{"id":37698,"date":"2019-09-15T13:19:36","date_gmt":"2019-09-15T13:19:36","guid":{"rendered":"\/forum\/forums\/topic\/bending-tests-simulation-3-points-and-4-points\/"},"modified":"2019-09-15T13:19:36","modified_gmt":"2019-09-15T13:19:36","slug":"bending-tests-simulation-3-points-and-4-points","status":"closed","type":"topic","link":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/forums\/topic\/bending-tests-simulation-3-points-and-4-points\/","title":{"rendered":"Bending tests simulation (3-points and 4-points)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Hi everybody,&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>I am trying to do a simulation for bending tests to the British standards as in the figure below on a composite stone specimen made up of 4 layers.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/us.v-cdn.net\/6032193\/uploads\/attachments\/b2d9221e-1985-4a59-8b24-aac900d64fa8\/21312c75-e970-4d1a-b8d0-aac900d8a688_bending-tests-to-bs-en.jpg?width=690&amp;upscale=false\" alt=\"\"><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>In both test methods the load is increased gradually at a rate of 0,25 MPa\/s until failure occurs and the supports and the loads are applied through steel rollers as shown in the above figure.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;\">I made the geometry of the specimen already on spaceClaim but I need some guidance on how to best represent the test boundary conditions in the simulation.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;\">Appreciate any advice or guidance on how to best simulate the experiments.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;\">Thanks.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"template":"","class_list":["post-37698","topic","type-topic","status-closed","hentry"],"aioseo_notices":[],"acf":[],"custom_fields":[{"0":{"_bbp_old_topic_id":["9876"],"_bbp_old_topic_author_name_id":["Anonymous"],"_bbp_old_is_topic_anonymous_id":["false"],"_bbp_old_closed_status_id":["publish"],"_bbp_author_ip":[null],"_bbp_old_sticky_status_id":["normal"],"_bbp_likes_count":["0"],"_btv_view_count":["607"],"_bbp_subscription":["242940"],"_bbp_topic_status":["unanswered"],"_bbp_status":["publish"],"_bbp_topic_id":["37698"],"_bbp_forum_id":["27791"],"_bbp_engagement":["240","168503"],"_bbp_voice_count":["2"],"_bbp_reply_count":["1"],"_bbp_last_reply_id":["94325"],"_bbp_last_active_id":["94325"],"_bbp_last_active_time":["2019-09-15 21:04:19"]},"test":"os91al"}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/topics\/37698","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/topics"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/topic"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/topics\/37698\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=37698"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}