

I want to use thermal strains to model expansion/contraction of a region in my model. However, thermal conditions make it impossible to use nonlinear adaptivity or to use the mesh convergence...

17 February 2019 9,773 1 View

How do I make several rows of elements that have equal size in ANSYS?

I would like to have a fine mesh at the edge of an area in an ANSYS APDL model. I want the elements to have the same size for several rows of elements in a direction normal to the edge of the...

02 August 2018 3,751 3 View