×
INTELLIGENT WORK FORUMS
FOR ENGINEERING PROFESSIONALS

Log In

Come Join Us!

Are you an
Engineering professional?
Join Eng-Tips Forums!
  • Talk With Other Members
  • Be Notified Of Responses
    To Your Posts
  • Keyword Search
  • One-Click Access To Your
    Favorite Forums
  • Automated Signatures
    On Your Posts
  • Best Of All, It's Free!
  • Students Click Here

*Eng-Tips's functionality depends on members receiving e-mail. By joining you are opting in to receive e-mail.

Posting Guidelines

Promoting, selling, recruiting, coursework and thesis posting is forbidden.

Students Click Here

Jobs

how to choose an element type in ansys

how to choose an element type in ansys

how to choose an element type in ansys

(OP)
Pls am overwhelmed by the numerous element types available in ansys (FEA) software. what is the criteria and how do i get the best for modelling of a steel equal angle bar. Am really interested in why -the reason behind the choice- i shd choose a particular element not the answer

RE: how to choose an element type in ansys

Maybe you should visit the Ansys Forum.

BA

RE: how to choose an element type in ansys

That link did not work. Try thread569252688

BA

RE: how to choose an element type in ansys

That doesn't work either. Use the search function using "element type" and you should get a number of threads on the subject.

BA

RE: how to choose an element type in ansys

What do you want the element to model? Build up a series of example problems going from something extremely simple to about as far as you can go with manual calcs. Know what you want the results to be. Read the documentation to find out which elements seem to fit. Experiment with the program until you're satisfied that the elements and are doing what you want and settle on one that way.

I really don't think there is a substitute for that sort of approach.

BTW, this part of the process is worth a lot of time. I just assigned a small research project that should take about 150 hours. I gave him a series of mandatory verification problems that will probably take 50 of those.

Red Flag This Post

Please let us know here why this post is inappropriate. Reasons such as off-topic, duplicates, flames, illegal, vulgar, or students posting their homework.

Red Flag Submitted

Thank you for helping keep Eng-Tips Forums free from inappropriate posts.
The Eng-Tips staff will check this out and take appropriate action.

Reply To This Thread

Posting in the Eng-Tips forums is a member-only feature.

Click Here to join Eng-Tips and talk with other members!


Resources