Linear Static Analysis: Calculates
displacements and stresses due to constant loads. Unlimited problem size and
extremely fast solution speeds.
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Natural Frequency and Mode shapes: Calculates natural frequencies and associated mode shapes. useful to find
resonance and also to find transient response. Automatic calculation of rigid body modes,
Sturm sequence check and stress stiffening.
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Linear Buckling: Estimates critical loads at which model becomes unstable. Supports stress
stiffening.
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Frequency Response: Calculates steady state (harmonic) response due to external
sinusoidal loads. Both magnitude and phase of external loads can be
functions of frequency. Accepts Rayleigh, Overall structural and Modal
dampings. Damping factor, structural damping or quality factor can be
specified as functions of frequency.
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Response Spectrum analysis finds the response
of a structure due to external loading such as earthquakes, wind loads etc.,
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Transient Dynamic: Calculates transient response due to dynamic loads. Supports both Direct
Time Integration and Mode Superposition methods. Accepts Rayleigh, Modal and Viscous
dampings.
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Heat Transfer: Supports both linear and nonlinear steady state and transient heat
transfer analyses. Radiation, Phase change, temperature dependent properties are some
types of nonlinearities.
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Nonlinear Structural: Supports Large deflections, Nonlinear materials and Contact
(including surface to surface contact) conditions.
Regular and Modified Newton Raphson, Updated and Total Lagrangian, Large rotations, Line search option
and Automatic time stepping. Corotational formulation of Beam element allows extremely large
rotations. An initially straight cantilever beam was deformed into a complete circle in
just four time steps.
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| Thermal Stress Analysis: Automatic transfer of temperature results from a heat transfer analysis to
structural analysis. Hence no special command is required to consider temperature effects
in a structural analysis. |
