{"id":48422,"date":"2020-09-25T18:14:18","date_gmt":"2020-09-25T18:14:18","guid":{"rendered":"\/forum\/forums\/topic\/single-cable-simulation-using-link180-element-type\/"},"modified":"2020-09-25T18:14:18","modified_gmt":"2020-09-25T18:14:18","slug":"single-cable-simulation-using-link180-element-type","status":"closed","type":"topic","link":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/forums\/topic\/single-cable-simulation-using-link180-element-type\/","title":{"rendered":"Single cable simulation using LINK180 element type"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"Item-Body\">\n<div class=\"Message userContent\">\n<p>Hello,<\/p>\n<p>I tried modelling the cale strcture with Link180 elements. The cable is divided into 20 elements. I do the following steps to analyze the strcture<\/p>\n<p>1. From other resources, find the shape of the cable. Extract the coordinate of the cable and put it in the txt file. Format the txt file so that it follows the format of the ANSYS DM.<\/p>\n<p>2. In ANSYS DM, read the txt file and connect the line using the points. Assemble them as part.<\/p>\n<p>3. In the model &#8211;&gt; geometry, add APDL commands as in the figure<\/p>\n<div class=\"embedExternal embedImage\">\n<div class=\"embedExternal-content\">\n<a class=\"embedImage-link\" href=\"https:\/\/us.v-cdn.net\/6032193\/uploads\/CL4OOH2XKVSF\/apdl.png\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"embedImage-img\" src=\"https:\/\/us.v-cdn.net\/6032193\/uploads\/CL4OOH2XKVSF\/apdl.png\" alt=\"APDL.png\" \/><br \/>\n<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"template":"","class_list":["post-48422","topic","type-topic","status-closed","hentry"],"aioseo_notices":[],"acf":[],"custom_fields":[{"0":{"_bbp_old_topic_id":["20643"],"_bbp_old_topic_author_name_id":["Anonymous"],"_bbp_old_is_topic_anonymous_id":["false"],"_bbp_old_closed_status_id":["publish"],"_bbp_author_ip":["?b\b1"],"_bbp_old_sticky_status_id":["normal"],"_bbp_likes_count":["0"],"_btv_view_count":["4275"],"_bbp_subscription":["248030"],"_bbp_topic_status":["unanswered"],"_bbp_status":["publish"],"_bbp_topic_id":["48422"],"_bbp_forum_id":["27791"],"_bbp_engagement":["240","58821","173800"],"_bbp_voice_count":["3"],"_bbp_reply_count":["6"],"_bbp_last_reply_id":["128276"],"_bbp_last_active_id":["128276"],"_bbp_last_active_time":["2020-09-28 12:16:16"]},"test":"xiao"}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/topics\/48422","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\/48422\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=48422"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}