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A Python IDE (SciPylot)

Submitted by AkandIslam on

Those who have used Python for course works or for research purpose they can use our Python IDE named "SciPylot". It has more traits than any other currently available Python IDE's. Installation guide is added in docs. In near future it will be released under open source license, therefore you can use as your own and free to distribute it. Hoping you will love to do Python programming in "SciPylot" environment. This is compatible with Windows, Linux, and OS X.

How the abaqus calculate the energy ?

Submitted by liyanhua3544 on
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How the abaqus calculate the energy ? such as ALLSE  ALLCD  ALLKE......all the energy variables.

what is the eaxct  equations?

all the abaqus manuals hadn't say something about the equations to calculate the energy.

ANSYS Mechanical Thermal Analysis - Average Temperature

Submitted by noppawit on

I've a result from thermal transient analysis. The result shows the maximum and minimum temperature of 4cm * 4cm plate with thickness of 1 mm.

Since the temperature of that plate is not uniform, so I'd like to see the average temperature from overall plate. How can I do it?

Thank you.

ABAQUS - Beam, Plane Stress, and Plane Strain Element Compatibility

Submitted by jwshaffer on
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Hello,

 

I am working with a simulation of a thin component bonded to a thick
component in ABAQUS 6.7.  Here I utilize beam (B21) elements bonded to
plane strain elements (CPE4R) using a *TIE constraint, and another
simulation that uses plane stress elements (CPS4R) bonded to plane
strain elements (CPE4R) using a *TIE constraint.  In both cases the
plane strain elements represent the slave surface for the bonded
constraint.

Extrude a solid section

Submitted by Panos Efthymiadis on

Hi all,

       I am having some troubles with the extrude command in Abaqus cae. I have modeled my sample as a 2-D geometry and now I want to move to 3-D for the same section. But I am having trouble extruding my 2-D section. It seems to me very weird and far to complicated the extrusion process in abaqus for such a simple task...

Thank you,

          Panos

Discussion forum w.r.t. CONTACT software

Submitted by Edwin Vollebregt on

Herewith I announce to you that we created a discussion forum for topics related to our contact mechanics software on our website
www.kalkersoftware.org .
The idea is to facilitate discussions and information exchange between users,
and between users and developers.




As a start I initiated two topics:

 1) collect pointers to interesting information sources w.r.t. (rolling)
contact mechanics;

 2) discuss the possible extension of CONTACT w.r.t. more elaborate friction laws.

simulation of the resonance of a metal structure ansys 12.1

Submitted by charli1020 on

hello

is it possible to load (or simple harmonic ...) this structure to make it resonates and see the amplified strains.

What are the steps:

- I have already started extracting the natural frequencies (modal analysis I took 6 modes).

- I still have to apply a harmonic load F (t) = f 0 cos (alpha * t), I can not make this charge (I froze here)

- Instead it will force following the direction of the first response of the structure (the first nature-value) in the direction of the distortion along the + y axis (blue arrow)