Difficult to apply Symmetric Boundary Conditions on Mechanical APDL 18.2

- April 20, 2018 at 2:27 am
  
  rra23
  Subscriber
  
  Hello,
  
  I'm a new ANSYS user and I am getting some problem to replicate the tutorial below:
  
  https://confluence.cornell.edu/display/SIMULATION/ANSYS+-+Semi-monocoque+Shell
  
  Could someone give me some advice about it? I mean, I'm trying to replicate this tutorial and the results are not matching.
  
  - Could it be because of the element type I choose (SHELL281)?
  
  - Is it necessary to apply something else on the boundary coundition beyond the symmetric?
  
  - To apply the thickness are this, the commands: Main Menu --> Preprocessor --> Sections --> Shell --> Lay-up --> Add/edit --> And use section offset top-plane to the plate and midplane to the stiffener?
  
  Any advice about it is welcome!
- April 20, 2018 at 6:39 pm
  
  peteroznewman
  Subscriber
  
  Welcome new ANSYS user.
  
  Is there a reason you are learning Mechanical APDL user interface, which is more than 20 years old and not the Workbench user interface which was created closer to 10 years ago?
  
  My advice is to learn the Workbench interface first. You will get to model realistic geometry more easily in Workbench, especially if you have CAD skills. Do you have a CAD program you are good at? If not, you can start learning SpaceClaim, which is included in Workbench.

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