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I am modeling a low-velocity impact with drop-weight in a composite plate using Abaqus Explicit. I am using S4R elements for the laminas and cohesive surfaces with SFM elements.
In this case (image below) I set an initial velocity to the bullet to have an impact energy of 12J, which is the initial value of the kinetic energy. Then during the impact, this kinetic energy should transform to internal energy, reaching it up to this 12J also, if I understand it correctly, and then fall again until it remains stable.
Does somebody know what could be the reason why the internal energy does not reach the 12J that I have established as the impact energy of the model?
Thank you!
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Other way is to change element type from C3D8R to C3D8 or S4R to S4 in impact region. In other words, change element type from reduced integration to full integration. But it is computationally most expensive.
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My friend is doing a folio for an assignment and needs information on this topic.
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You can read this paper on simulations of emergent behavior with a rich citation apparatus. Those interested about software used to simulate emergent behavior will find links in the paper.
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During the SCAPS-1D device simulation of perovskite solar cell, I have observed JV curves with tilted somehow. I cant understand why this type of behavior occur? Please guide.
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I hope you are doing well.
Well, your simulation result faces convergence error (if I am not wrong) due to improper band bending (there are other causes also). Please check the electron affinity, N_A, N_D, and E_g again.
Give the above-mentioned input as per the permissible range for each layer.
Simulating with a simple structure (with p-Perovskite/n-buffer) is a good practice, followed by adding the other layers. Then only you can find the issue. It will be better to find the cause of the issue in this way.
Another cause can be the interface defect.
If you are still facing the issue, please feel free to ask.
Sincerely Yours,
Santu
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Hello everyone,
I am currently conducting a stencil printing simulation using ABAQUS. The simulation needs to be performed in 20 different locations on the stencil, requiring a separate simulation for each of these locations. In my case, all components remain fixed, and only the location of the blade changes across these 20 locations. The simulation consists of seven steps. Throughout these 20 simulations, all conditions remain identical from the first step until the fifth step. However, after the fifth step, I change the blade's location in the sixth step and continue the simulation in the seventh step.
Given that the first five steps are the same in all simulations, I would like to explore if there is a way to execute these steps only once and then reuse or restart the results for the remaining 19 simulations. In other words, I aim to find a method that avoids repeating the first five steps in the subsequent simulations. Although I have attempted to utilize the restart option, it did not prove successful due to the blade's location change in the sixth step.
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You're correct that restarting simulations can save considerable computational time and resources if multiple simulations share common steps initially. Abaqus provides a restart feature that allows the restart of analysis from any previously completed step or increment in a preceding analysis.
As you are facing an issue due to the change in the blade's location in the sixth step, you need a solution that allows for the modification of your model (i.e., the blade's location) between the fifth and sixth steps, and yet still enables you to restart the simulation from the sixth step.
Abaqus allows for such model changes in a restart analysis, but there are restrictions on the kind of changes that can be made. Changes like modifications to boundary conditions, load magnitudes, or material properties are allowed in a typical restart analysis. However, changes to the model geometry or topology, like moving the blade in your case, are usually not allowed.
One possible workaround would be to model all 20 blade positions in your initial simulation but activate them in sequence in subsequent simulations. Here's how you might do that:
  1. In your base model, define 20 different blades, one for each location, but only activate the blade for the first location. Define this as a model instance and create a step that activates the first blade.
  2. In your subsequent simulations, you restart from the base model but activate a different blade in each simulation. In Abaqus, this can be done using the Model Change, Activate feature in a step.
Remember, this is just a workaround and may or may not be feasible, depending on the specifics of your simulation. You might also need to modify the workaround based on your requirements.
In conclusion, while Abaqus allows for certain modifications during a restart analysis, the changes you're trying to make might not be compatible with this feature. You might need to resort to alternative modelling techniques to achieve your goal. If you're still facing issues, I recommend contacting Abaqus support or consulting the Abaqus user manual or user community for more specific guidance.
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I am currently performing gasification of various biomass feedstocks using aspen plus for my final year research project. I am in need of a guide on how to optimally calculate and present the yield of hydrogen gas obtained from the gasification project. I have values of hydrogen gas already, I just require a valid guide on how to obtain the yield.
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Obtaining hydrogen yield from biomass gasification: The hydrogen yield from biomass gasification can be obtained through experimental measurements or by using simulation models. Experimentally, you can perform gasification tests under controlled conditions and measure the produced hydrogen gas. Alternatively, simulation models, such as thermodynamic equilibrium models or computational fluid dynamics (CFD) simulations, can be used to estimate the hydrogen yield. These models consider the chemical reactions involved in gasification and provide insights into the composition of the gas products, including hydrogen.
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I am simulating a hydrogen load with an electrolyzer, a PV system, and the grid.
I have been trying to simulate for a while now but no matter how small the hydrogen load and how big the pv system it always tells me that is unfeasible due to hydrogen unmet load. I would like the grid to supply most of the hydrogen production, but I still can't make it work
any suggestions?
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Recently, I have used HOMER Pro and I could not optimised on software. My system has:
1. Hydrogen Load: I add Kg/h
2. Power supply: Wind, solar and grid
3. Power storage: Battery energy storage system
4. Electrolyser
5. Converter
Can anyone help me pls.
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Greetings everyone,
Would anyone be able to suggest or know of software to model the dosage of UV received by a surface from a source object? For example, I would like to model how a cylindrical UV light bulb emitting UV-C at 254 nm at 4 W irradiates the surfaces in an enclosed, reflective space of various geometries.
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Hi Sebastian! Did u found proper software tool 4 your simulations?
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I modified the Autodyn user subroutine mdeos_user_1.f90, wrote a custom ideal state equation, and injected energy through a custom energy deposition subroutineSUBROUTINE EXSIE3 (DSIE).
  • Size :20mm*10mm*10mm
  • Material: Air
  • Boundary conditions :set the surface velocity to 0 , so the volume does not change
Compared with the simulation results without using subroutines, it can be judged whether the simulation results are correct.
The result is that the internal energy and the pressure change are consistent, but the temperature when use subroutine didn't change.So How to write a user equation of state subroutine to get the correct temperature results?
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The results are shown in the file.
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 SUBROUTINE SOLVE_EOS_USER_1 &    (P0    ,E0    ,ALPHA   ,DEN    ,DVV    ,DSIE   , &     Q     ,PP    ,EE    ,SOUND   ,IFAIL   ,IFSPHQ  , &     IF_SIMULTANEOUS   ,IFGAS   ,ARHO   ,BRHO   ,DADETA  ,DBDETA )    USE material    USE eos_user_1    USE wrapup    USE MATDEF      IMPLICIT NONE    INTEGER(INT1) :: IFAIL    INTEGER (INT4) :: IFSPHQ, IFLAG, IFGAS, IF_SIMULTANEOUS    REAL (REAL8)  :: ALPHA,  DEN,  DSIE,  DVV,   EE,   E0    REAL (REAL8)  ::   PP,   P0,   Q, SOUND,  ARHO,  BRHO    REAL (REAL8)  :: DADETA, DBDETA, EMU, BULK ,DDD    ! ************************************************************************      IF_SIMULTANEOUS = 1    EE=E0+DSIE-PP*DVV/DEN    PP=EE*(2.0/5.0)*DEN    SOUND=sqrt(1.4*PP/DEN)      DDD=SHCV      SHCV=717.599976    RETURN    END SUBROUTINE SOLVE_EOS_USER_1
 SUBROUTINE EXSIE3 (DSIE)    USE kindef    USE ijknow    USE locelm    USE material    USE matdef    USE cycvar         IMPLICIT NONE    REAL (REAL8)  ::  DSIE    DSIE=10000      RETURN   END SUBROUTINE EXSIE3 
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HI, LiTuan.I recently had the same problem as you.It would be an honour to communicate with you. I await your reply.Thank you. IF_SIMULTANEOUS = 1 should be correct and should not take the form equal to 0.But which literature did you refer to for the EE formula?
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I am trying to create a phase shifter like this figure in CST for the beam-steering antenna.
Please give me suggestions or references so that I can do this.
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Mostly, creating separate kinds of sub-arrays within the antenna with each of the sub-arrays controlled by the phase-shifter should work.
I hope this will help.
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I'm trying to simulate the crack behaviour in the fracture toughness test (CT sample) in ABAQUS using the XFEM crack mode. To simplify the condition, I implemented a uniaxial load. However, the crack seems to proceed to some extent, then rotates as observable in the attached image and propagates.
Changing the mesh size seemed not have an impact on the problem. Also, I moved the crack plan so that the crack tip is not on the node and is inside an element, but the problem persists.
Material properties are typical of Maraging steel (Maxps = 2100 MPa, damage evolution = 0.01).
Please tell me if any other information need to be presented.
Can anyone help me with this?
Bset,
Mohammad.
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There is an option in the Abaqus where you can scale the deformation. Usually, there are some irregularities in mesh or BC which are difficult to observe at a scale factor of 1. Just observe any output results but scale them, like 1000 times or higher to observe. I am attaching a Fig. for your reference to use a scale factor.
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I wanted to have a rough estimate on time it takes to get the complete thermal distributions of backbone Ramchandran angles of a given peptide size of 18. Is it possible to estimate the time before doing the Monte carlo simulations. In the attached paper they have mentioned it took 108 CPU hours with 30 cores for 200 milliion CPU steps for TRP cage 20 residue protein. With this info is it possible to estimate the wall time of the MC simulations of a given biomolecule ?
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In my opinion, that time will be sequence dependent, since not all the residues have the same regions available in the Ramachandran angles space. After all, Monte Carlo is a sampling methodology, and the "correct size" of a statistical sample is always system dependent.
When I use MC, I always run several independent samplings (using a different seed number for the random number generator). If the results are statistically equivalent (according to you accuracy criteria, system dependent again), I assume that the individual samplings are correct. In addition, you can average over the results of the independent samplings. I prefer this strategy, with several medium size independent samplings, to one individual very large sampling, where you may have become trapped in metastable states.
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Hello everyone,
I am a master's student and study energy engineering. Currently, I am working on a Heat recovery system in a simple house, and performing my simulation in Open Modelica. I want some help to resolve some errors.
If anyone wants to help me, please text me.
Hoping for a response.
Thanks & Regards
Ashish Kumar
#Modelica #Simuation
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Dear Kaushik Shandilya
Thanks for your response.
I am working on the Investigation of different Hydronic Systems for the Combination of a Heating System and a Buffer Tank. We use a simple house for this, But when we increase the tank size our boiler cycle did not reduce.
Here I attached my Modelica file for your reference. I hope you could provide me with a better solution. If any problem occurs to file please text me your mail id so I can also mail you my file.
Thanks in advance.
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What are the applications of digital twins in conjunction with artificial intelligence, Big Data Analytics and other Industry 4.0 technologies in creating simulations of digital models of complex macroprocesses?
The technology of digital twins is used, among other things, to simulate production, logistics processes in business entities, i.e. in the microeconomic field. The creation of digital twins for specific economic and financial processes carried out in economic entities supports the management of these entities. Computer simulations of e.g. production processes, offering of services, supply and procurement logistics, distribution logistics, marketing communication with customers, etc. save time and money, as possible errors in decisions generate much smaller negative effects if they are realised not within the framework of real processes and a kind of experimentation on a functioning enterprise, company, corporation, institution, etc., but within the framework of computer simulation. but within the framework of a computer simulation in which various alternative variants of the development of the economic and financial situation of a company are considered and compared with each other as forecasts of specific processes defined for the following days, weeks, months, quarters or years. Therefore, since the pandemic, many companies and enterprises in Poland have been investing in the creation of IT systems equipped with digital twin technologies, within which it is possible to create multi-criteria, multi-faceted, complex simulation models of specific economic and other processes realised within the company, and/or simulation of processes realised at the level of the company's relations with the environment, with business partners, customers, cooperators, etc.
On the other hand, the possibilities of creating simulations for macroprocesses, i.e. e.g. macroeconomic processes, natural processes, technological processes, geological processes, social processes, long-term climate change, cosmological processes, etc., through the use of digital twin technologies and also other Industry 4.0 technologies, including learning machines, deep learning, artificial intelligence, analytics carried out on Big Data Analytics platforms, are a matter of debate. Year on year, due to technological advances in ICT, including the use of new generations of microprocessors characterised by ever-increasing computing power, the possibilities for increasingly efficient, multi-criteria processing of large collections of data and information are growing. Artificial intelligence can be particularly useful in the field of selective and precise search for specific, defined types of information and data extracted from many selected types of websites and real-time transfer and processing of these data in database systems organised in cloud computing on Big Data Analytics platforms, which would be accessed by a system managing a built and updated model of a specific macro-process using digital twin technologies.
In view of the above, I address the following question to the esteemed community of scientists and researchers:
What are the applications of digital twins in conjunction with Artificial Intelligence, Big Data Analytics and other Industry 4.0 technologies for creating simulated digital models of complex macroprocesses?
What do you think about this topic?
What is your opinion on this subject?
Please respond,
I invite you all to discuss,
Thank you very much,
Warm regards,
Dariusz Prokopowicz
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The combination of digital twins with AI, Big Data Analytics, and other Industry 4.0 technologies has the potential to revolutionize the way we model and simulate complex macroprocesses. The applications of such technologies can range from predicting and optimizing macroeconomic outcomes to predicting and mitigating the impact of natural disasters. One potential application is in the field of climate modeling, where digital twins can be used to simulate the effects of various policy interventions and technological developments on long-term climate change. Another potential application is in the field of urban planning, where digital twins can be used to simulate the impact of various transportation and land-use policies on the environment and human well-being.
However, there are also ethical concerns that need to be addressed in the development and use of these technologies. For example, there may be unintended consequences or biases in the data used to train AI models, which could lead to inaccurate or unfair simulations. Additionally, the use of these technologies may exacerbate existing inequalities if they are only accessible to certain groups or if their implementation is not carefully planned and monitored. Therefore, it is important to consider the potential ethical implications of these technologies and to develop guidelines and best practices for their responsible use.
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Hello all, I am performing a tube Hydroforming process simulation with ABAQUS software. I know the Hydroforming process and how I should perform a metal tube Hydroforming simulation, but now, I want to do the tube hydroforming simulation for a carbon fiber tube. I want to consider the carbon fiber tube as a shell part. I don't know what kind of section I should select for this tube in the property module. Also, I have this problem in the mesh module namely, I don't know what kind of mesh is proper for a tube with the above material properties. I have attached some pictures below which show where I have a problem. Can anyone help me?
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I hope you are doing well.
Thank you for your answer. I am sure it will be helpful for me.
I will work on it.
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Can anyone help me on how to fix this error message in aspen plus "severe error while generating results for unit operations block: "fwh-8" in "fwhtrain" (model: "heatx") "fortran divide by zero encountered".
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Were you able to figure this out?
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some edges which are part of lossy conductor surfaces are the intersection of otherwise disjoint regions. these edges will be treated as infinitely thin PEC wires
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okk, I get your point, sir. thank you again for your answers. @Malcolm White
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Hi everyone
I have a tooling simulation .sta file format which looks like it is Abaqus file format. I don't know with which software it has been made but it contains object's mesh coordinates.
Now I want to use it with ANSYS and even conevrt it to more conventional formats like STEP.
Can anyone help me in this regard?
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You can import/open it in Altair Hyperworks.
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I am simulating the crimping of a stent in ABAQUS/Standard using a 3D deformable cylinder on which I impose a displacement in order to crimp the stent from an initial diameter of 2.5 mm to a final 1 mm.
After doing the simulation I'm interested in obtaining the radial strength. According to FDA, the radial strength is the pressure at which a stent experiences irrecoverable deformation. So the idea is to plot this pressure (y-axis) with respect to the strain or radial displacement(x-axis).
Do you have any suggestion?
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Hi, if you find the solution to your problem, would you please share it here?
I have the same issue too, I need to obtain the radial force.
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Hello to everyone!
I am trying to understand an electrostatic issue. The scenario is, that we have a plate capacitor filled with vacuum (d=10cm), where a thin dielectric sample is placed on the bottom plate (ε=10, 1x1cm2 and 0,5mm thick). The applied voltages are -400V @ bottom plate and 0V @ top plate.
I simulated the problem with ANSYS Maxwell. Firstly, I visualized the E-Field around the sample (1) and secondly the E-Field on the dielectric surface itself (2).
(1) As you can see on the images, the E-Field shows edge effects leading to a reduced E-Field magnitude around the edges of the sample (green-blue), while above the center of the sample it is increased (yellow-orange).
(2) Inversely, looking at the sample surface itself, we can see that the E-Field in the center is weaker (dark blue) than at the edges (light blue-green). So the other way around...
I understand that the dielectric weakens the initial E-Field in general due to induced polarization. But what could be the reason for the lateral differences in E-Field magnitude between the edge areas (higher magnitude) and the center (lower magnitude)?
Does an increased E-Field in the edge areas of the dielectric surface mean, that there are more surface charges?
Thank you in advance!
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I don't think this means more surfaces charges because the simulation can only show the electric field distribution rather than the charge distribution. Usually the stronger intensity at edges is caused by the concentration of electric field lines(or vectors).
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I would like to get your opinion about which open source tool is more reliable for battery aging simulation and performance evaluation? There are various open source tools such as PyBaMM or OpenFOAM. I would like to get advice upon your experience.
Thank you in advance!
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Hi,
You also have BLAST and, for this, the Battery Software Open Source Landscape, BOLD, GT-AUTOLION...
For more information about this subject, I suggest you see the links on the topic.
Best regards
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I simulate a periodic structure placed on a lossy, dispersive half-space whose relative permittivity is smaller than zero at some frequencies. Using CST 2020, I apply open boundary condition (without adding space) in the direction filled with the mentioned medium.
However, the simulation doesn't progress due to the errors. These errors are as follows:
1) "The Floquet port boundary at Zmin must be homogeneously filled with isotropic loss-free and non-dispersive material. For non-dispersive materials, please consider using the option to "Ignore losses" in the solver specials.".
2)"The Floquet port boundary at Zmin has negative material coefficients, which are not supported."
Curious to know the reason. Does it belong to the software limitations or sth?
Any suggestions or ideas are appreciated.
Thanks
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Thanks for your response dear
Libi Mol V.A
Yes I've used this technique to get the results. But, as I mentioned i want to know why Floquet ports can't model lossy (as well as dispersive) half-space medium without using the Open add space boundary condition (BC).
Because, by considering a quarter wavelength space between the medium and Floquet port (via using Open add space BC ), we don't model a half-space anymore. Accordingly, we can obtain results approximately by considering sufficient thickness for the lossy medium.
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I am doing research about human activity recognition in Smart home.
to create human activity dataset (ADL)
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i used openHAB : Gives DATAUSER Not DATASET
THNAK U Sir
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My question might sound bit silly. But, I am really curious to know what makes two GCMs differnt? We know, GCMs simulate past and future climate based on some assumptions. Regarding future, we can not comment anything, but when the task is to simulate past climate, why does the model output vary from each other? Can someone please elaborate on this with some examples?
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Search for and read "The Art and Science of Climate Model Tuning" in the Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society to gain an understanding of the complexity of forcing models to replicate some of the "essential" elements of the global climate
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I want to investigate the debonding behavior of the matrix-particle interface in a particulate composite with spherical particles in a two-dimensional matrix, using the Abaqus Dynamic Explicit solver.
I used General Contact (Explicit), with cohesive behavior and Johnson -cook damage formulation. However, stress concentration is occurred at matrix, and the stress is not transferred to the particles. Also, interface perpendicular to force direction is deboned very early. I think my interface definition is not correct, any help would be highly appreciated.
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To define debonding at the matrix-particle interface using the cohesive surface method in Abaqus, you can follow these steps:
  1. Create a surface or surfaces in your model that represent the interface between the matrix and the particles. These surfaces should be associated with the matrix material.
  2. In the Abaqus/CAE interface, go to the "Material" tab and select "Cohesive Surface" from the "Material Type" dropdown menu.
  3. Define the cohesive surface properties, such as the normal and tangential stiffness, normal and tangential strength, and debonding energy. These values should be determined based on the material properties of the matrix and the particles and the desired debonding behavior.
  4. Assign the cohesive surface material to the interface surfaces in your model.
  5. Run the simulation and monitor the debonding behavior at the matrix-particle interface. You may need to adjust the cohesive surface properties and re-run the simulation if the debonding behavior is not as desired.
Keep in mind that the cohesive surface method is just one approach to modeling debonding in particulate composites. Other methods, such as the cohesive element method, may also be used depending on the specific needs of your simulation.
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I have simulated a DC-DC converter with a switching frequency of 10 kHz. I need to obtain the averaged values of the measured signals like capacitor voltage and inductor current by filtering the switching measurements. I've tried using the Simulink "Mean" block with a frequency of 10kHz, but as can be seen in the following picture, it does not result in the averaged signal, which should be a straight dc signal(the red curve) as the converter is in steady state. Can you provide a reference that introduces a systematic way to obtain the average value of a switching waveform?
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You can use a real pole with the following transfer function:
H(s)=1/( 1 + s/w0) )
where w0=2*pi*f0, and make f0 = ( 5~10)*10 kHz
If the "Mean" is a real pole (low pass filter), set the frequency to 50 ~ 100 kHz.
Good luck!
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I am studying membrane protein. I did an MD simulation using Desmond. My question is, what would be the maximum value of the C-alpha RMSD for the membrane protein?
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The maximum value of the C-alpha RMSD (root-mean-square deviation) for a membrane protein cannot be determined without specific information about the protein and the simulation conditions. The RMSD is a measure of the average deviation of the protein's atoms from their positions in a reference structure, so the maximum value will depend on the reference structure used, the length of the simulation, and other factors. In general, longer simulations and more flexible proteins are likely to result in higher RMSD values.
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Hello my dear researchers
I use the elast package in wien2k and castep/materials studio to calculate the elastic constants of solids. I have a material with cubic structure, I make it a 2x1x1 supercell, so it becomes like tetragonal. My question is: to calculate the elastic constants, should I use the commands for cubic structure (C_set_elast_lapw) or those for tetragonal structure (T_set_elast_lapw).
And thanks in advance.
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Calculate them for both cubic and tetragonal then compare the results with literatures
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The selection accuracy in genomic selection (GS) is often calculated as correlation between true genetic value and estimated breeding value. Is it possible to have negative values as selection accuracy? Ideally in a normal correlation, the coefficient ranges from -1 to 1. in GS we expect high selection accuracy, is it not weird to have negative correlation values? What could have responsible for the negative?
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Moshood Bakare, perhaps it looks like your guess might be valid for saying "weird to have negative correlation ... between true genetic value and estimated breeding value"
because of this link info
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I am using -corr2data- to simulated raw data from a correlation matrix. However, some variables that I need should be binary. How can I convert?
Is it possible to convert higher amounts to 1 (and the other ones to 0) as the form to reach the same mean? How should I do it?
Is a way in R?
(I want to perform a GSEM on a correlation matrix)
(I know -faux- package in R. But my problem is that just some of [not all of] my variables are binary.)
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Maybe the attached is what you mean. David Booth
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Can any one sugget where should I found the DMA test results of pure epoxy. I need to find out the prony series from this DMA test results to define visco-elastic material property.
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I guess first of all you will need to know which epoxy resin do you have (DGEBA is very popular). Normally, epoxy resins are in liquid form and you can find in literature their rheological properties. In order to obtain a crosslinked material, epoxy resins precise a crosslinker (DDM is very popular). In this last case, you may find some viscoelastic properties in literature. So, in order to find the information you need, I suggest the following:
1) Find out which epoxy monomer do you have. For example: DGEBA.
2) Find out their rheological properties.
3) Find out which crosslinker do you use, or you are interested in. For example: DDM.
4) Search in literature for the viscoelastic properties of the system of interest. In the example, it should be DGEBA/DDM system.
Hope it helps!
Regards!
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I have been facing an issue with an impactor-composite tube simulation in Ls Dyna. I tried all possible solutions for a few days but I ended up in the same spot.....I think the issue lies in the contact definition....I have tried with several contact options during solving but I don't get a solution..when solving, it just stops abrupted...If someone could help to check the model it would be a huge help. I have attached the file in question.
best regards
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Thanks Yash for your answer,
I have tried that approach. Saving the file in others versions, such as 8, 9, 10 and 11, but the issue keep persisting. I also think it have to be some issue with the program, because I tried once again setting the simulation from scratch, and it run, but did not show any result (such as force, displacement, etc.) despite I set the database ASCII to do so....what I did was to update Database_ASCII again in my model, but this time the simulation again terminate halfway without any result.
Regarding to trying deleting the line number resulting in error, I will have to look into it a bit more to do so and see if it works, since I beginner in lsdyna.
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Greetings all the scientific mind!
Could you please suggests some ways/books/tutorials to learn Lammps from absolute beginning?
Could you suggests some best ways to learn lammps for a beginner's who have no coding / scripting knowledge of MD simulation?
Thanks in advance for your great suggestion, contribution & discussion.
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I hope that it will provide you with some basics regarding LAMMPS-based MD simulations [ https://lammpstutorials.github.io/ ]. Furthermore, there are some other directories available for the same. For carbon nanostructures, you can refer to the following papers:
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Hello all,
I would like to export to an excel file all the data that has been recorded in my records modules in different excel files or in the same one, but different sheets per replication. Would you have an idea on how to do so ?
Thank you in advance !
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Thank you, I really appreciate both thew questions and the answer. They are both important
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Hey everyone,
The authours of an article have been performed Molecular Dynamcis Simulations (MDS) using Amber and they extracted different conformations (31 conf.), and it seems like Amber is not free. So instead I use Gromacs but I didn't know how to extract various conformation of my peptide. So is it even possible to do the same using Gromacs or not ? and how ?
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If for conformation you mean the peptide in a given 'shape', then you just have to look at your trajectory file and extract the frames which contain the geometry you are looking for.
Best
Nicola
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Presently I am attempting sequential gaussian simulation using SGeMS software. I have followed the steps as shown in various videos available online and also the user guide (Remy et. al., 2006). I have set a grid of 50x20x100 as per procedure and finally derived 50 realisations. Now, I want to retrieve the simulated data along with the grid point locations so that I can plot them in some different software.
I followed the steps of "object -> save project -> grid to save -> property to save -> csv format" and saved the file. However, when i open it, I get the simulated values of variable but not its XYZ coordinates. I have attempted multiple times unsuccessfully.
Can any one point out where am I missing the step?
TIA.
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Thank you Dr Robin for your prompt answer. However, my problem still persists. The reasons are:
1. My cell sizes are 2mx25mx5m in XYZ direction, hence even if I reshape my computation grid of 1x100000 to 50x20x100, I wont be able to assign the right XYZ coordinates to each centroid unless I know the sequence of numbering of centroids.
2. I don't know use of Python.
I wonder whether/why the software which takes input of cordinates in proper format with clearly defined X,Y,Z coordinates, does not deliver the output in similar fashion.
Thank you for your help anyway.
Best wishes
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Hi there!
I'm starting to model an urban simulation and I'm having a bit of a dilemma regarding what language to use. Have some experience in Netlogo and I'm starting to make a shift towards Repast, GAMA or MESA (geo-mesa), because it is recommended for large scale simulations.
Have been reading papers about which tool to use, but I need someone working on simulations to help me out.
Still, I have questions because:
1- The user base of MESA is scarce and i feel that dealing with issues will be dificult
2- So far i have only seen and read about limited research done in MESA. Specially, dealing with road network integrations. (move an agent along a network)
3- It seems that Netlogo is good for prototype, will not handle big data projects
Thanks in advance, and any pointers to courses or moocs would be great.
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I have used Anylogic for many years while considering it as a java Agent-baed environment. The java-based modeling framework is more easy and the running performance is also high.
I investigated the urban mobility system. I have developed more than five models with objectives. If you need help, do not hesitate to contact me.
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I want to create a sweep mesh on a uniform cross-section body as shown. But as can be seen, the mesh element are distorted on the face. I want to have control over the nodes of the elements so that better mesh quality can be achieved, like adding some specified points (shown by red points) for so some nodes fall on those location. How can I achieve a better mesh quality here? Thanks!
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Bidhan Pandey Can you share your CAD model?
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I have simulated a flow in Ansys FLUENT [Transient] and got around 3000 contours. Each contour for a timestep. I need to combine all those image frames to get an animated video.
I have tried to use online converters. But, since the number of frames is too much, uploading those to the cloud seems complicated. Could anyone please suggest any freeware to convert those image frames to video animation?
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Hi,
ffmpeg is your friend here. Googeling for 'ffmpeg image to video' or something like that produces a lot of material. This one, e.g., seems decent
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Dear all,
I have been doing research on the leak detection of pipelines for some time. I did the simulations with simcenter software. But unfortunately, I tried to detect the location of the leak using Kalman filter in different ways, but it is not possible. Is it possible to guide me? Is it possible to send me the MATLAB code so that I can try on my own water pipelines and simulations?
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Richard Fenner and Steve Mounce have done work using Kalman filters for leak detection in water distribution networks Seyed.
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After some time I got this error time ***ERROR: Process terminated by external request (SIGTERM or SIGINT received). in Abaqus 2017. How to remove this error and what is the way to restart the job from same STEP
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've found that I can handle the signal event using signal. signal(signal.SIGTERM, handler) but the thing is that it still interrupts the current execution and passes the control to handler.
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Most car-following models were developed on the basis of some theory, observational studies, or a combination of the two. Many researchers have also used machine-learning algorithms such as neural networks and deep-learning for modeling car-following behavior. But machine-learning approaches are sometimes criticized because they are black-box models.
Would you use a neural network / deep-learning car-following model in simulations for investigating crash behavior/emissions / autonomous/connected or general car-following behavior? Please share your opinion. Thanks.
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I have some experience with studying and developing ML based car-following models since I asked this question. One thing I notice is that most articles that propose ML/DL car-following models do not compare predicted trajectories with observed trajectories of acceleration, spacing, and jerk. Only a few studies show predicted trajectories of speed only. All of these studies report metrics such as RMSE, R^2, etc.
In my experience, even with small RMSE values, the predicted trajectories are not necessarily similar to the observed trajectories. Believing that a ML-based car-following model is sufficient for use after comparing RMSE only is therefore not a good approach. A detailed comparison between the theory-based and ML-based models is needed. That should include metrics like RMSE but also dynamic time warping (to compare time-series with time lag), and qualitative comparison between predicted trajectories.
Car-following models also need better fitness functions for calibration/training. Times of reaction and magnitude of acceleration are important aspects that are likely ignored in both conventional and ML based training approaches.
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Currently i am working on thermo-mechanical simulation of dissimilar welded materials in ABAQUS, during my work i am facing problem in simulating volumetric heat source in both the materials. After successfully applying the DFLUX, i am able to get the heat distribution in only one plate. Please, provide me some helpful suggestions.
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Dear Niraj Kumar,
You likely did something wrong somewhere, and your model needs to be checked. I can recommend you some tutorial videos, which I share their link below. You might find it useful.
Best wishes.
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Hello,
I'm trying to do a simulation on a simple 120mm piece. I defined a displacement of 1mm on one side and fixed the part on the other side. I have defined 50 substeps with large deflection on.
To plot the graph I've got the reaction force of the displacement and divide by the area of stress in y axis and I've got the dispacement divide by the lengh in x axis.
I only have the linear part of the graph and I don't know how to get the whole graph with the plastic region.
I appreciate any suggestion
Thank you for your help
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Hello, first, thank you all for the answers it helped me a lot and I finally found a way to simulate what I wanted, you where right about the displacement, it wasn't enough at first.
And my geometry looked more like the picture appload :
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Is there an index that includes the mixing index and pressure drop for micromixers?
For example, for heat exchangers and heat sinks, there is an index that includes heat transfer performance and hydraulic performance, which is presented below:
η=(Nu/Nub)/(f/fb)1/3
The purpose of these indexes is to create a general criterion to check the devices' overall performance and investigate the parameters' impact.
Is there an index that includes mixing performance and hydraulic performance for micromixers?
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Dear
Rani P Ramachandran
Thank you for your answer. I think mixing energy cost (MEC) is the index that I look for it.
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Hi there!
Do you know about PhoenixSim simulator learning tools and helps?
if so please help.
Best regards
Yasin Asadi
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Dear Yasin Asadi,
See some helpful references below:
How does Phoenix's fluid solver work:
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Here’s a small guide on how to install Phoenix Sim from scratch and update it to 6.0. I also point out how to install those extra models that are available.
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PhoenixSim: A simulator for physical-layer analysis of chip-scale photonic interconnection networks:
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I am simulating a welding process. Do I have to use merge nodes as well as the spot welding together?
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No you do not need to do this. If you merge the nodes the contact will lose its function.
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I can''t create any new report, not sure what i did.
I alredy try open old file and re-install HFSS, but i can only read reprort if i already create.
Can any one help me thanks
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Mohamed K. Emara Yes,I already finished the analyze. But when i click creat report there is nothing happen.
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I'm doing a LINAC simulation using the Monte Carlo code TOPAS. I've read somewhere that the NRC LINAC specifications are not propriety and are in the public domain, but I failed to find them.
Can someone point me in the right direction where I should look. I tried google patents, science direct and web of science but came up empty handed.
I've found this paper (https://doi.org/10.1118/1.1290714) with the geometrical specifications but for the same component it was given two different distances form central axes can someone help me understand it.
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
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The article mentioned only one distance 100 cm SSD.
What do you mean by other distance ? where does it mentioned?
Please let me know to be able for me helping you.
Regards,
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Hi,
Thank you for help.
How to make the scheduling process in CloudSim an environment for my reinforcement learning model ?
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Thank you for sharing the links and papers, I will use them to learn.
I appreciate your time and efforts
Best Regards,
Bashar
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Anybody knows how to change the density of materiel during a deformation process in a specific strain range, for example (when strain raise from 0.1 to 0.2) using VUMAT ABAQUS subroutine?
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Martin Veidt : Thank you for your comment, but there is no density dimension in the VUSDFLD subroutine nor Strain.
Based on what dimension density can be changed or assumed?
Can you please explain a bit specifically?
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I am New to MDS simulation which software will be open source and free tutorial available for beginners?
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Hi,
I have a little bit of MDS experience in 3 different software, so my opinion is based on these three:
1) Rich learning resources and analysis modules: Amber simulation engine
2) Beginner-friendly, good learning resources, and free: Gromacs
3) Pythonic and reasonable beginner-friendly but scarce analysis modules: OpenMM
In the case of Amber, the simulation engine is not free, while the rest of the resources are free, and its learning curve is steep. The various input files are difficult to understand in the beginning. However, Its analysis module contains almost everything. Plus, managing multiple trajectories/topologies during analysis is very easy.
Gromacs is easy to learn, however, the analysis module is not as rich compared to Amber. If you can somehow learn MDAnalysis (a python based MD analysis suite), then you can do almost everything required to analyze the trajectories.
For openMM, it is more suitable to develop and test new theories and force fields, however, you can run simulations using this.
There are other tools as well, like NAMD, CHARMm, etc but I don't have any experience in them, so I cannot comment.
Good luck.
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How can I import 2D sketches from CATIA into COMSOL Multiphysics?
The formats that COMSOL reads in 2D geometry are not available in CATIA.
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You can import your 2D model from CATIA software into AutoCAD software and write output DXF.
Good luck!
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I am using multi-agent for modeling Wireless Sensor Networks. Is there any omnet++ extension modules for multi-agent system?
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agent based modell climate change ecology and biology
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Hello,
I want to completly fold a flat sheet using an angluar force or torque, taking into consideration that :
  1. I should be using solid mechanics for the deformable sheet.
  2. the Folding process can be achieved directly, or through the interaction of external objects using contact pair.
  3. the geometry should be conserved as i need the both end to match.
  4. i need to retrieve the angle of deformation, i know that it possible to do it analytically using the coordinates of the center and the end of the sheet, but i want to know if there is an internal variable that can represent that.
the maximum folding angle that i can reach is 120° (strating initially from 180°), then the geometrical aspect of the sheet start to change.
Thank you in advance :)
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First you need to use large deformation non linearity, with linear elastic constitutive model. Setting your poisson ratio to 0 would probably help as well.
This paper uses a shell model see 5.1.:
For more info on large deformation in comsol
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I would like to create dynamically a bottleneck on Aimsum to replicate the consequences of a crash on traffic.
The scheme would be nominal cpacity -> capacity drop -> back to nominal capacity
Is it possible to do it ? If yes how ?
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Hi Thibault Charlottin,
In Aimsun do the following steps:
Projects -> New -> Traffic management -> traffic condition.
This will create a new tab under traffic management. Then you can specify the type of incident e.g., lane blockage, closure, speed change etc., with the ability to specify the duration, lane, location, length etc.
Once you provide this specification, go to your scenario (static, dynamic etc. the one you are working on ), and the 5th tab named strategies and conditions will now show you an option to add the incident you created in the previous step. Run the simulation, and it considers your desired effect.
Hope this helps :)
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We used the MEAM potential to investigate the melting and solidification process on a cube of a specific alloy. Heating to a temperature sufficiently above the melting point was performed at a rate of 1 K/ps and then kept at this temperature for 1 ns, and then cooled to room temperature at a rate of 1 K/ps.
We expected the final structure to be crystalline, but the resulting structure was utterly amorphous. We investigated similar conditions using the EAM potential, and the resulting structure was crystalline.
Can it be concluded that this potential is unsuitable for examining such processes? What is the cause?
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The size of your model (number of atoms) can also affect the ability to form a crystalline structure.
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I have some XRD data with me. i want to draw the crystal structure of the material. which software I can use for this purpose? can someone please help me
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You will first know the crystallographic model (CIF) of your XRD pattern. You can perform that by search&match software such as QualX (https://www.ba.ic.cnr.it/softwareic/qualxweb/) or by structural determination if you are sure that you have only one phase (GSASII or EXPO 2014 are good on that). Then you should refine the structure and then draw it.
I recommend you to choose depending on the kind of draw you want. All of them have many tutorials on youtube.
For example: for simple structures, I usually use the Diamond or Mercury. For interfaces I usually use Vesta.
I wish you fun and good luck! :)
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I'm currently modeling to plaques that are together, one is of a composite material and has ply orientation while the other is a simple mould with isotropic properties.
The type of element I'm using is C3D20T and the contact type I used is surface to surface with small sliding, frictionless, contact controls, hard contact and direct in normal behavior and zero tolerance specified. However, I get the following warning :
Solver problem. Zero pivot when processing D.O.F. 1 of 22 nodes. The nodes have been identified in node set WarnNodeSolvProbZeroPiv_1_1_1_1_1.
How can I solve it?
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Dear Brenda Gonzalez,
As Denis Benasciutti said, you get this error when you don’t use enough boundary conditions. I recommend checking this link for more info, especially the section 2.12 because it’s about your problem:
If you have problems simulating the composite or composite damage, it’ll be worth it to check the links below:
I hope I could have helped you.
Bet luck.
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So there is a simple beam element on which I was experimenting, trying to find answers to the questions: What is the difference between body load on a constrained assembly (bolted onto a baseplate) and direct nodal load on the constrains? Is there any of these setups that is close to Large Mass Method?
I got some very interesting findings that need explanation. I bolded out the questions that need an answer. Please find the simulation details in the attached images!
Findings:
- Free-free setups have many orders of magnitude lower response to the same unit acceleration load than fixed-free setups. Is this explainable physically, or is it only a simulation gimmick because of mode participation factors (99.99...% factor for rigid-body mode)?
- Also, when nodal acceleration is applied, if rigid-body mode is included, the response is the same as when omitted. Why? (.f06 was checked and it really uses the selected modes) And also if rigid-body mode is omitted from the body acceleration load type, the response is the same (whereas, when rigid-body mode is included, I got unit response because rigid-body mode dominates). Why?
- Enforced acceleration on one end of the free-free beam resulted in a fixed-free modal response. So I'm guessing enforced motion works like a fixed constraint in the modal analysis, then in the Frequency Response it works like a load. Is this statement true?
- In the fixed-free setups, nodal and body load types resulted in similar responses at the eigenfrequencies, but showed differences elsewhere. Why? Also, nodal load goes to unit response at 0Hz while body load goes to 0 response at 0Hz. Why?
Sidenote: I also made a reference run with SOL108 Direct Freq. Response with the fixed-free nodal load setup without damping, and got of course similar result to SOL111 same setup.
Thank you if anyone can answer my questions! The 'Help' of NX was not very helpful :(
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In the optimization of gas turbine cycle, many researchers have used isentropic efficiency of gas turbine and air compressor as decision variables. Even I did the same. But recently while submitting a paper I got one comment from the reviewer which really made me think.
The reviewer comment:
"AC and GT isentropic efficiency are used as optimization parameters. Are these easily controllable metrics? The other metrics (pressure ratio and temperatures) are but I wonder about the isentropic efficiencies."
How should I justify?
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No isentropic efficiencies are not the optimization parameters; there is not much control and also not wide range of this efficiency. It depends on the design of the compressor and turbine. Rather you should treat them as external parameters and concentrate on heat exchanger efficiency (regenerator efficiency), maximum cycle temperature, two or three stage compression with intercooling, reheating point, pressure ratio, etc.
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I am currently working on a project that includes pencil geometry Cs-137 sources and lattice geometry. I try to obtain the voxel dose by using the f6 tally and my simulation was successful but my dose distribution is not looking homogeneous. Geometry and source to surface distance are symmetrically created. So, I should have homogeneous distributions. I used this source definition below. Is there anything wrong or can you advise me of a physics card in order to get more homogeneous dose distributions?
sdef pos=d4 par=2 rad=d1 ext=d2 axs=0 1 0 erg=0.662
c
c RADIAL DISTRIBUTION OF THE SOURCE
si1 0 0.5375
sp1 -21 1
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c VERTICAL DISTRIBUTION OF THE SOURCE
si2 -4.40 4.40
sp2 -21 0
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si4 L 7.2 -8.98825 0
7.2 0.00275 0
7.2 8.98925 0
sp4 D 1 1 1
phys:p 100 0 0 0 0 J 0
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Hi,
In any set-up, there are deep-seated areas where large relative errors are recorded after simulation; perhaps, this account for the observed inhomogeneity in your result.
Endeavour to reposition the source, redefine the source location in terms of (x, y, z) with the target distribution size or area in mind. Take note that homogenous distribution is short range, so locate your source close to your target area of interest.
I hope you find this suggestion useful.
Best regards,
Olaseni M. Bello.
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Also I want to know if I should measure before MD simulation or after that?
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In my problem, the plasmonic nanostructures are quite reflective.
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The results in the transmission monitor can be greater than 1 or less than 0 because of the following reasons.
  • Simulation auto-shutoff level is not small (i.e.>1e-5)
  • Simulation is terminating or finishing before reaching the auto-shutoff level (increase simulation time and making it large enough to make sure that the simulation runs until auto-shutoff level).
  • The nanostructures have high Q resonances which need small auto-shutoff levels (i.e. 1e-7 or smaller).
  • The source is too close to the nanostructure and the reflection from the nanostructures is interfering with the source that can result in the abnormal outcome in the transmission monitor. (Keep the source far away from the nanostructure. i.e. 1.5-2.5 um away from the nanostructure surface).
  • Use of standard stretched coordinate PML with maximum PML layers to avoid reflections from the PML layers. This works well for normal incidence but if you are simulating oblique angles then using steep angle PML instead of standard one.
  • Sometimes using too fine mesh sizing can also be problematic.
  • Use of broadband simulations
From my personal experience, 1D simulations are easier to work and troubleshoot as they don't take much time.
I hope this helps but if you have some specific problems or questions. You can mention in the question thread.
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hello.
I want to obtain a plot of the sputtering rate according to the angle of the sample with the incident angle of the ion beam fixed.
In this case, I think that should calculate using "Ions with specific energy/angle/depth (full cascade) using TRIM".
To do that, I need to create a TRIM.DAT.
However, a TRIM file can only contain information about the location and orientation of ions, not the sample.
Please advise on how to obtain the sputtering rate according to the angle of the sample.
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It is very easy to get phonon.txt file. You just run with detailed calculation with full damage cascade then you will find the option of phonons. On the left side of phonons there is a option of file which you can save to your computer and you get text file data phonons by ion and phonons by recoils with the depth. Hope you will able to do.
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Does anybody need to discuss steady state and/or dynamic process simulation using ASPEN HYSYS for research and/or industrial purposes?
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Benidir Abdelaali this HYSYS material resource would educate you more on the approach of deploying dynamic simulation in your power plant simulation using Aspen HYSYS: https://instruct.uwo.ca/engin-sc/cbe497/Doc/HYSYS/Dynamics.pdf
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Calibrating a mic-simulation model is a tricky subject and I am working on calibrating SUMO model parameters. When I examined the literature on this subject, I did not come across a customized calibration approach for certain types of road networks. I will be glad to communicate and share information with those who have knowledge on this subject.
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According to Rakha et al. (1996), calibration can be defined as the method of selecting the best set of model input parameters to address differences between the model’s default assumptions/conditions, and those actually observed locally (Rakha et al. 1996). Park and Schneeberger (2003) further suggest that traffic simulation software contains many default values, allowing the modeller access to modify variables and parameters; the authors prescribed that changes to simulation software set parameters for calibration purposes should be justified and defensible by the modeller, as ‘many of the parameters used in simulation models are difficult to measure in the field, yet they can have a substantial impact on the model’s performance’ (Park & Schneeberger 2003, p. 1).
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I am working to improve my IoT Platform. Everything is done and I can use the Raspberry Pi module to test my platform. On the Raspberry Pi, I run the gRPC/REST API microservices to send and receive messages through the IoT platform.
Then I would like to simulate multiple devices concurrently connecting to my IoT Platform for review
1. IoT Platform load capacity
2. Communication delay
3. Power consumption on device
Please suggest me an opensouce or some other method to implement this.
Best regards.
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Dear Ms. Elva Lara , Thank you for your reply. I will try this tool.
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Like protein metal predictor or simulation programs
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Are you looking for a software that predicts the binding mode/site between metals and protein? If that’s what you mean, molecular docking is what you are looking for. Here is an article that can help to get started. Hope this helps.
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Hello! I have a problem with a reformer kinetic implemented in Aspen Plus. I have a PFR reactor that need to be closed with a recycle. In this recycle there is a very small amount of H2 that invalidate the kinetic and gives me error, this is because in the reaction rate expression, some terms are divided for the partial pressure of H2, and therefor being so small, is like dive everything for zero and that is causing problem in the converge.