{"id":33646,"date":"2019-03-03T10:41:46","date_gmt":"2019-03-03T10:41:46","guid":{"rendered":"\/forum\/forums\/topic\/how-to-vary-density-along-one-axis-in-ansys-workbench\/"},"modified":"2019-03-03T10:41:46","modified_gmt":"2019-03-03T10:41:46","slug":"how-to-vary-density-along-one-axis-in-ansys-workbench","status":"closed","type":"topic","link":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/forums\/topic\/how-to-vary-density-along-one-axis-in-ansys-workbench\/","title":{"rendered":"How to vary density along one axis in Ansys Workbench"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif;\">Hello,<\/span><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif;\">I have a model, a MDF (Medium-density fibreboard) plate in ANSYS workbench. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-size: 10.5pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; mso-fareast-font-family: ??; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: ZH-CN; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;\">As you can see, its density varies along the z direction (thickness direction).&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-size: 10.5pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; mso-fareast-font-family: ??; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: ZH-CN; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/us.v-cdn.net\/6032193\/uploads\/attachments\/f2c3fb25-41b6-4016-9b12-aa05009cd57a\/ff39b996-2948-4a95-8238-aa0500c781d4_dichteprofil.jpg?width=690&amp;upscale=false\" alt=\"\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif;\">I know I can divide the plate into some thinner plate with constant density but I use this plate for the transient analysis and the plate is covered with some (more than 10) absorptions layers. For each absorptions layer, there is an APDL-snippet to define the damping coefficient. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif;\">If I do so, the absorptions layers should also be divided into some thinner layers. It will be a complex model.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif;\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif;\">How can I vary the density?<\/span><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif;\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-size: 11.5pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; color: #3b3b3b; background: white;\">T<\/span><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif;\">hanks a lot!<\/span><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-size: 10.5pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; mso-fareast-font-family: ??; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: ZH-CN; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"template":"","class_list":["post-33646","topic","type-topic","status-closed","hentry"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t<!-- All in One SEO 4.9.10 - aioseo.com -->\n\t<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Hello, I have a model, a MDF (Medium-density fibreboard) plate in ANSYS workbench. 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