Problem with real constant

bafalle · July 23, 2014, 10:59

Hello dear ANSYS users,

My name is Diogo and I'm modeling a cable-stayed bridge in Mechanical APDL with beam and cable elements. For that I'll be using beamm188 and link180 elements. At this time, I can already set Nodes, Elements, Materials, Types of elements, Sections, forces, and condition boundaries.

But the problem is that I don't understand how the real constants work and what are they for. I read in the help topics, googled, etc., but I still can't make this work.

Can someone please help me understand it?

Thanks in advance,
Diogo.

PS- After getting this done, I'll have to set the type of connections of a few nodes where I'll release some Degrees of Freedom.

bafalle · July 24, 2014, 11:32

I found that, for link180 elements, there's no need to give it a secdata. The real constant already asks for the area, assuming the elements as cylinders.

July 23, 2014, 10:59	Problem with real constant	#1
bafalle New Member Diogo Rebelo Join Date: Jun 2014 Posts: 5 Rep Power: 11	Hello dear ANSYS users, My name is Diogo and I'm modeling a cable-stayed bridge in Mechanical APDL with beam and cable elements. For that I'll be using beamm188 and link180 elements. At this time, I can already set Nodes, Elements, Materials, Types of elements, Sections, forces, and condition boundaries. But the problem is that I don't understand how the real constants work and what are they for. I read in the help topics, googled, etc., but I still can't make this work. Can someone please help me understand it? Thanks in advance, Diogo. PS- After getting this done, I'll have to set the type of connections of a few nodes where I'll release some Degrees of Freedom.

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July 24, 2014, 11:32		#2
bafalle New Member Diogo Rebelo Join Date: Jun 2014 Posts: 5 Rep Power: 11	I found that, for link180 elements, there's no need to give it a secdata. The real constant already asks for the area, assuming the elements as cylinders.