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Hi I am new to abaqus and was working on stress analysis of structure using gravity loads. I have represented hydraulic cylinders as beam elements(i dont know if that is the correct representation)and was extracting beam forces using *el print, SF. I was not able to find out what sign...

Hi All I am new to abaqus and wanted to know how to request spring forces in abaqus. I have 2 components connected by 3 stiff springs in XY and Z direction. i want to see what are the forces in those spring elements. I appreciate your inputs regards Jim

All I wanted to know why it is recommended to put a shell coat on solid elements? One possible reason could be that there is a degree of freedom mismatch if the FEA model includes shell-solid connections. Is there any other reason I appreciate your help thanks regards James

I am trying to create a model of a fiber-reinforced matrix material with tension-only fibers. I have tried using the SOLID65 element (concrete element); however, the tension-only option is not compatiable (at least using the cast-iron material options). Do you have a suggestion as to how to...

Hi I am doing a single point response analysis for a shell model and I observed that the damping doesnot affect the results at all. Can anyone provide some thoughts on why this is happening? thanks regards james

Can we create higher order elements by revolving. E.g creating 3-d elements by revolving 2-d elements. If so how to do that thanks regards james80

I am doing a cyclic symmetry modal analysis. I use cycphase to obtain the max disp at a node#10057. I observe that it is not returning the correct value. phase Ux Uy Uz Usum 0 -76.92 15.58 106.30 132.1337541 5 -65.73 13.32 90.83 112.9037296 10 -54.04 10.95 74.66 92.81444019...

If i have 4 local coordinate system. Is there a way to find out which nodes are associated with that coordinate system. E.G I have LCS_1 as the cylindrical coordinate system. I want to have a list of nodes that are refered to that coordinate system One way I was thinking was to renumber the...

Hi everyone, Is there a way to find out contact area between two bodies. thanks regards james

I am running a linear static analysis in ANSYS, simple support and 1 lb load. I am using PCG solver, when I checked the .stat file for "ratio", I see ratio = NAN Can anyone tell me what it means?? thanks james

hi, I am working on shell-solid contact analysis. I built a test model which consisted of a cylinder and reactangle the cylinder was meshed with solid185 while the rectangle with shell63 with thickness of 0.1 I setup the contact using MPC algorithm with always bonded type contact. In the first...

Is it possbile to animate a series of stress plots from a series of results files. I have 15 result files and I want to know if I can animate them.

I am working on multiobjective optimization problem for multistage spur gear reduction units. I trying to incorporate case depth or case hardness and core hardness into the constraint equation as two separate design variables or adding another constraint equation relating the two hardness...