!!! FEA D6: Dynamic analysis of a weightlifting bar !! Initial setup ! White canvas /RGB,INDEX,100,100,100,0 /RGB,INDEX,0,0,0,15 ! Define constant parameters ! Units: [N],[Nmm],[N/mm^2=MPa],[N/mm] ELAST=210E9 NU=0.3 RHO=7800 G=9.81 R=0.014 T=0.410826 D=0.4 L1=0.1 L2=0.4 L3=1.6 !! SETUP: element types, real constants, materials KEYW,PR_STRUC,1 ! Preferences / Structural /PREP7 ! Element type 1 ET,1,BEAM188 ! SECTYPE,1,BEAM,CSOLID,,0 SECOFFSET,CENT SECDATA,R ! Element type 2 ET,2,PLANE182 KEYOPT,2,3,3 R,1,T MPTEMP,1,0 MPDATA,EX,1,,ELAST MPDATA,PRXY,1,,NU MPTEMP,1,0 MPDATA,DENS,1,,RHO !! Modeling BLC4,0,0,L1,D BLC4,L1+L3,0,L1,D ! K,,0,D/2 K,,L1,D/2 K,,L1+L2,D/2 K,,L1+L3-L2,D/2 K,,L1+L3,D/2 K,,2*L1+L3,D/2 *DO,III,9,13 L,III,III+1 *ENDDO !! Meshing LESIZE,ALL,0.0125 AESIZE,ALL,0.0125 TYPE,1 LMESH,9,13 TYPE,2 AMESH,ALL ! NUMMRG,NODE,0.001, , ,LOW ! /ESHAPE,1 !! Definition of loads ! Loadstep 1 NSEL,S,LOC,Y,0 D,ALL,ALL,0 ! NSEL,S,LOC,X,L1+L3/2 D,ALL,UX,0 ALLSEL,ALL D,ALL,UZ,0 ACEL,0,G,0 FINISH !! Transient analysis /SOL ! ANTYPE,4 TRNOPT,FULL ANTYPE,4 NLGEOM,1 DELTIM,0.01,0.001,0.1 OUTRES,ALL,ALL AUTOTS,1 ALPHAD,6 BETAD,0.0002 TIME,0.2 KBC,0 SOLVE DDELE,ALL,UY ! Time step 1 TIME,1.0 DELTIM,0.002,0.0002,0.02 DK,11,UY,1.2 DK,12,UY,1.2 LSWRITE,1 ! Time step 2 TIME,1.3 DK,11,UY,0.9 DK,12,UY,0.9 LSWRITE,2 ! Time step 3 TIME,2.0 DK,11,UY,0.9 DK,12,UY,0.9 LSWRITE,3 ! Time step 4 TIME,3.0 DK,11,UY,1.5 DK,12,UY,1.5 LSWRITE,4 ! Time step 5 TIME,4.5 DK,11,UY,1.5 DK,12,UY,1.5 LSWRITE,5 ! Time step 6 TIME,5.0 DK,11,UY,1.4 DK,12,UY,1.4 LSWRITE,6 ! Time step 7 TIME,5.5 DK,11,UY,1.95 DK,12,UY,1.95 LSWRITE,7 ! Time step 8 TIME,6.5 DK,11,UY,1.95 DK,12,UY,1.95 LSWRITE,8 LSSOLVE,1,8,1, FINISH !! Post processing /POST26 NSOL,2,NODE(L1+L3/2,D/2,0),U,Y, UY_2, NSOL,3,NODE(L1+L3/2,D/2,0),V,Y, VY_3, NSOL,4,NODE(L1+L3/2,D/2,0),A,Y, AY_4, /XRANGE,0,6.5 /AXLAB,X,'t [s]' /AXLAB,Y,'uY [m]' PLVAR,2, ! Click here to view image /AXLAB,Y,'vY [m/s]' PLVAR,3, ! Click here to view image /AXLAB,Y,'aY [m/s^2]' PLVAR,4, ! Click here to view image