Maximum Normal Stress Criterion

Maximum Normal Stress Criterion...The maximum normal stress criterion also known as Coulomb’s criterion is based on the Maximum normal stress theory

Default Options - Plot - Static Study

SX: X Normal stress...SY: Y Normal stress...SZ: Z Normal stress TXY: Shear in Y direction on YZ plane TXZ:...

Default Options - Plot - Nonlinear Study

SX: X Normal stress...SY: Y Normal stress...SZ: Z Normal stress TXY: Shear in Y direction on YZ plane TXZ:...

Default Options - Plot - Drop Test Study

SX: X Normal stress...SY: Y Normal stress...SZ: Z Normal stress TXY: Shear in Y direction on YZ plane TXZ:...

Output of Linear Static Analysis

... reaction force EPSX = X Normal strain...EPSY = Y Normal strain...EPSZ = Z Normal strain GMXY = Shear ...

Contact/Friction Force

Normal and friction forces develop on faces of components with No Penetration, Shrink Fit and Virtual Wall contact types...Normal...This total force is the resultant of the Normal and Friction forces calculated at each node of the selected entities

Ply Angle

and the Z direction is normal to the ply surface...The green arrow is aligned normal to the surface stripes...The blue arrow is normal to the surface

Plotting Principal Stresses

The state of stresses at a point is completely defined by normal and shear stress components in reference to an orthogonal coordinate system XYZ...and the state of stresses is completely defined by 3 normal stress components...These 3 normal stress components are referred to as principal stresses

Strain Plot

EPSX: X Normal Strain...EPSY: Y Normal Strain...EPSZ: Z Normal Strain GMXY: Shear in Y Direction on YZ

Summary of Failure Criteria

... tensile and compressive strengths Maximum normal stress...normal and shear strengths of the composite.

Factor of Safety Wizard

... Mohr-Coulomb Stress criterion The Maximum Normal Stress criterion For options with composite shell...

Drop Test Setup

If you select a reference plane or planar face, the velocity is applied in the direction normal to the reference plane or the planar...select a reference plane or planar face, the gravity is applied in the direction normal to the reference plane or the planar face...Sets the stiffness per unit area normal to the impact plane

Specifying Directions

A reference plane (or a planar face) defines two directions in its plane and a normal...The normal is obvious...Similar to a reference plane, a planar face defines two directions in its plane and a normal

Analysis Procedure - Modal Time History

contains the normal modes...Equation 2) The normal modes and eigenvalues of the system are derived from the solution of the eigenvalue problem...Equation 5) The normal modes satisfy the orthogonality property, and the modal matrix...

Failure Criteria

Failure criteria normally predict the failure of a material subjected to multi-axial state of stresses...Maximum Normal Stress Criterion

Isotropic and Orthotropic Materials

the radial axis (2) is normal to the growth rings...If the angle between the X-axis of the selected reference geometry and the normal to the shell plane is larger than 45o, the program projects the X...If the angle between the X-axis of the selected reference geometry and the normal to the shell plane is less than 45o, the program projects the Y-axis...

Stress Plot

SX: X Normal Stress...Display results in ply direction on composite surfaces. (Available only when SX: X Normal Stress is the stress component...Display results in cross-ply direction on composite surfaces. (Available only when SY: Y Normal Stress is the stress component...

Conduction

Metals are better conductors than nonmetals at normal temperatures because they have free electrons that carry thermal energy...This figure shows range values for the thermal conductivity for liquids, nonmetallic solids, and pure metals at normal temperature and pressure

Performing Failure Analysis Using Mohr-Coulomb Stress Criterion

If you selected Max normal or Mohr-Coulomb criterion for a beam material, the software uses the tensile strength as the allowable stress...For the Max shear stress (Tresca), Max von Mises stress, and Max normal stress criteria...The Max stress in the model box shows the maximum normal stresses (1st and 2nd principal) in the model

Result Options

When selected, all the available normal modes participate in the dynamic solution...When selected, you can choose the normal modes you want to include in the dynamic solution...For linear dynamic studies only, under Mode Selection, select All modes to include all available normal modes in the solution

Solution_Accuracy_for_Dynamic_Analysis

...and loads and restraints. Number of normal modes considered in the solution. The highest frequency ...

Composite Laminate as an Orthotropic Material

...: Maximum von Mises Stress Maximum Shear Stress (Tresca) Mohr-Coulomb Stress Maximum Normal Stress

Nonlinear - Solution

a) Applied normal load on undeformed geometry...The load direction is updated, and remains normal to the deformed geometry for each...If checked, the direction of the applied load (uniform pressure, normal force, torque) is updated for every

List Stress

Lists the normal and shear stresses at the nodes of each element defined in Range...List normal and shear stresses

Nonlinear - Advanced Options

Sets stiffness singularity elimination factor (normal solution if set to 1; if less than 1.0, the program...If normal solution fails, trying a different value, for example 0, may help