Hi, you can use the keypoint numbers for defining a line or an Area (instead of selecting).
/prep7
k,1,
k,2,1,
k,3,0,1
k,4,1,1
a,1,2,4,3
hope that helps.
Hi, that is easy. In ICEM there is possibility to export your mesh into Ansys, Abaqus or other programs.
There is also an advanced setting in ICEM that you can select the type of your mesh (solid187 or mesh200,…).
Hi, isfile is an undocumented command and it does not exist in Ansys help manual after v.10 but you can use the command.
This is an example which you can read the initial stress values at the center of elements from geost.ist file
isfile,read,geostr,ist,,0
regards
Jalil
Hi, I have two suggestions if you use win32 bit.
Firstly: check the compatibility of your windows with Ansys (right click on Ansys product Launcher- properties- compatibility) and change the compatibility to the highest version of windows. (At my computer is win 2000!)
Secondly: use the /gst,on...
Hi Dave, my suggestion is defining the job name too.
"C:\Program Files\Ansys Inc\V121\ANSYS\bin\WINX64
\ansys121" -b –j RUN1 -i RUN1.dat -o RUN1.out
regards
Jalil
Hi Amin, you have to save all results,
outres,all,all
the default command in Ansys, save only the results of last substep.
Hope that helps.
Regards
Jalil
Please check your contact elements. Maybe you have some nodes at you contact and target surfaces, which are merged with each other. You can cheek that with these commands:
Esel, s, type, , 2 ( contact element)
Nsle
Esln
eplot
Hi, MC material model is not available in Ansys. You can buy it from some companies as a user define material or implement that yourself.
Regards
Jalil
Hi, you can also try with:
finer element
lower value of FKN,
more substeps,
active the nropt, unsym
consider the deformation instead of the external load
hope that helps
Dear friends, I am modeling a soil mass using ANSYS classic v.11.
EDP material model were used for soil.
The initial stresses were defined by inistate command.
My problem is: the max deformation of model is too much (54 cm) and it is not true (the real value is zero or every small one).
The...