7. E modeling#
7.1. characteristics of modeling#
7.2. mesh characteristics#
girder mesh
Number of knots: 21
Number of meshes and type: 10 SEG2
section mesh

Number of knots: 355
Number of meshes and type: 280 QUAD4
7.3. Tested values#
Identification |
Moments |
Reference |
% Tolerance |
|
5 |
ETA_PILOTAGE |
10 |
1.0 |
|
5.24 |
ETA_PILOTAGE |
12 |
1.0 |
In this analysis, an imposed displacement type resolution technique (“DDL_IMPO”) is used to find the solution. This method provides for each imposed displacement value, a load multiplier coefficient (“ETA_PILOTAGE”). The value of the load imposed in “AFFE_CHAR_MECA” is equal to the limit pressure, therefore the reference value of the parameter “ETA_PILOTAGE” is equal to 1.
The calculations were stopped when the value of parameter ETA_PILOTAGE stabilized.
The beam solution improves significantly when the mesh is refined.