Please guide me if you know how to create pressure (following load) in Feap 7.5. I use BLOCk command to creat a mesh for a 1/4tube (commands below). Now I would like to introduce internal pressure but it seem to be difficult because manual of Feap for this content is brief.
Thank you in advance.
NH Nguyen.
PARAmeter
ri = 4 ! Elements along 0X
si = 4 ! Elements along 0Y
ti = 6 ! Layer of elements
Ra = 1.1 !Outer Radius
a = 0.71 !inner radius
p = atan(1.) ! Pi/4
Rs = Ra*sin(0.5*p)
Rc = Ra*cos(0.5*p)
as = a*sin(0.5*p)
ac = a*cos(0.5*p)
th = 2 !thickness
! Blank termination record
BLOCk 1
CARTesian ri,si,ti ,1 ,1 ,1,10
1 a 0.0 0.0
2 Ra 0.0 0.0
3 0.701*Ra 0.701*Ra 0.0
4 0.701*a 0.701*a 0.0
5 a 0.0 th
6 Ra 0.0 th
7 0.701*Ra 0.701*Ra th
8 0.701*a 0.701*a th
14 Rc Rs 0.0
16 ac as 0.0
19 Rc Rs th
21 ac as th
! Blank termination record
BLOCk 2
CARTesian ri,si,ti , , ,1,10!
1 0.701*a 0.701*a 0.0
2 0.701*Ra 0.701*Ra 0.0
3 0.0 Ra 0.0
4 0.0 a 0.0
5 0.701*a 0.701*a th
6 0.701*Ra 0.701*Ra th
7 0.0 Ra th
8 0.0 a th
14 Rs Rc 0.0
16 as ac 0.0
19 Rs Rc th
21 as ac th
Follower Loads in FEAP
See the following example
http://www.ce.berkeley.edu/~sanjay/FEAP/Ifollow
Prof. Dr. Sanjay Govindjee
University of California, Berkeley
In reply to Follower Loads in FEAP by Sanjay Govindjee
Thank
Thank Prof. Dr. Sanjay Govindjee for your quick and helpful answer.
Best regards,
NH NGUYEN.