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modeling a composite using 'sections' in shell 181

modeling a composite using 'sections' in shell 181

modeling a composite using 'sections' in shell 181

(OP)
Hi,

I have a thin structure which I model using the shell181 element in Ansys. As long as I provide the thickness of the structure using the 'real' definition (just one layer), the results are fine. When I try to model the same structure as a composite using 2 layered sections, the results are very different (the displacements/strains are very small).  There is hardly any displacement as compared to the ones obtained using real definition.

I also try to model just one layer using sections instead of specifying thickness using 'real' command but still the results are not in accordance with what I get using the 'real' option to specify thickness. I am using keyopt3=2 option with sections, but of no help.

Would anyone have insights into this?

RE: modeling a composite using 'sections' in shell 181

Reetu
Could you post the code you're using to define your keyopts, real constants, and sections here?  Specifying a real constant at node i for thickness and a shell thickness in a section should yield identical results.  Without a little snippet of your code it's hard for onlookers to help.

-Brian

RE: modeling a composite using 'sections' in shell 181

(OP)
I am posting parts of the code that deal with specifying real and sections:

For the sections option:

et,1,shell181   
 KEYOPT,1,1,0
KEYOPT,1,3,2
KEYOPT,1,8,0
KEYOPT,1,9,0
KEYOPT,1,10,0  
MPTEMP,,,,,,,,  
MPTEMP,1,0
 
MPDATA,EX,1,,7e3  
MPDATA,PRXY,1,,0.4  
MPTEMP,,,,,,,,  
MPTEMP,1,0  
MPDATA,DENS,1,,1100e-6

MPTEMP,,,,,,,,  
MPTEMP,1,0  
MPDATA,EX,3,,.5e6
MPDATA,PRXY,3,,.4   
MPTEMP,,,,,,,,  
MPTEMP,1,0  
MPDATA,DENS,3,,1100e-6

!*    
!from bottom to top in +z direction of element coordinate system
!z axis points from bottom to  top in this case (for the elements, from face 1 to 2),
sect,1,shell,,  
secdata, .5,1,0.0,3
secoffset,MID   
seccontrol,3.8e5,3.8e5,3.8e5, , , ,
sect,2,shell,,  
secdata, 1.5,3,0.0,3
secoffset,MID   
seccontrol,1e5,1e5,1e5, , , ,

!The geometry is specified, which I am omitting
asel,s,,,1,3,2
AATT,       ,       ,   ,       ,2
alls
asel,s,,,4
AATT,      ,       ,  ,       ,1
alls


For the real option:

et,1,shell181   
 KEYOPT,1,1,0
KEYOPT,1,3,2
KEYOPT,1,8,0
KEYOPT,1,9,0
KEYOPT,1,10,0  
 
MPTEMP,,,,,,,,  
MPTEMP,1,0  
MPDATA,EX,1,,7.0e3 !g/mm-s2
MPDATA,PRXY,1,,0.4  
MPTEMP,,,,,,,,  
MPTEMP,1,0  
MPDATA,DENS,1,,1100e-6 !g/mm3   
R,1,0.5, , , , , ,   !thickness in mm   
RMORE,3.8e5,3.8e5,3.8e5, , , , !shear modulus  
!*  
MPTEMP,,,,,,,,  
MPTEMP,1,0  
MPDATA,EX,2,,0.5e6
MPDATA,PRXY,2,,.4   
MPTEMP,,,,,,,,  
MPTEMP,1,0  
MPDATA,DENS,2,,1100e-6  
R,2,1.5, , , , , ,   !thickness in mm
RMORE,1e5,1e5,1e5, , , ,
!geometry is being omitted

asel,s,,,1,3,2
AATT,    2   ,2       ,1   ,0       ,
alls
asel,s,,,4
AATT,      1,   1    , 1 ,   0    ,
alls

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks

RE: modeling a composite using 'sections' in shell 181

Why are you defining real constant 2 with a thickness of 1.5?  Shouldn't it be 1.0?  I'm not understanding your model well enough to know why material 2 and real 2 are being input.

-Brian

RE: modeling a composite using 'sections' in shell 181

(OP)
material 2 is for another part of the geometry. That mightnot be relevant here. However, I managed to solve the problem, the results are same as expected (from use of real and sections).

Thanks for the help. I appreciate it.
Thanks again

RE: modeling a composite using 'sections' in shell 181

reetu, could you please post how you managed to solve the problem?

Thanks!

RE: modeling a composite using 'sections' in shell 181

(OP)
Hi Saikin,

I had posted parts of the code above. The sections and real constants were assigned to the required areas. I had made an error while defining the density in one of the parts (i guess while defining sections). The density units were inconsistent (I have corrected it in the code pasted above), I modified it and it worked.

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