Mechanical APDL Release Notes

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Mechanical APDL

1. Structural

1.1. Contact
1.2. Elements and Nonlinear Technology
1.3. Material and Fracture Modeling
1.4. Linear Dynamics

2. Multiphysics

2.1. Acoustics
2.2. Thermal
2.3. Coupled-Field

3.1. Distributed-Memory Parallel Processing Enhancements
3.2. Enhanced Memory Reduction for Models with Constraint Equations and High Core Counts
3.3. Reduced Peak Memory Usage for Uncompressed Node and Element Numbering
3.4. Support for Devices for the GPU Accelerator
3.5. Improved Performance for the PCG Solver
3.6. Support for Mixed u-P Formulation with the PCG Solver
3.7. Beta Feature - Frequency Domain Decomposition for Modal Analyses

4. Other Enhancements

4.1. Enhancement for Element-Single Value Results
4.2. CAD Support Updates

5. Commands

5.1. New Commands
5.2. Modified Commands
5.3. Undocumented Commands

6. Elements

6.1. New Elements
6.2. Modified Elements
6.3. Undocumented Elements

7. Documentation

7.1. Updates for Programmers
7.2. Feature Archive

8. Technology Showcase: Example Problems

9. Mechanical APDL Release 2024 R2 Update Guide

9.1. Backward Compatibility
9.2. Feature Updates Causing Result or Behavior Changes
9.3. Known Incompatibilities
9.4. Known Issues
9.5. Resolved Issues and Defects
9.6. Features Removed or Archived