The following elements have been enhanced in this release:
COMBIN14 -- This spring-damper element now supports a preload defined via an initial length (real constant ILENGTH) or an initial force (real constant IFORCE) input. This preload is applicable to 2-D and 3-D springs only.
HF119 and HF120 -- New material property options are available for these high-frequency elements using the TB command. You can now specify frequency-dependent lossy dielectric properties (TB,HFFDLD) and anisotropic electric and magnetic loss tangents (TB,LSEM) in a TB table.
PLANE121 and PLANE230 -- A thickness input option (KEYOPT(3) =3) is now available for these electrostatic solid and electric solid elements.
TARGE169 and TARGE170 -- These target elements now support a new POINT target segment. This segment type can be defined on a rigid body where no predefined node exists and can be used to apply boundary conditions (point loads, displacement constraints, etc.) at that point. In addition, you can now use the KEYOPT(2) = 1 setting to apply boundary conditions on any rigid target nodes rather than only on the pilot node.
TARGE169, TARGE170, CONTA171, CONTA172, CONTA173, CONTA174 -- These contact and target elements now support a fluid pressure penetration load that models surrounding fluid or air penetrating into the contact interface. The load is applied via the SFE command. Additional input is supplied via the new KEYOPT(14) and two new real constants on the contact elements. KEYOPT(14) controls how the load is applied, and real constants PPCN and FPAT specify a pressure penetration criterion and a fluid penetration acting time.
TARGE170 -- This target element has a new option for shell-solid assemblies (KEYOPT(5) = 5) that improves the stress distribution at the shell-solid interface for this assembly type.
CONTA171, CONTA172, CONTA173, CONTA174, CONTA175, CONTA176, CONTA177, and CONTA178 -- These contact elements now support user-defined friction via the userfric subroutine.
LINK180 – This 3-D spar element now supports tension-only (cable) and compression-only (gap) options (specified via the third real constant). The element also offers new options (via KEYOPT(15)) for specifying the results file output; you can store averaged results at each section corner node (the default behavior), or you can store non-averaged results at each section integration point.
SHELL181, SHELL208, SHELL209, and SHELL281-- These structural and axisymmetric shell elements have a new nonlinear thickness-update algorithm that accounts for actual material properties. This option also improves convergence in general. You also have the option of using the legacy algorithm for thickness updating, which is based on preserving the element volume.
MPC184 -- The hysteretic friction capability for MPC184 joint elements has been removed in lieu of the Coulomb friction model.
BEAM188 -- This 3-D two-node beam element is used for analyzing slender to moderately stubby/thick beam structures. The element offers a new cubic option (KEYOPT(3) = 3) that uses cubic shape functions for all displacement and rotation degrees of freedom, and is capable of representing quadratically varying bending moments accurately. It offers superior accuracy over the linear (KEYOPT(3) = 0) or the quadratic (KEYOPT(3) = 2) options, particularly when higher-order element interpolations are desired. The element also offers new options (via KEYOPT(15)) for specifying the results file output; you can store averaged results at each section corner node (the default behavior), or you can store non-averaged results at each section-integration point.
BEAM189 -- This 3-D three-node beam element is also used for analyzing slender to moderately stubby/thick beam structures. The element now offers options (via KEYOPT(15)) for specifying the results file output. You can store averaged results at each section corner node (the default behavior), or you can store non-averaged results at each section integration point.
INTER192, INTER193, INTER194, INTER195 – Now by default, these elements are capable of both through-thickness and transverse-shear deformations (KEYOPT(2) = 1). Also by default, INTER193 and INTER194 adopt a full integration scheme (KEYOPT(4) = 2). The full-integration scheme and the inclusion of transverse-shear stiffness are generally required when the interfaces between the gasket and the mating parts are modeled as sliding contact.
PLANE223, SOLID226, and SOLID227 -- New material property options are available for these coupled-field elements using the TB and MP commands. Elastic properties (TB,ELASTIC) and structural damping (TB,SDAMP) are available for analyses with structural degrees of freedom. Electrical resistivities (MP,RSVX ) (also RSVY and RSVZ) are available for piezoelectric and thermal-piezoelectric analyses. These coupled-field elements now also support prestress effects in piezoelectric and structural-thermal analyses..
SHELL281 -- This eight-node shell element now offers an improved shell-formulation, activated via KEYOPT(2) = 1). Use this option for curved shell simulation, especially when thickness strain is significant or when material anisotropy in the thickness direction cannot be ignored. |