fo2sh
Civil/Environmental
- Aug 18, 2008
- 5
Hi everyone
I am trying to simulate the process of excavation and backfilling with different backfill material. I created two sets of elements using the ELCOPY command and assigning each set the corresponding material properties. Then I deactivated the copied set which represents the backfill soil. After I tried to remove the elements which represent the excavation of the elements. Then I activated the copied elements.
What I observed that in the step where the original elements should be present not the copied ones some of them have stress values other elements in the same set are not existing. This looks weired to me because I did the activation of the element in a separate static general step after the deactivation where I deactivated all elements in the model.
If anyone has faced this problem before or know how to fix such mistake his help will be appreciated.
Thanks
I am trying to simulate the process of excavation and backfilling with different backfill material. I created two sets of elements using the ELCOPY command and assigning each set the corresponding material properties. Then I deactivated the copied set which represents the backfill soil. After I tried to remove the elements which represent the excavation of the elements. Then I activated the copied elements.
What I observed that in the step where the original elements should be present not the copied ones some of them have stress values other elements in the same set are not existing. This looks weired to me because I did the activation of the element in a separate static general step after the deactivation where I deactivated all elements in the model.
If anyone has faced this problem before or know how to fix such mistake his help will be appreciated.
Thanks