Surf 154 element
Surf 154 element
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Hello,
I am doing a mid surface analysis using shell181 element. I want to use surf 154 element also but i dont know how to use it or how to apply it to my model. Pls help
Is there any way to select the element type of our choice??
Thanks
I am doing a mid surface analysis using shell181 element. I want to use surf 154 element also but i dont know how to use it or how to apply it to my model. Pls help
Is there any way to select the element type of our choice??
Thanks





RE: Surf 154 element
surface load (force, pressure, ...) applied, SURF154 elements are used
automatically. You can check from solve.out which elements are used.
http://www.ansys.stuba.sk/html/elem_55/chapter4/ES...
RE: Surf 154 element
/clear,nostart
/prep7
/title, LINER DESIGN VERIFICATION
antype,static
r1=3250
t=880
r2=r1+t
p1=1.8699
!!!!!!
!!xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
!!xxxxxxx
ndiv1=5
ndiv2=30
et,1,plane183,,,2
et,2,surf153,,,2
mp,ex,1,26622
mp,nuxy,1,0
csys,1
k,1,r1
k,2,r2
k,3,r1,90
k,4,r2,90
l,1,2
l,3,4
l,1,3
l,2,4
al,1,4,2,3
lesize,1,,,ndiv1
lesize,3,,,ndiv2
mshkey,1
mshape,0,2d
amesh,1
csys,0
arsym,x,1,,,
arsym,y,1,2,1
nummrg,all
csys,1
type,2
*do,i,1,4*ndiv2
nnum1=node(r2,90/ndiv2*(i-1),0)
nnum2=node(r2,90/ndiv2*i,0)
e,nnum1,nnum2
*enddo