I assume you are doing a static analysis. Thermal stress should increase with increase temperature. I dont know how you are applying temperature on you model, but you should get maximum stress at the clamped area.
Having said that, make sure you have a decently good mesh, and you take reading...
Why dont you definie Anisotropic material for that specific volume? You can define properties in a 6 x 6 matrix in ANSYS. I dont how many elements you plan to use, but defining a matrix for each element is generally unrealistic.
Haris
1- This could be done in two steps.
a- Use VSYMM to generate a symmetric volume.
b- Use VGENN to move that volume to specific distance you want. When using VGENN, make sure you select 'move original volume' option, and NOT 'generate additional volumes'.
2- To select an area using...
Thanks for the reply. No, the actual geometry is going to be pretty complicated. Also, I tried making a separate volume within cylinder. It increases the number of elements significantly. With actual model, it will take forever to finish the simulation.
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I've recently started using Mechanica (wildfire 4.0) for prelimanary analyses, instead of ANSYS. Just to verify results, I am running a modal analysis on a cylinder to get displacement distribution along the length of the cylinder.
I get results, and they match my calculations. Now I...
