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[alexmay]

Hi everyone, I am a PhD candidate and I have a very specific problem I can't solve, I hope some of you could help me understand if ANSYS can run this kind of simulation.nI am working on steel structure collapse related to temperature and, so, fire. What I need is:nto build a fe model using only beam elements with plasticity and temperature-dependent steel mechanical properties;nto assign to some selected beam elements a time-dependent temperature field (that comes from matlab);nthen run an explicit analysis to evaluate collapse behavior.nPlease note that I must use beam elements to save computational cost.nThanks to everyone who can help me.n

[Erik Kostson]

I would suggest to move this to the explicit forum where you are more likely to get an answer .nnAll the bestnnErik

[alexmay]

Thanks Erik, I will then move the question.nAlexn

[Erik Kostson]

That is a good idea - in the meantime this study shows that it can be done what you asked for.nUnfortunately I am not an expert in LS-Dyna so I can not help, but sure my colleagues will be able to advice.nIn general though to partially answer your question, it should be possible to do what you describe, as similar studies can be found on the internet e.g., https://spiral.imperial.ac.uk/bitstream/10044/1/48075/10/1-s2.0-S037971121730139X-mainnHope this helps.nAll the bestnnErikn