Thanks FEA way. That was my first attempt. The problem is that when I apply the pressure penetration load, the contact is lost between the pipes (because the pressure penetration separates them apart). Is there any way to enforce the contact to be maintained?
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Assume there is a small pipe and a large pipe. The small pipe is concentrically inside the large pipe but they are not in contact (i.e. gap between the outside of the small pipe and inside of the large pipe). The analysis goes through multiple steps causing each of these pipes to deform...
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We have been given a large dataset which includes the following data from an analysis done in another software:
- (x,y,z) of a large number of points in space (~1000s)
- For each point, an amplitude (with quite a small increment size) which is the time history of the applied pressure at...
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I've encountered an odd issue while using bending-only shell elements in explicit. Due to the requirements of a project, I have to use bending-only shells, however, they appear to provide reasonable results only if they are used in an implicit analysis. As shown below, using them in...
Hi Dave, this was done previously and all will yield the same results; i.e. if no extra effort is put in to resolve the issue, explicit will by default result in a much lower friction resistance than implicit (in this particular model I mean).
Thanks Dave and I think you're partly right. I also thought of this behaviour; so, I did two tests:
1. Applied the displacement more slowly
2. Applied the displacement uniformly to all the top blocks at the same time
In both case, the force was still notably lower than the implicit analysis...
Thank you FEA way. I'm still having problems containing ALLPW - It is not clear what causes high ALLPW in some models... Two questions from you:
1. You mentioned viscous forces could be output. I wonder could you somehow show interface damping forces as well? I'm trying to isolate the...
Thanks FEA way. After quite a few runs with different settings, I've started to better understand how the model behaves. As you correctly pointed out, the energy balance helps a lot in determining whether the results are reliable or not. In doing so I've noticed two issues which I'd like to...
Hi FEA way and thanks for your reply. Yes, I've been monitoring the energy balance and have noticed quite high ALLVD. I tried to reduce the Bulk Viscosity - by doing so ALLVD disappeared, however, the results got even worse. What I could see from the model is that, in the explicit analysis...