Hi,
I would like to mesh a "line body" inside a 3D-solid so that they have common nodes. Model a beam inside a mesh of tet or hex elements that is. How to do this in Patran?
Thanks.
Hello,
is there any FEM Software/System capable of:
1.meshing directionally reinforced composites with tetrahedrals or 8(20)-node bricks (and calculating elastic properties of every resulting element);
2.calculating the above structure;
3.analyzing the results in relation to composite...
Hi,
how can a cylindrical surface be programmed in Ansys APDL, in cylindrical coordinates? I try to assamble one with a,,,, command,from sectors, but no matter in how many sectors I divide it(2, 3, ...80) it throws an error "circle trying to span greater than 180 degrees" and fails to generate...
Hello, can anyone shed a light on what a lower-bound knockdown factor is (in context of structural design)? (or an "upper-bound factor" for that matter)