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Chapter 1: Overview of Structural Analyses: Go To The Table of Contents For This Manual
Chapter 1: Overview of Structural Analyses: Go To The Table of Contents For This Manual
Static Analysis-Used to determine displacements, stresses, etc. under static loading conditions. Both linear
and nonlinear static analyses. Nonlinearities can include plasticity, stress stiffening, large deflection, large
strain, hyperelasticity, contact surfaces, and creep. Chapter 2 describes static analyses, and Chapter 8
describes nonlinearities.
Modal Analysis-Used to calculate the natural frequencies and mode shapes of a structure. Different mode
extraction methods are available. Chapter 3 describes modal analysis.
Transient Dynamic Analysis-Used to determine the response of a structure to arbitrarily time-varying loads.
All nonlinearities mentioned under Static Analysis above are allowed. Chapter 5 describes transient dynamic
analysis.
Spectrum Analysis-An extension of the modal analysis, used to calculate stresses and strains due to a
response spectrum or a PSD input (random vibrations). Chapter 6 describes spectrum analysis.
Buckling Analysis-Used to calculate the buckling loads and determine the buckling mode shape. Both linear
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(eigenvalue) buckling and nonlinear buckling analyses are possible, and are described in Chapter 7.
Explicit Dynamics Analysis-ANSYS provides an interface to the LS-DYNA explicit finite element program
and is used to calculate fast solutions for large deformation dynamics and complex contact problems. Chapter
14 describes explicit dynamics analysis.
In addition to the above analysis types, several special-purpose features are available:
Note-Explicit dynamics analysis can use only the explicit dynamics elements (LINK160, BEAM161,
SHELL163, SOLID164, COMBI165, MASS166, and LINK167).
Shape or
Category Element Name(s)
Characteristic
General LINK1, LINK8
Spars
Bilinear (Cable) LINK10
General
BEAM3, BEAM4
Tapered
BEAM54, BEAM44
Beams Plastic
BEAM23, BEAM24
Shear Deformable
BEAM188, BEAM189
Elasto-Plastic
General PIPE16, PIPE17, PIPE18
Pipes Immersed PIPE59
Plastic PIPE20, PIPE60
Quadrilateral PLANE42, PLANE82, PLANE182
Triangle PLANE2
Hyperelastic HYPER84, HYPER56, HYPER74
2-D Solids Viscoelastic VISCO88
Large Strain VISCO106, VISCO108
Harmonic PLANE83, PLANE25
p-Element PLANE145, PLANE146
Brick SOLID45, SOLID95, SOLID73, SOLID185
Tetrahedron SOLID92, SOLID72
Layered SOLID46
3-D Solids Anisotropic SOLID64, SOLID65
Hyperelastic HYPER86, HYPER58, HYPER158
Viscoelastic VISCO89
Large Strain VISCO107
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