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Degree path?
Don't know if you're still open to input on this but you have a couple of things to consider - i) where do you want to go to complete any studying and ii) is the subject matter available on a course at one of the chosen locations what you are looking for. Personally, I did a mechanical...- smegger61
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- Forum: Spacecraft engineering
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Use of Z Offsets in thermal analysis using NASTRAN or OPTISTRUCT
Does anyone have knowledge of an issue relating to the analysis of thermal loading and the use of zoffs in nastran? If so, do you know what is the optistruct position on this also? I have posted this query under the NASTRAN forums also and was asked for a little more detail so added the info...- smegger61
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- Forum: Altair: HyperWorks
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Use of Z Offsets in thermal analysis using NASTRAN or OPTISTRUCT
Basically, there has been a discussion where I'm working regarding the use of the ZOFFS on plates (CQUAD4/TRIA3) during thermal analysis runs using either NASTRAN or Optistruct. Does this type of analysis recognise and use the values or does it overlook them? Also, if they are present and the... -
Enforced diplacement problems
You may find that keeping the old run files such as *.xdb was preventing the overwriting re-run of the analysis working correctly as it can corrupt the new run. It's a good idea to delete (or rename/compress a file you may want to keep) previous run files before running the analysis deck again. -
Use of Z Offsets in thermal analysis using NASTRAN or OPTISTRUCT
Does anyone have knowledge of an issue relating to the analysis of thermal loading and the use of zoffs in nastran? If so, do you know what is the optistruct position on this also?
