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how to apply a torsional moment to shell made up of composite in ANSYS

Submitted by firozahmed49 on

HI,
I am performing a non linear buckling analysis in ansys using shell 181 element. My geometry is made up of composite material and has a shell structure. The shell is subjected to torsion at one end so as to buckle throughout it length. the other end is fully constraint.
My problem is how to apply this torsional moment at the free end.
anybody please help me.

Hi, 

Cannot you apply an equivalent in-plane distribution of forces on the flat edge of the shell to get a resultant torsional moment? In Comsol it is apparently straightforward.

MH Babaei

 

 

Tue, 04/19/2011 - 13:31 Permalink