I am looking to output orientation vectors of beam elements to either the ODB or FIL.
I have done this for shells using:
*OUTPUT, FIELD
*ELEMENT OUTPUT, DIRECTIONS=YES
SF
The local coordinate system shows up in the ODB in the fieldValue.localCoordSystem member. It also appears in the FIL...
Looking for some methods to perform a buckling analysis on a composite cylindrical panel (simply supported on all edges).
Most references for cylindrical shell buckling seem to implicitly assume a full cylinder.
Whitney (Structural Analysis of Anisotropic Plates) has a solution for a curved...
Is there any way in Nastran to apply geometric imperfections for a postbuckling analysis?
In Abaqus, you can use the *Imperfection command to point to a results file of a buckling eigenvalue analysis.
*Imperfection, file=buckle_results
1, 0.05
2, 0.05
.. (specify mode number and max...
Hello all,
I am looking to access the .FIL file instead of going through the .ODB. The Abaqus documentation says that each entry is 8 bytes long whether it's a string, float, or integer.
I am trying to used the struct module to convert the binary. I am unsure what format to use to read 8 byte...
All of the literature available I've found on random vibration fatigue assumes the existence of a stress response PSD. This is required for the many methods that estimate fatigue life of broadband vibration response (i.e. Dirlik).
The FEA package I use, applies the Normal Mode Method to...
