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Shell 99 on Ansys

Submitted by Stephen Davies on
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Hello.

 I'm attempting to model a thin composite laminate plate in ansys and
after searching this website and using the ansys help, I have chosen to
use shell 99. However when I load up the Ansys 8.0 software on the
university computers (I am a student), I can not seem to find the Shell
99 choice, or in fact any of the other possibilites, such as shell 91,
shell181, solid 46, or solid 191.

 Just wondering if anyone would know why this is the case, I'm
hoping that it;'s not because it's a university edition or something.

Shell 99 in Ansys

Submitted by Stephen Davies on

Hello.

 I'm attempting to model a thin composite laminate plate in ansys and after searching this website and using the ansys help, I have chosen to use shell 99. However when I load up the Ansys 8.0 software on the university computers (I am a student), I can not seem to find the Shell 99 choice, or in fact any of the other possibilites, such as shell 91, shell181, solid 46, or solid 191.

 Just wondering if anyone would know why this is the case, I'm hoping that it;'s not because it's a university edition or something.

 

Neo Hookean Model

Submitted by ViRuS on

I am modeling a RBC(red blood cell) membrane using shell181 element and
using neo hookean model. But when I try to solve it, it gives error. I
couldnt figure out the cause. Please help me.
This is my input file for creating the model.
/com,structural,,,
/clear,start,,,
/prep7,,,,
k,1,0,0,0.000000405
k,201,0,0,-0.000000405
k,2,0,0.00000005,4.06E-07
k,202,0,0.00000005,-4.06E-07
k,3,0,0.0000001,4.07E-07
k,203,0,0.0000001,-4.07E-07
k,4,0,0.00000015,4.10E-07
k,204,0,0.00000015,-4.10E-07
k,5,0,0.0000002,4.15E-07
k,205,0,0.0000002,-4.15E-07
k,6,0,0.00000025,4.20E-07
k,206,0,0.00000025,-4.20E-07
k,7,0,0.0000003,4.27E-07
k,207,0,0.0000003,-4.27E-07
k,8,0,0.00000035,4.34E-07
k,208,0,0.00000035,-4.34E-07
k,9,0,0.0000004,4.43E-07
k,209,0,0.0000004,-4.43E-07

Pressure on circular area of a semi-infinite plane: typos in textbooks "contact mechanics" "surface mechanics" "elasticity"

Submitted by Huapei Wan on

This is supposed to be a very classic analytical solution in applied elasticity. Forgive me if this is a repost or some correction has been made before. I had a hard time with it.

Problem statement:  uniform pressure is applied on cirular area (radius=r) on top of a semi-infinite plane. Find the vertical deflection.

We got discrepancy between FEA solution and analytical solution which I found from different textbooks (famous and non-famous): Deflection within the circle is good, however, no good outside the circle.