The step types and their options available in Solvix are: Static Step Slip wear step Boundary displacement step Frequency step Buckle step Modal dynamics step Steady state dynamics step Dynamic step Heat transfer step Uncoupled temperature-displacement step Coupled temperature-displacement step Postscript One has to be careful when using the Default incrementation and amplitudes – incrementation…
Field output is used to create contour plots. Available options include: Node output Element output Contact output Default field outputs are created in each new step added to the model.
The Boundary Conditions ( BC ) sub-menu contains the following options: The following boundary condition types and settings are available: Fixed Displacement/Rotation Submodel Temperature Postscript Fixed boundary condition constrains all the available degrees of freedom (DOF). Displacement/rotation BC allows the user to select individual DOFs. The following options are available for each DOF: Keep in…
The Load sub-menu contains the following options: The types of loads and their options are listed below: Concentrated force Moment Uniform pressure Hydrostatic pressure Imported pressure Surface traction Normal shell edge load Gravity Centrifugal load Pre-tension Defined Field Defined fields are used to prescribe predefined values to the nodes. The types of predefined fields and…
The Analysis menu contains the following options: