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Difference between Beam and Shell Model

Submitted by amitshah3333 on

Hello, I am trying to solve structural problem of loaded pipe structure in ANSYS.

I tried two method/way.

First I modelled pipe structure as BEAM element and defined the cross-section.

Secondly, I modelled the pipe structure as Shell element and defined thickness. 

Now during post-processing, I noticed very large deviation in shear force, axial force and bending moment (nearly 3 times more in BEAM model cmpr to SHELL model) 

Giant voltage-induced deformation in dielectric elastomers near the verge of snap-through instability

Submitted by Tiefeng Li on

     Dielectric elastomers are capable of large voltage-induced deformation, but achieving
such large deformation in practice has been a major challenge due to electromechanical
instability and electric breakdown. The complex nonlinear behavior suggests an important
opportunity: electromechanical instability can be harnessed to achieve giant voltage-induced
deformation. 

 

 

Expansion behavior of cellular solids

Submitted by Ahmad Rafsanjani on

The expansion behavior of cellular materials is especially attractive for potential applications such as design and development of bio-inspired adaptive materials since most of biological materials have a cellular microstructure at least at one of their hierarchical levels. Wood, bone, bamboo, ice plant and honeybee combs are examples of such natural materials.

 

ABQcaeG.exe has stooped working

Submitted by Borad M Barkachary on

Hello everyone



I have AMD FX 4100 Quade-core processor, 3.61 GHz, and 8 GB DDR3 RAM, I hav windwos 7 64bit  ultimate installed in it.



When i installed Abaqus 6.9.1 or 6.10.1, it shows ABQcaeG.exe has stooped working. I tried different operating system in my PC, it shows the same error. I am not able to figure out what may be the problem. I am expecting something may be done with registry value. But I am not sure.