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• If the geometry is simplistic, meaning that it is a basic retaining wall without any curves and/or funny geometry, you can then just model it using 2D using beam elements of unit length. With a little post processing you will be able to get the resu…

  in Modelling a Retaining Wall with a Soil Pressure Comment by Mishal August 2021
• The displacements just present the mode shape and have to relevance to any actual displacement. Normalized mode shapes can also be used as in an input to some of the transient solvers. Calculix does give the mass participations, this is be found in…

  in Modal Vibration 3D Comment by Mishal August 2021
• Hi Guys, Thanks for all the comments. The epoxy is used on a vibrating screen. I intend on taking measurements using an accelerometer at various locations and using this information to calibrate to a bolted connection and thus I can develop an em…

  in modelling of epoxy Comment by Mishal May 2021
• Hi gwillis Can you please show an image or a model as it is difficult to tell what you are aiming for. A cross shape for two bars would have 5 possible locations for bolting which of these should be free to rotate?

  in Using Calculix to model a rotatable joint Comment by Mishal April 2021
• Thanks for the comments guy!

  in Dealing with Geometry Comment by Mishal February 2021
• JohnM, thanks for your response. Are you guys generally using brick meshes or surface meshes? I am not sure about Solidworks and Inventor, but FreeCAD cannot create a midsurface from a 3D model. The fixing up of my models usually pertains to develop…

  in Dealing with Geometry Comment by Mishal January 2021
• Hi Sergio Out of curiosity why didn't you just use beam elements for the model, and design all the structural members and lugs using design codes?

  in Skid analysis using Mecway/Salome/Calculix Comment by Mishal December 2020
• A Bit expensive, but the below book is pretty good, works in-conjunction with design codes. https://www.amazon.com/Finite-Element-Design-Concrete-Structures-2nd/dp/0727741896

  in Concrete modelling to predict crushing in compression Comment by Mishal October 2020
• Hi Guys Just my opinion on the aspect of designing concrete, being a structural engineer. I previously did design work on coal pre-cast bunkers, in general we would model using beam and shell elements (without reinforcement), however design was n…

  in Concrete modelling to predict crushing in compression Comment by Mishal October 2020
• Thanks guys, appreciate the replies

  in Development of geometry Comment by Mishal August 2020
• Hi Jalal I have done something in the past which may help, it was for conveyor design. What I did was to develop a program in excel which created a .liml file (which is text readable). This file basically developed the entire model (including loadi…

  in custom beam section? Comment by Mishal June 2020
• Will there be a feature that allows one to view mass participation? If not, it would be nice to have such a feature

  in General query regarding Mecway capabilities Comment by Mishal February 2020