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Reporting stress from FEA

Submitted by onkar bhise on

I have some doubts about reporting stress in FEA.

For a static analysis, if I am getting high surface stresses in a section, however stress is reducing throughout the thickness.

I checked for the membrane stress at that section & it is approx. 75% of the max. surface stress. However, sectional nodal average stress is approx. 45% of the max. stress.

Which stress should I report in such situation?Thanks.

Onkar 

 

 

CONTACT set up in irregular surface.-analysis in Ansys

Submitted by one on

Hi all, i am the final semester student in.Struc Mecha.For my final
project i have to model combine sheet pile with  FEM. i used ansys for
set up the model. Combination of AZ,HZ n RZ profile were developed
sheet pile. In my modelling i applied frictional contact to define all
the connection between two parts. When i run my calculation, it does
not converged when body get  contact. I was applied spring and small
load step in set up.but still does not work too..if anybody have any

Complementary Strain Energy - Non-linearity

Submitted by ramdas chennamsetti on

Hi all!

I read that the "cmplementary starin energy of a structure is not equal to sum of the complementary strain energies of it's components, if there is non-linearity like geometric"

That means for e.g. if I consider a truss stucture subjected to loading so that it undergoes geometric non-linearity, then the sum of the complementary strain energies from members is not equal to complementary strain energy of the structure.

 I request somebody to explain why is it so??

 Thanks and regards,

- Ramdas

thermal analysis of fin on ansys

Submitted by husnain raza sial on

salam to every one......

I am doing B.E mechanical and my final year project is related to thermal analysis of fin i have completed my first step that is first law analysis of thermodynamics. And i have achieve temperature profile on fin model.

Now i am stuck at second step that is ENTOPY AND EXERGY ANALYSIS(i.e second law of thermodynamics) ihad seached enough but ther is no feature like this. i am using follwing equation for calculatig entropy calculation

Entropy balance at node N