Hi all, I have an easy question that I'm sure most of you have an opinion on. Is ductily a word?
Can a beam fail ductily? Or does a beam fail in a ductile manner?
Hi all,
First off, I am new to LS-DYNA so any suggestions as to where to look for help are greatly appreciated.
Here's my question. I want to use the material MAT_108 (*MAT_ORTHO_ELASTIC_PLASTIC) for a 2D shell model (a heavily loaded precast wall). I put in all the parameters but, I just...
Hi all,
I want to preload my structure with a gravity load before applying a lateral earthquake load. I'm using a ramp function and applying the dead static load case.
When I look at the time history results, I do not see any effect of vertical load (but I do see horizontal if I put a lateral...