ANSYS Workbench

[AminCE]

Hi

I am using ANSYS Workbench for modelling concrete beam. I have about 100 bodies in my model, and I should use commands to input the material properties to each body. When I grouped the bodies that have the same material properties, it gives me three groups. I would like to ask you: how can I assign the materiel properties to each group rather than each body via commands?

This model gives me 50 contacts between the bodies, and I would like to use Cohesive Zone Model to model the separation between the bodies so how can I input Cohesive Zone Model via commands without repeating it for each contact? because they have the same values and it takes a long time to input the properties if I input it for each one separately.

How can I see Crack pattern of concrete?

 

[Erik Panos Kostson]

This might be relevant: Link

 

[Petr Vymlatil]

Hi,
Cohesive Zone Model is intended for discrete crack modelling. Maybe you should use "smeared" model for concrete named "Drucker-Prager Concrete" (link to ANSYS HTML Help).

Regards


Petr Vymlatil (

http://www.designtec.info)

 

[AminCE]

Thank you Erik and Petr for your replying

@Erik I have 50 contractions, the method using in the video it's take so long. I would like to find an easy method to do it.
@Petr I cannot access to the link that you posted

 

[Petr Vymlatil]

Try to search for string "Drucker-Prager Concrete" in ANSYS Help (Mechanical APDL > Material Reference > 4. Nonlinear Material Properties > 4.9. Geomechanics)

Petr Vymlatil (

http://www.designtec.info)