@JohnM , how do you run CCX with Pardiso? I'm struggling now with a big model that with spools refuse to solve, even if I have enough resources on my machine. I have downloaded the CCX 2.15 executables from CCX site, and for running with Pardiso the…
Victor, about the "cancel" button on the CCX solve window/new detailed window... should not give a warning that this will stop the simulation and not only close that window? I have stopped my simulations several times until I realize!
Even if Salome use Netgen, there are some tools not available on Netgen or Mecway for meshing. I agree that takes several steps to acomplish a simple task that could be done easily on a comercial program, but there is nothing better in the open sour…
There is an issue with the size of the model, probably due to bad scaling during import. I took a quick measurement between two oposite nodes and is about 39400 mm. Try rescaling the model in Mecway to get the right dimention.
Hi FOL, you can apply a specific stress-strain data leaving the component without material, and then define the *MATERIAL with *ELASTIC, *PLASTIC and then *SECTION cards using Custom Model Definition under CCX branch of the tree. Look in the CCX use…
Thanks for the explanation!. I use the sta file to follow long simulations (using an external application, Tail for Windows), it gives me an idea of how much has run and how the thing is being solved. I found easier to understand than the convergenc…
Usefull features as always Victor. Have tested constrain equation widget (really nice and visible, would be great something similar for rigid bodys and couplings), new element destination component, and move/copy with formulas and work ok. But the n…
Hi, this is how I would solve the problem, first using bonded contact for all, and in the case of trying to analyze more in deep the bolt behavieur I would add contact only in the blade to cd faces (still I would assume that during the normal use bo…
For the thermal expansion look in the material definition, is under the basic properties, young modulus and poisson. Then select the bolt component, change the selection mode to nodes and add a temperature below cero. Then go to the model tree and a…
Even if CCX solver has a specific PRELOAD card suited for this purposes, I'm still using the classical approach of adding thermal expansion coefficient to the bolt material and then apply a low temperature boundary condition to the bolt nodes to cre…
@Victor, have been working in another complex skid this week, and I decide to don´t delete (and not use for any component) the default one. Guess that was a good move as in this way I know exactly where new elements will be created (on the visible d…
I also like the idea, big software companies has implanted the idea that engineering can be done only with insannely expensive software tools, and for most of the cases can be done with free or affordable ones. My best wishes.
It takes less than one minute in a Xeon with 18 cores and 32 GB of ram (and ssd disk), maybe two on an old laptop with i5 and 6gb. In the Xeon I have a good Quadro vídeo card, but even that it cannot show the result plot at maximun resolution setted…
Hi, you can select all the nodes and then apply a cero displacement (three directions), to get all the elements fixed. But why you need to fix it all?
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Now my question to the experienced people of the forum...If I would has to analyze a chasis very like this one, with the objetives of the analysis being max displacement, stress (under steady load and lifting operations) and probably eigen modes
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I have made a quick analysis, the only issue is that you cannot use the Mecway internal solver as the mesh has triangle elements. Anyway CCX has solved without problems.
Hi Sebastien, this is your part meshed in Salome, the first pictures is meshed as it (element are unconnected at face's unions), and the second one is with a little of geometry treatment to get the full connected mesh