Problem with changing the SOLID187 to SOLID65 for concrete component

- June 21, 2018 at 6:52 am
  
  Joseph Lim
  Subscriber
  
  Dear community,
  
  I having a problem with changing the SOLID187 to SOLID65 for a concrete component.
  
  I had tried using the following command:
  
  et,matid,solid65
  
  MP,Ex,matid,1500
  
  MP,Prxy,matid,0.2
  
  MP,Dens,matid,2400e-9
  
  TB,concr,matid
  
  tbdata,1,0.3,1,0.304,4.27
  
  and then change Element Control to Manual.
  
  However, the command hasn't worked and an error occurs (Element type 1 is not the same shape as SOLID65). It shows SOLID187 is used in the solution information.
  
  Any advice on this problem?
  
  Thank you very much in advance for your help and time.
- June 21, 2018 at 1:00 pm
  
  sk_cheah
  Subscriber
  
  Hi Yong Tat,
  
  Specifying SOLID65 in the command snippet doesn't command Workbench to use lower order hexahedral elements. Firstly, in Mesh Details Defaults, specify Element Order as Linear to remove mid-side nodes.
  
  Secondly, If your geometry is sweep-able, try inserting a "Sweep Method" object and set the Free Face Mesh Type as All Quad. Otherwise you could try inserting "Hex Dominant Method" mesh object with Free Face Mesh Type as All Quad. The goal is to have only hex elements.
  
  Hopefully this helps
  
  .
  Kind regards,
  Jason
- June 21, 2018 at 2:27 pm
  
  peteroznewman
  Subscriber
  
  Hi Yong Tat,
  
  Another approach to concrete modeling is to use the SOLID187 or 185 elements with a Microplane material model. This is far superior to the SOLID65 and CONC models used in the past as described in the abstract attached to this comment.
  
  Kind regards,
  Peter
- July 2, 2018 at 10:20 am
  
  Ashish Kumar
  Forum Moderator
  
  Just an additional comment - Change the element control to Manual one from Program Controlled.
- July 3, 2018 at 5:47 am
  
  Joseph Lim
  Subscriber
  
  Hi Jason,
  
  Thank you so much for your help.
  
  Regards,
  
  Joseph
- July 3, 2018 at 5:47 am
  
  Joseph Lim
  Subscriber
  
  Hi Peter,
  
  Thank you so much for your suggestion.
  
  Regards,
  
  Joseph
- July 3, 2018 at 5:48 am
  
  Joseph Lim
  Subscriber
  
  Hi akhemka,
  
  Thanks for the additional suggestion.
  
  Regards,
  
  Joseph
- January 24, 2020 at 6:42 am
  
  SriVin
  Subscriber
  
  where is do we change that control, can you please elaborate.
  
  Thank you

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