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Launching Individual Blocks for Calculation

The geometric model of the problem and the mesh are shown in the figure.

The size of the cubes is 10 m x 10 m x 10 m. The first cube is divided into 4 parts, each  of which has its own type of elements. The upper and lower edges are attached pressure: uniform compression.

Geometry creation

1. Create the first brick.

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

Select from the entire list of geometric primitives Brick.

Set the following parameters:

Click Apply.
2. Cut the brick into 4 parts.

On the command bar, select the module for constructing volume geometry (Mode - Geometry, Entity - Volume, Action - Webcut).

Select from the entire list of possible types of sections Coordinate Plane.

Set the following parameters:

Click Apply.

Do the same but in the ZX plane.

Click Apply.
3. The resulting brick are fused together.

On the command bar, select the module for constructing volume geometry (Mode - Geometry, Entity - Volume, Action — Imprint and Merge).

From the drop-down list, select Imprint/Merge Volumes.

Set the following parameters:

Click Apply.
4. Create a second brick.

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

Select from the entire list of geometric primitives Brick.

Set the following parameters:

Click Apply.
5. Move the second brick.

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

Select from the entire list of possible types of transformations Move.

Set the following parameters:

Click Apply.

Meshing

1. On the command bar, select the volume mesh module (Mode - Mesh, Entity - Volume, Action - Mesh).

Specify the following parameters:

Click Apply Scheme.

Click Mesh.
2.  On the command bar, select the volume mesh module (Mode - Mesh, Entity - Volume, Action - Mesh).

Specify the following parameters:

Click Apply Scheme.

Click Mesh.
3. On the command bar, select the volume mesh module (Mode - Mesh, Entity - Volume, Action - Intervals).

Click Apply Size.

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

Specify the degree of grinding of the mesh:

Click Apply Scheme.

Click Mesh.
5. On the command bar, select the volume mesh module (Mode - Mesh, Entity - Volume, Action - Mesh).

Specify the degree of grinding of the mesh:

Click Apply Scheme.

Click Mesh.

Setting the material and properties of blocks

1. Create the material.

In the command bar, select the module for specifying material properties (Mode — Material, Entity - Materials Management). Enter a name of the LinearMat material.

Drag the Isotropic Material label from the left column to the Properties column of the material. Set the following parameters:

Click Apply.

Close the Materials management window.

2. Create the first block.

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

Set the following parameters:

Click Apply.
3. Create a second block.

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

Set the following parameters:

Click Apply.
4. Create a third block.

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

Set the following parameters:

Click Apply.
5. Create a fourth block.

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

Set the following parameters:

Click Apply.
6. Create a fifth block.

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

Set the following parameters:

Click Apply.
7. Assign the material to the blocks.

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

Set the following parameters:

Click Apply.
8. Select the blocks that will participate in the calculation.

On the command bar, select the block management module (Mode- Blocks, Entity - Blocks to calculate).

Set the following parameters:

Click Apply.

Setting boundary conditions

1. Fix the left face in the X direction.

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 edge in the Y direction.

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

Set the following parameters:

Click Apply.
3. Fix the back face in the Z direction.

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

Set the following parameters:

Click Apply.

4. Apply pressure to the upper face.

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

Set the following parameters:

Click Apply.

Starting calculation

1. Specify the type of task that you want to solve.

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

Set the following settings:

Click Apply.
2. Set the solver parameters.

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

Set the following settings:

Click Apply.

Click Start Calculation.
2. In the window that opens, select the directory where 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", and there will also be the required values of eigenvalues and frequencies are derived.

Results analysis

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

2. Display the uy component of the displacement fields.

In the FidesysViewer window that appears, set the following parameters on the toolbar:

The model displays a field for the distribution of displacements along the Y axis.

Select a point (5, 5, -5) on the geometric model.

To quickly view the information in the selected point, click on the main Point Information panel.

The window that appears displays the components of the movements at the selected point.

3. Display the component σyy of the stress field.

On the toolbar, set the following parameters:

4. Display the component σMises of the stress field.

On the toolbar, set the following parameters:

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.

separate_block_calc