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Chapter 8: Analysis Setup: Setting Up Loading Conditions Formatting Models For Analysis
Chapter 8: Analysis Setup: Setting Up Loading Conditions Formatting Models For Analysis
*NODE
GRID 1 0.0 1.0 0.0 1, 0.0 , 1.0 , 0.0
GRID 2 0.0 0.0 0.0 2, 0.0 , 0.0 , 0.0
GRID 3 1.0 0.0 0.0 3, 1.0 , 0.0 , 0.0
*ELEMENT,TYPE=S4,ELSET=part_1
CQUAD4 1 1 1 2 3 4 1, 1, 2, 3, 4
CQUAD4 2 1 3 4 5 6 2, 3, 4, 5, 6
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• The selected template tells HyperMesh what solver the model is for
• The template also tells HyperMesh how entities are formatted for that solver
• Each entity may have several available formats for that solver
• Each format has fields that make up its definition
• These fields may need to have values entered by the user
PSOLID 2 1 0
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Right Click
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• Model Browser
• Right click a collector and select edit card
• View / edit the card image of the selected collector
• Solver Browser
• Displays solver-based cards in a tree format
• Uses organization & structure of the represented
solver
• Performs basic actions involving cards
• Create new cards
• Delete existing cards
• Edit attributes of existing cards
• Display controlled in the menu bar:
View > Browsers > HyperMesh > Solver
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• Summary panel
• Displays a text window with various types of information about the model
• Helps to review the model and make sure all information has been entered
properly
• FE Loading
• Loads (constraint, force, pressure, moment, Constraints
Forces
temperature, flux, velocity, acceleration)
• Equations (mathematical link between
nodes)
• Contacts
• Group (defines contact between entities) Pressures
• Contact Surfs (defines a list of entities that
can be used as master or slave in a group)
• Output Requests
• Loadsteps (combinations of load collectors)
• Output Blocks (request output from an Contact
analysis for certain entities) Surface
• Analysis page
• Analysis page is devoted to setting up analyses