Prof. Dave Johnson, dhj1@psu.edu, Penn State - Erie, The Behrend College

PROBLEM WITH IMPROPER CONSTRAINTS

ANSYS/ED 5.7 Input Commands:

finish
/clear

/PREP7
et,1,PLANE82       ! 2D plane-stress higher-order solids

mp,ex,1,1e6        ! material properties
mp,prxy,1,0.25
mp,alpx,1,5e-6
TREF,20,

RECTNG,0,4,0,0.5,   ! define lower plate
RECTNG,0,4,1,1.5,   ! define upper plate
esize,0.125
amesh,all

DL,2, ,SYMM        ! symmetry on right edge
DL,6, ,SYMM

DK,1, , , ,0,ALL, ,   ! excessive constraint on lower plate


DK,5, , , ,0,UY, ,    ! minimal (proper) constraint on upper plate
FINISH

/SOLU
asel,s,,,1,1,1,1     ! assign temperatures to lower area
*GET,nmaxn,NODE,,NUM,MAX, , , ,
*DO,ii,1,nmaxn
yval = ny(ii)
tval = (400/0.5)*yval + 100
BF,ii,TEMP,tval
*enddo
asel,s,,,2,2,1,1     ! assign temperatures to upper area
*GET,nmax2,NODE,,NUM,MAX, , , ,
*DO,ii,nmaxn+1,nmax2
yval = ny(ii)-1
tval = (400/0.5)*yval + 100
BF,ii,TEMP,tval
*enddo
allsel
solve
FINISH

/pbc,u,,1
/pbf,temp,,1
eplot

/post1
plns,s,x
finish