STATIC STRUCTURAL_PLANE STRAIN ANALYSIS

- October 24, 2020 at 7:52 pm
  
  konsmi
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  Hello,nI use Ansys static structul for a 2D plane strain analysis. Theoretically thickness in plane strain calculations is infinite. I would like to ask you, If I will apply a force to an edge, how Ansys converts the force to stress? Ansys uses internally a function, for example F/l*b, where F=force, l=length of the selected element and b= theoretical thickness?nIf Ansys indeed uses a function what is the thickness by default in plane strain analysis?nThank you in advance.n
- October 25, 2020 at 2:14 am
  
  peteroznewman
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  ANSYS will use a unit depth when applying a force to an edge. All plane strain analysis results are per unit depth.n
- October 25, 2020 at 9:35 am
  
  konsmi
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  Thank you very much for the quick response.nCould you explain further the meaning of unit depth? For example it depends on units? If I use a metric(m,kg,N) system then the unit depth by default in 2d plain strain analysis is 1m?nThank you in advance.nn
- September 28, 2022 at 8:35 am
  
  dpszenny
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  Could you possibly verify if the "default" depth of the unit in plane stress/plane is 1 unit (1m or 1 whatever), please? Thanks.