Victor, VMH and Sergio
Thanks for the terrific response everybody.
Victor - I will post my liml and inp files below. I have cleared the solution data because the complete file is 1GB! It should show plastic strain data as peeq is in the inp fil…
Hi
I did use an isotropic bilinear hardening model from the plastic material type I also set the isotopic properties on the mechanical section eg E etc.
It still exhibits the above behaviour. I am missing something I think.
I would second these comments. I have used several very expensive FEA products and prefer Mecway especially for FEA work with fewer numbers of parts.
Most of our work is linear structural with glued joints. So far, the results match closely.
M…
Thanks Victor.
I looked around more on the solve space forum. There are several others who have had difficulty as you have in opening the step files. The users are requesting improvements to the step export. If you are happy, I will forward the re…
Yes i thought the ratios were crazy. This means that the paper is recommending various tet element sizes depending on the ratio of plate length to plate thickness eg for 50:1, an element size of 3 times the plate thickness is recommended. For 2000…
Thanks for this guys. I read the paper and then tried using one 10 node tet thru the thickness. The steel plate was 1000mm by1000mm by 2mm thick. I placed a single 10N load in the centre and used simple supports on two opposite sides.
With an eleme…
Thanks Victor
Is it possible (referring to your file) to provide an x displacement constraint at the end of the cable (i.e at x=10). This will give two fixed ends as well as a 1000 N cable pretension. If this was done, the final cable tension will…