Jiligeo,
Thank you for your response. I changed the "Frequency" of output results through "Sol'n Controls", which should be equal to "outres,all,all" command. I listed the displacements of a node and I only saw the results of the first step. I wonder where the results of other substeps go.
I have simulated a concrete column under axial load. After the analysis is finished, I can only see the very last status of the column (stresses, deformation etc.) but I wonder about the entire history of force-displacement. The load is applied in terms of monotonic displacement. I need to plot...
I am trying to simulate a concrete prism under compression. It's a 1" by 1" by 1" which is to be loaded axially. The concrete has a typical nonlinear stress-strain behavior i.e. an almost parabolic ascending portion and a linear descending branch (please see the attachment). I assume that since...
Concrete shrinks because of loss of it's moisture over time. If it's free, it shrinks easily and no stresses develop in it. When it's restrained, tensile stresses develop and cause crackings. I need to model this behavior through finite elements.
There is a block of concrete --lets say...
I have simulated a concrete deck laying on a simply supported steel beam. Some vertical loads are applied on the concrete beam. Both concrete and steel are modeled using 2D-solid elements. Surface-to-surface contact element is defined between deck and the beam--a very simple problem. I wonder...
For a W14x132:
A=38.8 in^2
Depth=14.7 in
I (i.e. I2)=1530 in^4
Substitution of these is the equations attached gives:
A(50)=A(-50)=0.974
A(30)=A(-30)=135.949
A(0)=9.4815
Note that we need to guess one of the variables, I guessed A(0) the way Ansys help recommends:
A(0)= depth x web thickness=...
Hi Ansysfreak
Under section "14.23. BEAM23-2-D Plastic Beam" there are five equations to be solved in order to find input Areas. In case of a W14x132 I get these, I am not sure if I understood the Ansys help properly though:
A(50)=A(-50)=0.974
A(30)=A(-30)=135.949
A(0)=9.4815
I didn't...
I wonder how to define real constants for Beam23 elements when "general section" is under consideration. I couldn't figure out what are those "area at -50 ...". How would you find those values for let's say a W14x132 section?
Thanks for the help
Sometimes I get rigid body motion issues in my contact problems even though the structures are statically stable. What I do is to review contact properties and status, applying small load or sometimes even a small value for friction. These might be helpful?
slumdogengineer and ansysfreak,
Merging nodes through NUMMRG does what I want! Also, "glue"ing the volumes before meshing them solves my problem.
Thank you guys!
Amin
Hello slumdogengineer,
Thank you very much for the tip, I really appreciate it. I actually wanted to avoid dividing the "source" into 5 regions. In that case, there will be 5 small blocks (then I would need to constrain coincident nodes, the thing I want to avoid). I was wondering how to mesh...
