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FERNANDOFERNANDO
Thermal calculation: Temperature isoline graph. Temperature graph along a path.
Geotechnics: Possibility of introducing construction phases. An initial phase setting the displacements to zero and being able to transmit tension states and/or displacements to subsequent phases.

Comments

  • VictorVictor
    I've added your first request to here https://github.com/victorkemp/Mecway/issues/30

    Could you clarify the second one? Are parts of the model absent in some phases? If not, maybe the existing configurations can work for that? Those allow you to apply different sets of loads and constraints on the same model and solve each independently.
  • FERNANDOFERNANDO
    In a linear calculation where the model is maintained it could be valid. With respect to this, it would be useful to be able to obtain an envelope of results from different hypotheses.
    If the calculation is nonlinear, phase 2 should inherit stresses and deformations from phase 1.
    In the particular case of geotechnics, phase 1 is the current state with the own weight of the soils. In this phase 1, the displacements are usually initialized to 0.
    In cases of geotechnics, it is possible that there are elements that disappear and others that appear in different phases (for example, excavation and shoring). This possibility would be very interesting to emulate programs like PLAXIS.
  • FERNANDOFERNANDO
    Temperature and temperature isolines along a path are very useful for analyzing the behavior of a structure in the event of a fire.
  • FERNANDOFERNANDO
    In explicit calculations it would be interesting to represent well the case of elements that detach from the base, due to breakage of the material. Useful to simulate impacts or explosions.
  • FERNANDOFERNANDO
    It would be very useful to be able to represent variables calculated through a Python script in formulas.
  • GermanGerman
    From API reference:

    solution.set_variable(variable, values, time_step=None, mode=None)

    Fills a solution variable with values at nodes. If a variable with the same name already exists, it is overwritten, otherwise it is created. Any formulas are re-evaluated using the new values so you cannot change the values of a formula variable itself. Beware that other variables which depend on the one being set may or may not be updated to remain consistent.
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