Getting Started

1) Geometry

Let us consider a cantilever with rectangle cross-section fixed on one end and loaded by pressure on the opposite end. The cantilever length in $x$-direction is $2$ meters, the width $y$-direction is $0.1$ meters and the height $z$-direction is $0.2$ meters. The geometry is defined by command

BLOCK, 1, 2, 0.1, 0.2

2) Material

is consider the hyperelastic Neo-Hookean with properties close to steel, defined by shear modulus $\mu =80GPa$ and bulk modulus $\kappa =200GPa$

MAT, 1, NEOHOOK, 80E9, 200E9  

3) Boundary Conditions

Let us fix the structure on the surface 1, which is the left one of the two surfaces in direction of global $x$-axis

DA, 1, 1, ALL, ALL

The second parameter fixes rotational dof's (degrees of freedom), whereas the first one fixes translational dof's.

4) Loading

Let us load the cantilever on surface 2, which is the right one of the two surfaces in direction of global $x$-axis by negative pressure $-480MPa$

SFA, 1, 2, -480E6

5) Element Type

The cantilever is going to be build of the linear brick BRICK24 elements.

ET, BRICK24

6) Mesh

The number of elements is $10$ in the cantilever direction, in the other directions let us set the number at $2$.

MESH, 1, 10, 2, 2

7) Final Script

The final script looks as follows:

BLOCK, 1, 2, 0.1, 0.2 
MAT, 1, NEOHOOK, 80E9, 200E9  
DA, 1, 1, ALL, ALL
SFA, 1, 2, -480E6
ET, BRICK24
MESH, 1, 10, 2, 2

The definition of our simulation is finished. Click on Submit to send script to calculation.

Note: Sequence of the commands in the script is irrelevant.