real constants for link180

- February 8, 2019 at 3:52 am
  
  user deleted
  Subscriber
  
  Good day. I'm a newbie
  
  My problem is - create model prestressng fiberglass bar reinforcement in concrete.For easy learning, I started with a pull-out test. by this example:
  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5W4dgjj3dOw&t=181s
  
  but ansys 19 ver. are not supported real constants for link180, At what stage of the simulation do I need to enter the apdl code (sectype)? do you have any example of code
  
  Thank you
- February 8, 2019 at 10:15 am
  
  jj77
  Subscriber
  
  You can do it under sections and link (in apdl tree structure) or just do it via commands (below a link called TRUSS1 with area of 0.2 is defined).
  
  ET,1,LINK180
  KEYOPT,1,2,0
  KEYOPT,1,12,0
  
  SECTYPE,1,LINK, ,TRUSS1
  SECDATA,0.2,
  SECCONTROL,0,0
  
  for more info on these commands (sectype), see (copy paste that to your ansys help browser) :
  
  https://ansyshelp.ansys.com/account/secured?returnurl=/Views/Secured/corp/v192/ans_cmd/Hlp_C_SECTYPE.html?q=SECTYPE
  
  https://ansyshelp.ansys.com/account/secured?returnurl=/Views/Secured/corp/v192/ans_cmd/Hlp_C_SECDATA.html?q=SECDATA
  
  If you have many things going on (multiple sections), it is best to assign the attributes, and section, to the line that is going to be meshed with link180. The command to do that is LATT.
  
  https://ansyshelp.ansys.com/account/secured?returnurl=/Views/Secured/corp/v192/ans_cmd/Hlp_C_LATT.html?q=LATT
- February 9, 2019 at 4:38 am
  user deleted
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  KEYOPT,1,2,0
  KEYOPT,1,12,0
  
  What does this range mean?
  
  Need i'm GUI applyed this script to my reinforcement bar or is it automaticly, how it do?
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- February 9, 2019 at 7:17 am
  
  jj77
  Subscriber
  
  Just search and find this element in ansys help, and that will tell you what these key-options mean. This is a good exercise, since everyone using a software, at some point has to look up things in the help manual.
  
  As I said you can either do things in the GUI, or use the apdl commands, they are equivalent. When using the GUI in the end apdl commands are generated, so at the end of the day everything done in the GUI has an equivalent command.
  
  I would suggest that you do some tutorials, think uni. of alberta has some good one, just search for that on the internet. Good luck with everything.