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How to model parabolic & trapezoidal steel (link180) inside 3d Solid65 element in ANSYS APDL?

Hello every one. I want to model trapezoidal and parabolic prestressing steel cable profile using link 180, inside 3D Solid65 element in ANSYS APDL. Also How can I arrest the DOF at the ends of...

01 January 2020 998 4 View

How to provide, "Target 170 & conta 174", between inerface of link and solid element, in ANSYS APDL?

I came to know how to provide, node coupling, merging and spring element techniques to give steel concrete bond interface. Can anyone explain breifly, how target 170 and contact 174 element are...

01 January 2020 1,426 1 View

What Bond slip model equations are used for prestressed (bonded &unbounded) concrete members in ANSYS ?

Hello everyone, I want to provide the bond slip effect at the interface of prestressing steel and surrounding concrete to post tensioned concrete member using COMBINE39 spring elements. Can...

01 January 2020 3,625 2 View

Modelling the concrete and prestressing steel contact interface (bond behaviour) for bonded and unbonded post tensioned concrte beam using ANSYS APDL?

Dear Sir/madam, While modelling the concrete and prestressing steel contact interface (bond behaviour) for bonded and unbonded post tensioned concrete beam model (concrete=Solid65, steel=link...

12 December 2019 9,068 1 View

How to apply prestrain to link180 element in ansys apdl V19?

HI EVERYONE, Actually i model prestressed concrete beam in ANSYS APDL V19. As i know that it's not possible to apply with GUI as that of old version ANSYS V12. So i given a "inistate" command...

07 July 2019 3,311 2 View

Force and displacement convergence values 0.001 and 0.01 regarding?

I am using ANSYS APDL, I need one clarification regarding the use of force and displacement convergent values, it has default values of 0.001&0.01. But what I seen in my problem is even when I...

07 July 2019 3,929 4 View

How to check stress in main steel at first crack, yield load and ultimate load in ANSYS APDL?

good morning everyone, i need your help once again, As i am analysing RCC Simply supported beam in ANSYS APDL. i run the model upto ultimate failure, now i want to check the stresses in steel bars...

06 June 2019 9,522 4 View

What are first, second & third cracks in ANSYS APDL?

Hi everyone, I am using ANSYS APDL for analizing rcc beam under static load. After analysing When I check for crack patter I seen that it has first, second and third cracks options available. What...

06 June 2019 6,938 5 View

How to model over reinforced section to check the failure mode?

i model a beam as Over Reinforced Section (ORS), Ast > Ast,lim), using solid65, link8 and solid45 in ANSYS APDL V12, used '"MISO" property to concrete (M20) for stress strain curve, to model...

06 June 2019 1,595 5 View

Can anyone plz suggest why my model do not converge after a few loadsteps which is probably near by the first crack load beyond which not converge y?

iam using ansys apdl 12 version and try to solve the RC Beam under four point loading system for nonlinear static analysis. my problem do not converge after the load value nearby the first crack...

04 April 2019 6,481 3 View

What is the concept of shear transfer open and close coefficient in ansys apdl and how it affects the load deflection behaviour of concrete & crack?

plz see the MS word file attached below and suggest your valuable answer plz.

04 April 2019 3,611 2 View

Good evening all of you, i need your help, can anyone help me how to do prestress analysis in ansys apdl ?

good evening all of you, i need your help, can anyone help me how to do prestress analysis in ansys apdl ?

09 September 2018 3,923 3 View

Regarding simulation in ansys apdl

I am trying non linear static analysis in ansys apdl but do it get the complete solution due to convergence problem. In most journals I referred found that the Shear transfer coefficient is taken...

01 January 1970 5,836 4 View