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Tension II

With this series of examples you can study a specimen under tension and see the effects of different number of elements through thickness and different materials. First example shows one element through thickness and plastic material. Download is available in the download section of this document.

Keywords

Keywords

This example has been taken from the introductory class of Prof. Dr. Ala Tabiei. Example name: tension2.k

The used Keywords in alphabetical order.

*BOUNDARY_PRESCRIBED_MOTION_SET
*BOUNDARY_SPC_NODE
*CONTROL_TERMINATION
*CONTROL_TIMESTEP
*DATABASE_BINARY_D3PLOT
*DATABASE_ELOUT
*DATABASE_HISTORY_SOLID_SET
*DATABASE_NODAL_FORCE_GROUP
*DATABASE_NODFOR
*DEFINE_CURVE
*ELEMENT_SOLID
*END
*KEYWORD
*MAT_PLASTIC_KINEMATIC
*NODE
*PART
*SECTION_SOLID
*SET_NODE_LIST
*SET_SOLID_LIST
*TITLE

Reduced Input

Reduced Input

This example has been taken from the introductory class of Prof. Dr. Ala Tabiei. Example name: tension2.k

*Node and *Element Cards are removed.

  *KEYWORD
  *TITLE
  Specimen Tension 3Elem through Thickness
  $ this example is used to demonstrate the effect of number of elements 
  $ through the thickness in tension, bending, and combined bending-tension
  $ units: mm, s, ton, N
  $ A. Tabiei, 3/3/98
  *CONTROL_TIMESTEP
      0.0000    0.9000  
  *CONTROL_TERMINATION
  0.0050E+00
  $---+----1----+----2----+----3----+----4----+----5----+----6----+----7----+----8
  *DATABASE_BINARY_D3PLOT
  0.0010E+00
  *DATABASE_NODAL_FORCE_GROUP
           6                                
  *DATABASE_HISTORY_SOLID_SET
           3
  *DATABASE_ELOUT
  0.0001E+00
  *DATABASE_NODFOR
  0.0001E+00
  $---+----1----+----2----+----3----+----4----+----5----+----6----+----7----+----8
  *MAT_Plastic_kinematic
          11 7.890E-09 2.100E+05 3.000E-01 4.400E+02 1.700E+03 1.000E+00 
  
  $---+----1----+----2----+----3----+----4----+----5----+----6----+----7----+----8
  *SECTION_SOLID      
           1         1         1                    
  *PART            
  Specimen    
           2         1        11   
  $---+----1----+----2----+----3----+----4----+----5----+----6----+----7----+----8
  *SET_NODE_LIST
  $ for prescribed displacement                             
           5 
         173       174       175       176       177       178       343       344
         347       349       351       353       529       530       533       535
         537       539       715       716       719       721       723       725
  *SET_NODE_LIST
  $ for constraint
           6 
          17        18        19        20        25        26       187       188
         191       193       195       197       373       374       377       379
         381       383       559       560       563       565       567       569
  $---+----1----+----2----+----3----+----4----+----5----+----6----+----7----+----8
  $ line of center nodes for load
  *SET_NODE_LIST                         
           2
         649       650       651       652       653       654
  $---+----1----+----2----+----3----+----4----+----5----+----6----+----7----+----8
  $ elements at center
  *SET_SOLID_LIST                          
           3 
         221       222       223       224       225       226
         227       228       229       230       371       372       373       374
         375       376       377       378       379       380       521       522
         523       524       525       526       527       528       529       530
  $---+----1----+----2----+----3----+----4----+----5----+----6----+----7----+----8
  *DEFINE_CURVE
          10
  0.00000000000000E+00 0.0000000000000E+00
  0.00500000000000E+00 10.000000000000E+00
  *BOUNDARY_PRESCRIBED_MOTION_SET
           5         1         2        10 1.000E-00
  $---+----1----+----2----+----3----+----4----+----5----+----6----+----7----+----8
  *BOUNDARY_SPC_NODE                                                              
  $---+----1----+----2----+----3----+----4----+----5----+----6----+----7----+----8
  *NODE
  $
  *ELEMENT_SOLID
  $
  *END

Figures

Figures

This example has been taken from the introductory class of Prof. Dr. Ala Tabiei. Example name: tension2.k

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Animated Result

Animated Result

This example has been taken from the introductory class of Prof. Dr. Ala Tabiei. Example name: tension2.k

Result

Download

Download

This example has been taken from the introductory class of Prof. Dr. Ala Tabiei. Example name: tension2.k