Is it possible to do cylindrical simulations using APDL?

James Derrick

Is it possible to do cylindrical simulations using APDL (or pyansys)?

And when I say cylindrical, I know you can do periodic simulations on a sector, but can you do it on a 2D mesh?

For example, suppose I wanted to model the axial compression of a cylinder of material, is it possible to model that in 2D with cylindrical, periodic, BCs?

I.e. infinite number of sectors.

Pernelle Marone-Hitz

Yes, this can be done by defining a 2D axisymmetric model. Axisymmetric elements are typically PLANE182 elements.

This page can help you to find the appropriate elements for an analysis:

https://ansyshelp.ansys.com/account/secured?returnurl=/Views/Secured/corp/v211/en/ans_elem/Hlp_E_CH3_Classifications.html?q=PLANE%20axisymmetric

This example should help:

https://ansyshelp.ansys.com/account/secured?returnurl=/Views/Secured/corp/v211/en/ans_vm/Hlp_V_VM181.html