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Plot of Soil with Working under Pressure

In this example, the stress-strain state of a plate with hole, consisting of three layers of different materials. Attached to the top constant pressure over 12 steps, pressure acts on the edge of the hole, specified in the table.

Geometry creation

1. Create a rectangle.

On the command bar, select the module for constructing surface geometry (Mode - Geometry, Entity - Surface, Action - Create).

From the list of geometric primitives, select Rectangle.

Set the following parameters:

Click Apply.

2. Move the created rectangle.

On the command bar, select the module for constructing surface geometry (Mode - Geometry, Entity - Surface, Action - Transform).

From the list of possible transformations, select Move.

Set the following parameters:

Click Apply.

3. Create a circle with a radius of 70.

On the command bar, select the module for constructing surface geometry (Mode - Geometry, Entity - Surface, Action - Create).

From the list of geometric primitives, select Circle.

Set the following parameters:

Click Apply.

4. Subtract the circle from the rectangle.

On the command bar, select the module for constructing surface geometry (Mode - Geometry, Entity - Surface, Action - Boolean).

From the list of geometric primitives select Subtract.

Set the following parameters:

Click Apply.

5. Cut the surface into several pieces.

On the command bar, select the module for constructing surface geometry (Mode - Geometry, Entity - Surface, Action - Webcat).

From the list of geometric primitives select Coordinate Plane.

Set the following parameters:

Click Apply.

Set the following parameters:

Click Apply.

6. Splice surfaces.

Type the following command into the command line:

Meshing

1. Build a finite element mesh.

On the command bar, select the surface mesh module (Mode - Mesh, Entity - Surface, Action - Intervals).

From the list of actions, select Approximate Size.

Set the following parameters:

Click Apply Size.

Click Mesh.

Setting the material

1. Specify the material.

In the command bar, select the module for specifying material properties (Mode — Material, Entity — Materials Management).

1. Material Limestone:

2. Material Salt:

3. Material Angidrit:

Click Apply.

Close the Materials management window.

Setting the block properties

1. Create 1 block.

On the command bar, select the block management module (Mode — Blocks, Entity — Block, Action — Add).

Set the following parameters:

Click Apply.

2. Create 2 block.

Set the following parameters:

Click Apply.

3. Create 3 block.

Set the following parameters:

Click Apply.

4. Set parameters for block №1.

On the command bar, select the block management module (Mode - Blocks, Entity - Block, Action - Block properties/parameters).

Set the following parameters:

Click Apply.

5. Set parameters for block №2.

Set the following parameters:

Click Apply.

6. Set parameters for block №3.

Set the following parameters:

Click Apply.

Setting boundary conditions

1. Fix the left and right sides in X.

On the command panel, select the boundary conditions module (Mode - Boundary Conditions, Entity - Displacement, Action - Create).

Set the following parameters:

Click Apply.

2. Fix the bottom side in Y.

Set the following parameters:

Click Apply.

3. Apply pressure to curve 1.

On the command panel, select the boundary conditions module (Mode - Boundary Conditions, Entity - Pressure, Action - Create).

Set the following parameters:

Click Apply.

4. Apply pressure to curve 6.

Set the following parameters:

Click Apply.

5. Set up a tabular relationship for pressure.

On the command panel, select the module for specifying Dependency BC (Mode - BC Dependency).

In the BC Dependency window, select Pressure 2, go to the Table tab and fill in lines like this:

Click Apply.

Starting calculation

1. Set the type of problem you want to solve.

On the command bar, select the calculation settings module (Mode - Calculation Settings, Calculation Settings - Static, Static - General).

Set the following parameters:

Click Apply.

Click Start Calculation.

2. In the window that appears, select the directory in which the result will be saved, and enter the file name.

3. In the case of a successful calculation, the console displays the message: Calculation finished successfully at "date" "time".

Results analysis

1. Open the file with the results. There are three ways to do that.

The FidesysViewer window will appear, in which you can view the calculation results.

2. Display creep deformations for the model.

In the FidesysViewer window, on the toolbar, set the following options:

3. Display the Displacement on the model. Set the following options:

Using Console Interface

Geometry creating, meshing, setting boundary conditions and materials can be performed using the console interface. Below is a link to the program code that allows you to perform the steps described above manual, you only need to specify the full path and name.

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