Symbols
- 2D analyses - description and characteristics: 2D Analyses
A
- acceleration
- description: Acceleration
- add linearized stress: Linearized Stress
- add offset no ramping contact region setting : Geometric Modification
- add offset ramped effects contact region setting: Geometric Modification
- adding beams: Beam Connections
- Additive Manufacturing Process Simulation: Additive Manufacturing Process Simulation
- adjust to touch contact region setting: Geometric Modification
- adjustment result in bolt tool
- description: Bolt Tool
- AM Process: Additive Manufacturing Process Simulation
- application: Additive Manufacturing Process Simulation
- workflow: Additive Manufacturing Process Simulation
- analysis
- 2D analyses - description and characteristics: 2D Analyses
- apply loads and supports step: Apply Boundary Conditions
- apply mesh controls step: Apply Mesh Controls and Preview Mesh
- apply preview mesh step: Apply Mesh Controls and Preview Mesh
- composite: Composite Analysis
- create report step: Create Report (optional)
- define initial condition step: Define Initial Conditions
- define substructures: Define Substructures
- ecad trace mapping in Mechanical: Trace Mapping in Mechanical
- review results step: Review Results
- set connections options step: Define Connections
- solve step: Perform Solution
- types - listed: Analysis Types
- analysis settings
- fracture controls: Fracture Controls
- role of time: Role of Time in Tracking
- steps and step controls overall topics: Steps and Step Controls for Static and Transient Analyses
- topic listing: Analysis Settings
- analysis topics - special: Special Analysis Topics
- analysis types
- coupled field transient: Coupled Field Transient Analysis
- eigenvalue buckling: Eigenvalue Buckling Analysis
- electric: Electric Analysis
- explicit dynamics: Explicit Dynamics Analysis
- listing: Analysis Types
- magnetostatic: Magnetostatic Analysis
- modal: Modal Analysis
- random vibration: Random Vibration Analysis
- response spectrum: Response Spectrum Analysis
- rigid dynamics: Rigid Dynamics Analysis, Co-Simulation Pins
- static structural: Static Structural Analysis
- steady-state thermal: Steady-State Thermal Analysis
- thermal-electric: Thermal-Electric Analysis
- transient thermal: Transient Thermal Analysis
- angular periodicity: Periodic Region Overview
- annotations
- basics: Viewing Annotations
- environment: Viewing Annotations
- highlight and selection graphics: Viewing Annotations
- message: Viewing Annotations
- multiple objects: Viewing Annotations
- positioning: Viewing Annotations
- rescaling: Viewing Annotations
- solution: Viewing Annotations
- Ansys CFX- solving with fluid solid interface : Fluid Solid Interface, System Coupling Region
- Ansys Product Improvement Program: The Ansys Product Improvement Program
- Ansys Workbench
- safety tools: Stress Tools
- anti-periodic symmetry type: Periodic Region Overview
- anti-symmetric electromagnetic symmetry type: Symmetry Region Overview
- anti-symmetric structural symmetry type: Symmetry Region Overview
- anti-symmetric thermal symmetry type: Symmetry Region Overview
- anti-virus causing crash - troubleshooting: Running Norton AntiVirusTM Causes the Mechanical Application to Crash
- APIP (see Ansys Product Improvement Program)
- application not closing - troubleshooting: Application Not Closing as Expected
- applying a graphical view: Applying a View
- applying loads and supports
- overall analysis step: Apply Boundary Conditions
- applying pre-stress effects: Apply Pre-Stress Effects for Implicit Analysis
- assemblies missing parts - troubleshooting: Assemblies Missing Parts
- assemblies of surface bodies: Preparing Assemblies of Surface Bodies
- associative and non-associative coordinate systems: Establishing Origin for Associative and Non-Associative Coordinate Systems
- asynchronous solutions
- description: Selecting Solve Modes for an Analysis
- troubleshooting: Problems Unique to Background (Asynchronous) Solutions
- Autodesk Inventor
- assigning parameters: CAD Parameters
- automatic contact: Setting Contact Conditions Manually
- automatic time stepping analysis settings: Automatic Time Stepping
- axisymmetric behavior - 2D simulation: 2D Analyses
B
- background solutions
- troubleshooting: Problems Unique to Background (Asynchronous) Solutions
- beam: Beam Connections
- beam end releases: End Releases
- beam probe result: Beam Probes
- beam results: Beam Results
- bearing load
- description: Bearing Load
- bearings
- description: Bearings
- bin size - fatigue simulations: Fatigue Analysis Application
- body
- hide: Common Geometry Display Features
- suppress: Common Geometry Display Features
- bolt pretension
- description: Bolt Pretension
- bolt thread contact region setting: Geometric Modification
- bolt tool result
- description: Bolt Tool
- boundary condition scoping method
- description: Scoping and Applying Boundary Conditions
- boundary condition types - listed: Support Type Boundary Conditions
- boundary conditions
- description: Boundary Conditions
- boundary conditions - electromagnetic: Electromagnetic Boundary Conditions and Excitations
C
- CAD parameters: CAD Parameters
- CAD systems
- general information: Mechanical: CAD System Information
- isotropic material limitation: General Information
- multiple versions: General Information
- callouts in details view: Details Pane
- cannot undo node move - troubleshooting: Cannot Undo Node Move
- CFD load transfer
- convections: Face Temperatures and Convections at Fluid-Structure Interface
- structural: Face Forces at Fluid-Structure Interface
- surface temperatures: Face Temperatures and Convections at Fluid-Structure Interface
- chart and table: Chart and Table
- clean results data: Clearing Result Data
- geometry change: Clearing Result Data
- mesh change: Clearing Result Data
- clipboard: Clipboard Menu
- clipboard toolbar: Clipboard Menu
- color by parts: Common Geometry Display Features
- colors - contact initial information table: Contact Tool
- commands object
- properties: Commands (APDL) Object Properties
- commands objects
- LS-DYNA Solver: Commands (APDL) Objects and the LS-DYNA Solver
- Rigid Dynamics Solver: Commands (APDL) Objects and the Rigid Dynamics Solver
- composite analysis: Composite Analysis
- composite results: Working with Multiple Result Sets
- compression only support
- description: Compression Only Support
- condensed part
- application: Condensed Part Application
- best practices: Best Practices
- limitations: Limitations
- overview: Condensed Part Overview
- worksheet: Condensed Part Worksheet
- condensed part missing master node - troubleshooting: A Master Node is Missing from the Condensed Part
- condensed parts: Substructure Analysis
- condensing parts: Define Substructures
- conditions: Conditions Type Boundary Conditions
- constraint equation: Constraint Equation
- coupling: Coupling
- element birth and death: Element Birth and Death
- pipe idealization: Pipe Idealization
- conductor
- current excitation for solid source conductors: Current Excitation for Solid Source Conductors
- description: Conductor
- solid body as conductor: Solid Source Conductor Body
- stranded source body as conductor: Stranded Source Conductor Body
- stranded source conductor: Current Excitation for Stranded Source Conductors
- voltage excitation for solid source conductors: Voltage Excitation for Solid Source Conductors
- connection lines with remote point: Remote Point Features
- connections
- setting options - overall analysis step: Define Connections
- connections worksheet: Connections Worksheet
- constraint equation
- description: Constraint Equation
- constraint equations were not properly matched- troubleshooting: Constraint Equations Were Not Properly Matched
- construction geometry
- contact
- automatic: Setting Contact Conditions Manually
- best practices: Best Practices for Specifying Contact Conditions
- controlling transparency for regions - animated example: Controlling Transparency for Contact Regions
- ease of use features - listed: Contact Ease of Use Features
- formulation theory: Contact Formulation Theory
- hiding bodies not scoped to contact region - procedure: Hiding Bodies Not Scoped to a Contact Region
- initial: Contact Tool
- loading region settings - procedure: Saving or Loading Contact Region Settings
- locating bodies without contact - application and procedure: Locating Bodies Without Contact
- locating parts without contact - application and procedure: Locating Parts Without Contact
- manual: Setting Contact Conditions Manually
- merging regions - procedure: Merging Contact Regions That Share Geometry
- overview: Contact Overview
- reactions: Contact Tool
- renaming regions - animated example: Renaming Contact Regions Based on Geometry Names
- resetting regions to defaults - procedure: Resetting Contact Regions to Default Settings
- saving region settings - procedure: Saving or Loading Contact Region Settings
- setting conditions manually - guidelines and procedure: Setting Contact Conditions Manually
- settings: Contact Settings
- supported contact types: Supported Contact Types
- supported formulations: Supported Contact Types
- symmetry: Supported Contact Types
- tool: Contact Tool
- contact best practices
- contact behavior: Best Practices for Specifying Contact Conditions
- contact tool: Contact Setup and Verification
- diagnostics: Addressing Non-Convergence
- mesh quality: Solver Preparation
- non-convergence: Addressing Non-Convergence
- overlap conditions: Solver Preparation
- solver preparation: Solver Preparation
- contact bodies
- contact debonding
- application: Contact Debonding Application
- contact geometry correction contact region setting: Geometric Modification
- contact region
- automatically generate objects: Automatically Generate Objects Scoped to Contact Regions
- contact region(s) not in initial contact - troubleshooting : One or More Contact Regions May Not Be In Initial Contact
- contact tool result
- description: Contact Tool
- contours during solve: Postprocessing During Solve
- controlling transparency for contact regions - animated example: Controlling Transparency for Contact Regions
- convection
- description: Convection
- convections
- at CFD boundary: Face Temperatures and Convections at Fluid-Structure Interface
- convective heat transfer: Convection
- convergence
- coordinate systems
- applying local coordinate systems: Applying Coordinate Systems as Reference Locations
- create section plane: Creating Coordinate-Based Section Planes
- creating: Creating Coordinate Systems
- creating construction surfaces: Surface
- importing: Importing Coordinate Systems
- orientation: Setting Principal Axis and Orientation
- principal axis: Setting Principal Axis and Orientation
- reference number: Initial Creation and Definition
- references: Applying Coordinate Systems as Reference Locations
- result: Specifying Result Coordinate Systems
- transferring to the Mechanical APDL application: Transferring Coordinate Systems to the Mechanical APDL Application
- transformations: Using Transformations
- use in specifying joint locations.: Using Coordinate Systems to Specify Joint Locations
- coordinate systems results: Coordinate Systems Results
- copying graphical view to Mechanical APDL: Copying a View to Mechanical APDL
- coupled field analysis types: Coupled Field Analysis Types
- coupled field transient analysis type: Coupled Field Transient Analysis
- coupling
- description: Coupling
- cracks: Cracks
- create a simulation template: Create a Simulation Template
- create coordinate system from nodes: Creating a Coordinate System by Direct Node Selection
- create named selection from element faces: Selecting Elements and Element Faces
- create named selection from elements: Selecting Elements and Element Faces
- create named selection from nodes: Specifying Named Selections by Direct Node Selection
- create solid geometry in Mechanical: Create a Geometry in Mechanical
- creating a graphical view: Creating a View
- creep controls: Creep Controls
- creep strain - equivalent: Equivalent Creep Strain
- Creo Parametric
- assigning parameters: CAD Parameters
- current
- description: Current
- current density result
- description: Current Density
- current excitation
- stranded source conductor body: Current Excitation for Stranded Source Conductors
- current excitation for solid source conductors
- description: Current Excitation for Solid Source Conductors
- cut boundary displacement method (see submodeling)
- cyclic axis of symmetry - troubleshooting: The Remote Boundary Condition object is defined on the Cyclic Axis of Symmetry
- cyclic controls: Cyclic Controls
- cyclic region: Cyclic Region Overview
- cyclic symmetry in a harmonic response analysis: Cyclic Symmetry in a Harmonic Response or FSI Harmonic Acoustics Analysis
- cyclic symmetry in a modal analysis: Cyclic Symmetry in a Modal or FSI Modal Acoustics Analysis
- cyclic symmetry in a static structural analysis: Cyclic Symmetry in a Static Structural or Static Acoustics Analysis
- cyclic symmetry in a thermal analysis: Cyclic Symmetry in a Thermal Analysis
- cylindrical joints: Joint Types
- cylindrical support
- description: Cylindrical Support
D
- damping controls - analysis settings: Damping Controls
- data transfer
- Polyflow to Mechanical : Polyflow to Mechanical Data Transfer
- define initial condition
- overall analysis step: Define Initial Conditions
- degrees of freedom and joint types: Joint Types
- deleting a graphical view: Deleting a View
- details view
- description and user interactions: Details Pane
- direct element selection: Selecting Nodes and Elements by ID
- direct fe
- nodal displacement: Direct FE Type Boundary Conditions
- nodal force: Direct FE Type Boundary Conditions
- nodal orientation: Direct FE Type Boundary Conditions
- nodal rotation: Direct FE Type Boundary Conditions
- direct fe types - listed: Direct FE Type Boundary Conditions
- direct node selection: Selecting Nodes and Elements by ID
- direction
- defaults: Defining Direction
- selecting: Defining Direction
- Directional Force electromagnetic result
- description: Directional Force
- directional heat flux result
- description: Heat Flux
- directional magnetic field intensity result
- description: Directional Magnetic Field Intensity
- directional magnetic flux density result
- description: Directional Magnetic Flux Density
- display points - in solution information: Specifying Solution Information
- Distance Based Average Comparison option
- for Mapping Validation: Mapping Validation
- dynamic legend: Dynamic Legend
E
- ease of use contact features - listed: Contact Ease of Use Features
- eigenvalue buckling analysis type: Eigenvalue Buckling Analysis
- elastic strain intensity result
- description: Intensity
- elastic support
- description: Elastic Support
- electric analysis type: Electric Analysis
- Electric Machines NVH Analysis
- electric potential result
- description: Electric Potential
- electric results: Electric Results
- electro-mechanical transducer
- description: EM (Electro-Mechanical) Transducer
- electromagnetic boundary conditions - listed: Electromagnetic Boundary Conditions and Excitations
- electromagnetic periodic symmetry: Electromagnetic Periodic Symmetry
- electromagnetic-thermal load import: Importing Data into Coupled Field (Static or Transient), Thermal, and Structural (Static or Transient) Analyses
- element birth and death
- description: Element Birth and Death
- element distortion error - troubleshooting: Element n Located in Body (and maybe other elements) Has Become Highly Distorted
- element name results: Result File Items
- element orientation: Element Orientation
- application: Element Orientation
- specification requirements: Element Orientation
- element selection
- element through the thickness - troubleshooting: At Least One Body Has Been Found to Have Only 1 Element
- element type results: Result File Items
- elemental coordinate systems results: Elemental Coordinate Systems Results
- em transducer
- description: EM (Electro-Mechanical) Transducer
- environment
- annotations: Viewing Annotations
- environment filtering of GUI: Environment Filtering
- equivalent creep strain ratio has exceeded the specified limit - troubleshooting: Equivalent Creep Strain Ratio has Exceeded the Specified Limit Value
- equivalent creep strain result
- description: Equivalent Creep Strain
- equivalent plastic strain result
- description: Equivalent Plastic Strain
- equivalent stress result
- description: Equivalent (von Mises)
- equivalent total strain result
- description: Equivalent Total Strain
- error - magnetic result
- description: Error (Magnetic)
- error result
- structural: Error (Structural)
- thermal: Error (Thermal)
- excitations - electromagnetic: Electromagnetic Boundary Conditions and Excitations
- explicit dynamics analysis type: Explicit Dynamics Analysis
- export
- description: Data Export
- file format: Data Export
- exported file saved to disk but microsoft office failed to load - troubleshooting: Although the Exported File Was Saved to Disk
- exporting a saved graphical view list: Exporting a Saved View List
- external model
- importing deformation-based geometry: Geometry from Deformation Results
F
- failed to load microsoft office application - troubleshooting: Failed to Load Microsoft Office Application
- fatigue combination
- description: Fatigue Combination
- fatigue results
- frequency-based fatigue: Frequency-Based Fatigue
- stress life versus strain life: Fatigue Stress Life versus Strain Life
- fatigue simulations
- loading options: Fatigue Analysis Application
- material properties: Fatigue Material Properties
- user life units: Fatigue Analysis Application
- figure
- description: Inserting Comments, Images, and Figures
- file names - CAD limitation: General Information
- filter for objects: Filtering the Tree
- filter for tags: Filtering the Tree
- filter the tree: Filtering the Tree
- filtering GUI based on environment: Environment Filtering
- fixed joints: Joint Types
- fixed rotation support
- description: Fixed Rotation
- fixed support
- Edge: description: Fixed Support
- surFace: description: Fixed Support
- Vertex: description: Fixed Support
- flexible bodies: Stiffness Behavior
- flexible parts in a Rigid Dynamics analysis : Define Substructures
- flip reference and mobile for joints: Ease of Use Features
- flipping periodic low and periodic high settings: Symmetry Workflow in Mechanical
- fluid solid interface
- description: Fluid Solid Interface, System Coupling Region
- fluid-structure interaction
- convections: Face Temperatures and Convections at Fluid-Structure Interface
- surface temperatures: Face Temperatures and Convections at Fluid-Structure Interface
- fluid-structure interaction - one-way using imported loads: Using Imported Loads for One-Way FSI
- fluid-structure interaction - overall description: Fluid-Structure Interaction (FSI)
- fluid-structure interaction - two-way: Two-Way Transfer FSI
- fluid-structure interface
- face forces: Face Forces at Fluid-Structure Interface
- flux linkage result
- description: Flux Linkage
- foundation stiffness - in elastic support : Elastic Support
- fracture
- define arbitrary crack: Defining an Arbitrary Crack
- define semi-elliptical crack: Defining a Semi-Elliptical Crack
- fracture analysis
- multi-point constraint contact: Multi-Point Constraint (MPC) Contact for Fracture
- fracture controls: Fracture Controls
- fracture results
- probes: Fracture Probes (Fracture Tool)
- fracture tool
- probes: Fracture Probes (Fracture Tool)
- frequency-based fatigue: Frequency-Based Fatigue
- material properties: Fatigue Material Properties for Random Vibration (Spectral) Fatigue
- result formulation methods: Fatigue Result Methods for Random Vibration (Spectral) Fatigue
- frictional stress result in contact tool
- description: Contact Tool
- frictionless support
- description: Frictionless Support
- FSI - one-way imported loads: Using Imported Loads for One-Way FSI
- FSI - overall description: Fluid-Structure Interaction (FSI)
- FSI - two-way: Two-Way Transfer FSI
- full integration scheme: Integration Schemes
G
- gasket
- mesh control: Gasket Bodies
- gasket bodies: Stiffness Behavior, Gasket Bodies
- specify: Gasket Bodies
- gasket meshing: Gasket Bodies
- gasket results: Gasket Bodies, Gasket Results
- gaskets
- defining: Gasket Bodies
- general axisymmetric: General Axisymmetric Overview
- application: General Axisymmetric Workflow in Mechanical
- general joints: Joint Types
- generalized plane strain
- behavior in 2D analyses: 2D Analyses
- description: Generalized Plane Strain
- using: Using Generalized Plane Strain
- generate objects from template object: Generating Multiple Objects from a Template Object
- generating reports
- tables: Report Preview
- geometric modification contact region settings - listed and defined: Geometric Modification
- geometry
- analysis template: Simulation without Geometry
- full screen mode: Geometry Window
- legend: Geometry Window
- tab: Geometry Window
- window: Geometry Window
- geometry from deformation results: Geometry from Deformation Results
- geometry view
- saving: Applying a View
- geometry window
- model movement - manipulation: Manipulating the Model in the Geometry Window
- glossary: Glossary of General Terms
- graphical views
- applying: Applying a View
- copying to Mechanical APDL: Copying a View to Mechanical APDL
- creating: Creating a View
- deleting: Deleting a View
- exporting list: Exporting a Saved View List
- importing list: Importing a Saved View List
- managing: Managing Graphical View Settings
- renaming: Renaming a View
- replacing saved: Replacing a Saved View
- group tree objects: Group Tree Objects
H
- harmonic analysis amplitude result calculation: Amplitude Calculation in Harmonic Analysis
- heat flow
- description: Heat Flow
- heat flux
- description: Heat Flux
- heat flux results: Heat Flux
- heat reaction result
- description: Heat Reaction
- hide all other bodies: Common Geometry Display Features
- hide body: Common Geometry Display Features
- hide faces: Common Geometry Display Features
- hide items: Suppressing Objects
- hide other bodies for joints: Ease of Use Features
- hiding bodies not scoped to contact region - procedure: Hiding Bodies Not Scoped to a Contact Region
- home tab: Home Tab
- hotkeys: Hotkeys and Keyboard Shortcuts
- hydrostatic pressure
- description: Hydrostatic Pressure
I
- Icepak
- Mechanical data transfer: Icepak to Mechanical Data Transfer
- transient: Icepak to Mechanical Data Transfer
- illogical reaction results - troubleshooting: Illogical Reaction Results
- Import thickness: Specifying Surface Body Thickness
- imported body force density load: Imported Body Force Density
- imported body temperature load: Imported Body Temperature
- imported convection coefficient load: Imported Convection Coefficient
- imported cut boundary constraint: Imported Boundary Remote Constraint, Imported Cut Boundary Constraint
- imported cut remote force: Imported Cut Boundary Remote Force
- imported displacement load: Imported Displacement
- imported force: Imported Force
- imported heat flux load: Imported Heat Flux
- imported heat generation load: Imported Heat Generation
- imported initial stain load: Imported Initial Strain
- imported initial stress load: Imported Initial Stress
- imported load
- imported pressure load: Imported Pressure
- imported surface force density: Imported Surface Force Density
- imported temperature load: Imported Temperature
- imported velocity load: Imported Velocity
- importing
- coordinate systems: Importing Coordinate Systems
- importing a graphical view list: Importing a Saved View List
- importing mesh-based databases
- coordinate systems: Imported Coordinate Systems
- element orientations: Imported Element Orientations
- flexible remote connections: Imported Flexible Remote Connectors
- loads: Imported Boundary Conditions
- named selections: Imported Named Selections
- nodal orientations: Imported Nodal Orientations
- point masses: Imported Point Mass
- rigid remote connections: Imported Rigid Bodies, Imported Rigid Remote Connectors
- shell thickness: Imported Shell Thicknesses
- springs: Imported Spring Connectors
- importing mesh-based databases via external model
- bolt pretensions: Imported Bolt Pretensions and Premeshed Bolt Pretensions
- composites: Imported Composite Plies
- constraint equations: Imported Constraint Equations or Coupling
- contacts: Imported Contacts
- in process solutions: Selecting Solve Modes for an Analysis
- inductance result
- description: Inductance
- inertia tensor is too large - troubleshooting: Error Inertia tensor is too large
- inertial loads - listed: Inertial Type Boundary Conditions
- infinite life - fatigue simulations: Fatigue Analysis Application
- initial contact: Contact Tool
- initial information object in contact tool
- description: Contact Tool
- initial information result in contact tool
- colors in table: Contact Tool
- description: Contact Tool
- initial time increment problems - troubleshooting : The Initial Time Increment May Be Too Large for This Problem
- insufficient disk space - troubleshooting: An Error Occurred While Solving Due To Insufficient Disk Space
- integration scheme: Integration Schemes
- interface behavior based on license levels: Interface Behavior Based on License Levels
- interface delamination
- application: Interface Delamination Application
- interface treatment contact region setting: Geometric Modification
- internal heat generation
- description: Internal Heat Generation
- interpolation
- path results: Interpolation of Result Values
- probe results: Interpolation of Result Values
- surface results: Interpolation of Result Values
- invalid material properties - troubleshooting : An Error Occurred Inside the SOLVER Module: Invalid Material Properties
- invert suppressed body set: Suppressing Objects
- isotropic materials - CAD limitation: General Information
- iterative solver problem - troubleshooting: An Iterative Solver Was Used for this Analysis
J
- joint
- create manually: Manual Joint Creation
- description: Joint Load
- legend: Geometry Window
- properties: Joint Properties
- joint checker: Ease of Use Features
- joint legend: Ease of Use Features
- joint probe problems - troubleshooting: The Joint Probe cannot Evaluate Results
- joint probes
- results: Joint Probes
- joints
- characteristics: Joint Characteristics
- detecting overconstrained conditions: Detecting Overconstrained Conditions
- ease of use features: Ease of Use Features
- example: Example: Configuring Joints
- generate automatically: Automatic Joint Creation
- topics: Joints
- types: Joint Types
K
- Keyframe animation: Keyframe Animation
- known temperature load: Temperature
L
- labeling objects: Tagging Objects
- large deformation effects are active - troubleshooting : Large Deformation Effects are Active
- large deformation problems - troubleshooting: The Deformation is Large Compared to the Model Bounding Box
- layered sections: Specifying Surface Body Layered Sections
- license manager server problems - troubleshooting : The License Manager Server Is Down
- licensed product issues - troubleshooting: The Correctly Licensed Product Will Not Run
- life - fatigue user life units: Fatigue Analysis Application
- lighting controls: Controlling Lighting
- line bodies
- general description: Line Bodies
- line pressure
- description: Line Pressure
- line pressure result: Line Pressure Result
- linear dynamic analysis types: Linear Dynamics Analysis Types
- linear periodic structural symmetry type: Symmetry Region Overview
- linear periodic thermal symmetry type: Symmetry Region Overview
- Linearized stress: Linearized Stress
- linearized stress error - troubleshooting: A Linearized Stress Result Cannot Be Solved.
- load transfer error - troubleshooting: A Load Transfer Error Has Occurred.
- load types - listed: Inertial Type Boundary Conditions
- loading contact region settings - procedure: Saving or Loading Contact Region Settings
- loading types - fatigue simulations: Fatigue Analysis Application
- local coordinate system
- locating bodies without contact - application and procedure : Locating Bodies Without Contact
- locating parts without contact - application and procedure : Locating Parts Without Contact
- low/high cyclic symmetry - troubleshooting: The Low/High Boundaries of Cyclic Symmetry
- LS-DYNA Solver
- using commands: Commands (APDL) Objects and the LS-DYNA Solver
- lustre
- troubleshooting: Lustre Parallel File Systems on Linux
M
- macros - usage and accessing: Using Macros
- magnetic error result: Error (Magnetic)
- magnetic field intensity result
- directional: Directional Magnetic Field Intensity
- total: Total Magnetic Field Intensity
- magnetic flux boundary condition: Magnetic Flux Boundary Conditions
- magnetic flux density result
- directional: Directional Magnetic Flux Density
- total: Total Magnetic Flux Density
- magnetic flux parallel load
- description: Magnetic Flux Boundary Conditions
- magnetostatic analysis type: Magnetostatic Analysis
- magnetostatic results: Magnetostatic Results
- manage view settings: Managing Graphical View Settings
- manual contact: Setting Contact Conditions Manually
- mapping -CFD results: CFD Results Mapping
- Mapping Validation objects: Mapping Validation
- mass flow rate
- description: Mass Flow Rate
- mass moment of inertia: Point Mass
- material assignment: Material Assignment
- application: Material Assignment
- specification requirements: Material Assignment
- material plot: Material Plot
- application: Material Plot
- material properties - fatigue: Fatigue Material Properties
- material properties - frequency-based Fatigue: Fatigue Material Properties
- material property usage in postprocessing: Understanding the Material Properties Used in Postprocessing
- material type results: Result File Items
- maximum data points to plot - fatigue simulations : Fatigue Analysis Application
- maximum equivalent stress safety tool result
- description: Maximum Equivalent Stress Safety Tool
- maximum principal stress/elastic strain result
- description: Maximum, Middle, and Minimum Principal
- maximum shear stress safety tool result
- description: Maximum Shear Stress Safety Tool
- maximum shear stress/elastic strain result
- description: Maximum Shear
- maximum tensile stress safety tool result
- description: Maximum Tensile Stress Safety Tool
- mean stress theory - fatigue simulations: Fatigue Analysis Application
- Mechanical APDL application memory options: Using Solve Process Settings
- memory options - the Mechanical APDL application
- setting for a solution: Using Solve Process Settings
- merging contact regions - procedure: Merging Contact Regions That Share Geometry
- mesh control tools
- applying - overall analysis step: Apply Mesh Controls and Preview Mesh
- mesh nodes
- result contour: Selecting Nodes
- mesh numbering: Specifying Mesh Numbering
- mesh selection
- element: Selecting Elements and Element Faces
- element face: Selecting Elements and Element Faces
- mesh selection - elements
- element information: Selecting Elements and Element Faces
- mesh selection - nodes: Selecting Nodes
- messages window: Messages Window
- middle principal stress/elastic strain result
- description: Maximum, Middle, and Minimum Principal
- minimum principal stress/elastic strain result
- description: Maximum, Middle, and Minimum Principal
- modal analysis
- troubleshooting: Unable to Find Requested Modes
- modal analysis type: Modal Analysis
- model
- model movement - manipulation: Manipulating the Model in the Geometry Window
- Mohr-Coulomb stress safety tool result
- description: Mohr-Coulomb Stress Safety Tool
- moment
- description: Moment
- moment of inertia: Point Mass
- motion load
- description: Motion Load
- solving with inertia relief: Motion Load
- mpc equations were not built for one or more contact regions - troubleshooting : MPC equations were not built for one or more contact regions or remote boundary conditions
- multi-point constraint contact for fracture: Multi-Point Constraint (MPC) Contact for Fracture
- multibody parts: Multibody Behavior and Associativity
- multiple versions of CAD systems: General Information
N
- named selection
- exporting: Exporting Named Selections
- named selections
- converting to Mechanical APDL application components: Converting Named Selection Groups to Mechanical APDL Application Components
- creating: Create a Named Selection Object
- creating though promotion: Promoting Scoped Objects to a Named Selection
- criteria rules: Specifying Named Selections using Worksheet Criteria
- defining: Defining Named Selections
- display: Displaying Named Selections
- including in program controlled inflation: Including Named Selections in Program Controlled Inflation
- merging: Merging Named Selections
- overview: Named Selections
- protected: Protecting Named Selections
- scoping analysis objects to: Scoping Analysis Objects to Named Selections
- sending to solver: Sending Named Selections to the Solver
- worksheet: Understanding the Named Selections Worksheet
- Named Selections
- importing: Importing Named Selections
- managing: Applying Named Selections via the Ribbon
- ribbon: Applying Named Selections via the Ribbon
- new section plane: Creating Section Planes
- Newton-Raphson residuals: Specifying Solution Information
- nodal coordinate systems results: Nodal Coordinate Systems Results
- nodal displacement
- description: Nodal Displacement
- nodal force
- description: Nodal Force
- nodal orientation
- description: Nodal Orientation
- nodal pressure
- description: Nodal Pressure
- nodal rotation
- description: Nodal Rotation
- node selection
- nonlinear controls analysis settings
- rigid dynamic: Nonlinear Controls for Rigid Dynamics Analyses
- static and transient: Nonlinear Controls for Steady-State, Static, and Transient Analyses
- transient thermal: Nonlinear Controls for Transient Thermal Analyses
- nonlinear solution: Specifying Solution Information
- normal elastic strain result
- description: Glossary of General Terms
- normal stress result
- description: Maximum, Middle, and Minimum Principal
- number of processors solution setting: Using Solve Process Settings
- NX
- assigning parameters: CAD Parameters
O
- object generator: Generating Multiple Objects from a Template Object
- objects
- generating multiple from template object: Generating Multiple Objects from a Template Object
- tagging: Tagging Objects
- offsets
- surface bodies: Understanding Surface Body Shell Offsets
- other selection scoping in periodic symmetry region: Symmetry Workflow in Mechanical
- out of process solutions: Selecting Solve Modes for an Analysis
- overconstrained conditions
P
- pan: Manipulating the Model in the Geometry Window
- parameters
- CAD: CAD Parameters
- overall description: Parameters
- parameterizing a variable: Parameterizing a Variable
- restrictions: Specifying Parameters
- specifying: Specifying Parameters
- part transform: Part Transformations
- partial solution returned - troubleshooting: Although the Solution Failed to Solve Completely at all Time Points.
- path result
- scoping: Path Construction Geometry
- path results: Path Results
- peak result: Working with Multiple Result Sets
- perfectly insulated load
- description: Heat Flow
- periodic high scoping in periodic symmetry region: Symmetry Workflow in Mechanical
- periodic low scoping in periodic symmetry region: Symmetry Workflow in Mechanical
- periodic region
- periodic symmetry type: Periodic Region Overview
- periodicity - angular: Periodic Region Overview
- phase angle
- in current for solid source conductor: Current Excitation for Solid Source Conductors
- in current for stranded source conductor body: Current Excitation for Stranded Source Conductors
- in voltage for solid source conductor: Voltage Excitation for Solid Source Conductors
- pipe idealization
- description: Pipe Idealization
- pipe pressure
- description: Pipe Pressure
- pipe temperature
- description: Pipe Temperature
- planar joints: Joint Types
- plane strain behavior - 2D simulation: 2D Analyses
- plane stress behavior - 2D simulation: 2D Analyses
- Plastic Heating
- description: Plastic Heating
- plastic strain - equivalent: Equivalent Plastic Strain
- point mass
- description: Point Mass
- Polyflow to Mechanical
- data transfer: Polyflow to Mechanical Data Transfer
- position probe: Position
- postprocessing features: Postprocessing During Solve
- pressure load
- at CFD boundary: Face Forces at Fluid-Structure Interface
- preview mesh - overall analysis step: Apply Mesh Controls and Preview Mesh
- probe
- description: Probes
- probes
- volume: Volume Probe
- psd base excitation
- description: PSD Base Excitation
Q
- quick rainflow counting - fatigue simulations : Fatigue Analysis Application
R
- radiosity controls: Radiosity Controls
- rainflow counting - fatigue simulations: Fatigue Analysis Application
- random colors
- contact bodies: Displaying Contact Bodies with Different Colors
- named selections: Displaying Named Selections
- random vibration analysis type: Random Vibration Analysis
- reactions
- contact: Contact Tool
- reduced integration scheme: Integration Schemes
- reference number - coordinate system: Initial Creation and Definition
- remote boundary conditions: Remote Boundary Conditions
- remote boundary conditions - troubleshooting: One or More Remote Boundary Conditions is Scoped to a Large Number of Elements
- remote displacement support
- description: Remote Displacement
- remote force
- description: Remote Force
- remote point
- commands objects: Remote Point Features
- connection lines: Remote Point Features
- features: Remote Point Features
- geometry behavior: Geometry Behaviors
- overview: Specifying Remote Points
- promote: Remote Point Features
- support specifications: Support Specifications
- remote solving: Selecting Solve Modes for an Analysis
- rename based on definition
- results and result tools: Renaming Results Based on Definition
- rename tree objects: Outline
- renaming a graphical view: Renaming a View
- renaming contact regions - animated example: Renaming Contact Regions Based on Geometry Names
- renaming joints based on geometry: Ease of Use Features
- replacing a saved graphical view: Replacing a Saved View
- report
- creating - overall analysis step: Create Report (optional)
- resetting contact regions to defaults - procedure: Resetting Contact Regions to Default Settings
- response psd tool: Response PSD Tool
- response spectrum analysis type: Response Spectrum Analysis
- restart analysis: Restart Analysis
- restart controls: Restart Controls
- result
- coordinate systems: Specifying Result Coordinate Systems
- legend: Geometry Window
- result coordinate systems: Specifying Result Coordinate Systems
- result tracker
- thermal: Thermal Result Trackers
- results
- display issues: Understanding Result Data Display Issues
- electric: Electric Results
- fracture tool probes: Fracture Probes (Fracture Tool)
- gasket: Gasket Results
- geometry represented: Results
- how to apply: Results
- introduction and overview: Introduction to the Use of Results
- line pressure: Line Pressure Result
- magnetostatic: Magnetostatic Results
- response psd tool: Response PSD Tool
- reviewing - overall analysis step: Review Results
- thermal: Thermal Results
- unconverged results: Reviewing Unconverged Results
- vector plots: Vector Plots
- volume: Volume Result
- results set listing: Result Set Listing
- Reverse Validation option
- for Mapping Validation: Mapping Validation
- revolute joints: Joint Types
- ribbon
- overview: Ribbon
- rigid bodies: Stiffness Behavior
- rigid body motion - troubleshooting : One or More Parts May Be Underconstrained
- Rigid Dynamics Analysis
- to static structural analysis: Static Analysis From Rigid Dynamics Analysis
- rigid dynamics analysis type: Rigid Dynamics Analysis
- Rigid Dynamics analysis type
- Rigid Dynamics Solver
- using commands: Commands (APDL) Objects and the Rigid Dynamics Solver
- rotate: Manipulating the Model in the Geometry Window
- rotating force: Rotating Force
- rotation cursor: Manipulating the Model in the Geometry Window
- rotational acceleration
- description: Rotational Acceleration
- rotational order of coordinate systems results: Rotational Order of Coordinate System Results
- rotational velocity
- description: Rotational Velocity
- rotordynamics analysis: Rotordynamics Analysis
S
- safety factor
- for maximum equivalent stress safety tool result: Maximum Equivalent Stress Safety Tool
- for maximum shear stress safety tool result: Maximum Shear Stress Safety Tool
- for maximum tensile stress safety tool result: Maximum Tensile Stress Safety Tool
- for Mohr-Coulomb stress safety tool result: Mohr-Coulomb Stress Safety Tool
- safety factor result
- [stress] description: Stress Tools
- safety margin
- for maximum equivalent stress safety tool result: Maximum Equivalent Stress Safety Tool
- for maximum shear stress safety tool result: Maximum Shear Stress Safety Tool
- for maximum tensile stress safety tool result: Maximum Tensile Stress Safety Tool
- for Mohr-Coulomb stress safety tool result: Mohr-Coulomb Stress Safety Tool
- saving contact region settings - procedure : Saving or Loading Contact Region Settings
- scenarios - solving: Understanding Solve Scenarios
- scope
- graphics: Viewing Annotations
- search object names: Searching the Tree
- search the tree: Searching the Tree
- section planes
- creating: Creating Section Planes
- display options: Understanding Section Plane Display Differences
- working with results: Working with Section Plane Results
- selecting
- mesh nodes on result contour: Selecting Nodes
- selecting direction: Defining Direction
- selecting element faces on the mesh: Selecting Elements and Element Faces
- selecting elements on the mesh: Selecting Elements and Element Faces
- selecting nodes on the mesh: Selecting Nodes
- setting contact conditions manually - guidelines and procedure: Setting Contact Conditions Manually
- shear elastic strain result
- description: Glossary of General Terms
- shear moment diagram: Shear-Moment Diagram
- shear stress result
- description: Stress and Strain
- shell element results: Stress and Strain
- show all bodies: Common Geometry Display Features
- show body: Common Geometry Display Features
- show faces: Common Geometry Display Features
- simply supported
- Edge: description: Simply Supported
- Vertex: description: Simply Supported
- simply supported support
- description: Simply Supported
- simulation wizard - features and types: Mechanical Wizard
- slot joints: Joint Types
- snap to mesh nodes: Path
- solid bodies - using: Solid Bodies
- Solid Edge
- assigning parameters: CAD Parameters
- solid source conductor body: Solid Source Conductor Body
- SOLIDWORKS
- assigning parameters: CAD Parameters
- solution
- annotations: Viewing Annotations
- troubleshooting (convergence problems): The Solver Engine was Unable to Converge
- troubleshooting (general): Problems Using Solution
- solution combination
- description: Solution Combination
- troubleshooting: The Solution Combination Folder
- solution coordinate system: Solution Coordinate System
- solution information
- description: Specifying Solution Information
- solution magnitude limit exceeded - troubleshooting : An Internal Solution Magnitude Limit Was Exceeded.
- solve process settings: Using Solve Process Settings
- solver - conflicting DOF constraints
- solver component results: Result File Items
- solver failure - troubleshooting: An Error Occurred While Starting the Solver Module
- solving
- overall analysis step: Perform Solution
- units: Understanding Solving Units
- solving scenarios: Understanding Solve Scenarios
- Source Value option
- for Mapping Validation: Mapping Validation
- special analysis topics: Special Analysis Topics
- specifying surface body layered sections: Specifying Surface Body Layered Sections
- specifying surface body thickness: Specifying Surface Body Thickness
- spot weld
- using: Spot Welds
- spot welds
- assumptions and restrictions: Spot Welds
- spring behavior
- rigid dynamics analysis settings: Springs
- springs
- stabilization energy result
- description: Stabilization Energy
- standard earth gravity
- description: Standard Earth Gravity
- static structural analysis type: Static Structural Analysis
- steady-state thermal analysis type: Steady-State Thermal Analysis
- steps
- details of equilibrium iterations: Steps, Substeps, and Equilibrium Iterations
- details of steps: Steps, Substeps, and Equilibrium Iterations
- details of substeps: Steps, Substeps, and Equilibrium Iterations
- guidelines for integration step size: Guidelines for Integration Step Size
- overall topics: Steps and Step Controls for Static and Transient Analyses
- stiffness behavior
- defining: Stiffness Behavior
- flexible bodies: Flexible Bodies
- gasket bodies: Gasket Bodies
- rigid bodies: Rigid Bodies
- stiff beam: Stiff Beam
- STL (Stereolithography)
- import via construction geometry: STL
- strain energy result
- description: Strain Energy
- stranded source conductor body: Stranded Source Conductor Body
- strength factor - fatigue simulations: Fatigue Analysis Application
- stress intensity result
- description: Intensity
- stress ratio
- for maximum equivalent stress safety tool result: Maximum Equivalent Stress Safety Tool
- for maximum shear stress safety tool result: Maximum Shear Stress Safety Tool
- for maximum tensile stress safety tool result: Maximum Tensile Stress Safety Tool
- for Mohr-Coulomb stress safety tool result: Mohr-Coulomb Stress Safety Tool
- stress tools
- how to add: Stress Tools
- listed: Stress Tools
- stress/strain results - overall description: Stress and Strain
- structural error result
- description: Error (Structural)
- submodeling: Submodeling
- beam: Submodeling, Beam-to-Solid/Shell Submodels
- introduction: Submodeling
- structural: Structural Submodeling Workflow
- thermal: Thermal Submodeling Workflow
- understanding: Submodeling
- substructures: Substructure Analysis
- support loads - listed: Support Type Boundary Conditions
- suppress all other bodies: Common Geometry Display Features
- suppress body: Common Geometry Display Features
- suppress objects: Suppressing Objects
- surface bodies
- faces with multiple thicknesses and layers specified: Specifying Faces With Multiple Thicknesses and Layers
- general description: Surface Bodies
- importing : Importing Surface Body Models
- importing thickness: Importing Surface Body Thickness
- offsets: Understanding Surface Body Shell Offsets
- specifying layered sections: Specifying Surface Body Layered Sections
- specifying thickness: Specifying Surface Body Thickness
- thickness: Using Thickness Mode
- surface body results: Displaying Surface Body Results (including Layered Shell Results)
- surface coating
- description: Surface Coating
- surface coating results: Surface Coatings
- surface results: Surface Results
- scoping: Surface Construction Geometry
- surface temperatures
- at CFD boundary: Face Temperatures and Convections at Fluid-Structure Interface
- surfaces transferred as solids - troubleshooting: CATIA V5 and IGES Surface Bodies
- symmetric electromechanical symmetry type: Symmetry Region Overview
- symmetric structural cyclic symmetry type: Symmetry Region Overview
- symmetric structural symmetry type: Symmetry Region Overview
- symmetric thermal symmetry type: Symmetry Region Overview
- symmetry
- defining in DesignModeler: Symmetry Workflow in DesignModeler
- defining in Mechanical: Symmetry Workflow in Mechanical
- general axisymmetric: General Axisymmetric Overview
- regions: Types of Regions
- using: Symmetry
- symmetry region
- symmetry regions
- types: Types of Regions
- synchronous solutions: Selecting Solve Modes for an Analysis
T
- tagging objects: Tagging Objects
- tags
- applying to objects: Applying Tags to Objects
- creating: Creating Tags
- deleting: Deleting a Tag
- filtering: Filtering the Tree
- highlighting tree objects: Highlighting Tagged Tree Objects
- renaming: Renaming a Tag
- Tags window: Tagging Objects
- temperature
- description: Temperature
- temperature result
- description: Temperature
- thermal capacitance: Thermal Point Mass
- thermal contact results: Thermal Contact Results
- thermal fluid flow rate result
- thermal result: Thermal Flow Results
- thermal fluid heat conduction rate result
- thermal result: Thermal Flow Results
- thermal point mass
- description: Thermal Point Mass
- thermal results: Thermal Results
- contact results: Thermal Contact Results
- thermal steady-state analysis type: Steady-State Thermal Analysis
- thermal strain result: Thermal Strain
- thermal-electric analysis type: Thermal-Electric Analysis
- thermal-stress analyses: Thermal-Stress Analysis
- thermal/structural loads
- thermal/structural results
- time
- role in analysis settings: Role of Time in Tracking
- topics - special analysis: Special Analysis Topics
- total force electromagnetic result
- description: Total Force
- total heat flux result
- description: Heat Flux
- total magnetic field intensity result
- description: Total Magnetic Field Intensity
- total magnetic flux density result
- description: Total Magnetic Flux Density
- total strain - equivalent: Equivalent Total Strain
- transfer
- volumetric temperature: Volumetric Temperature Transfer
- transferring coordinate systems to the Mechanical APDL application: Transferring Coordinate Systems to the Mechanical APDL Application
- transient thermal analysis type: Transient Thermal Analysis
- translational joints: Joint Types
- transparency for joints: Ease of Use Features
- tree
- filtering: Filtering the Tree
- search: Searching the Tree
- tree objects
- generating from template object: Generating Multiple Objects from a Template Object
- grouping: Group Tree Objects
- highlighting tagged objects: Highlighting Tagged Tree Objects
- tree outline: Outline
- troubleshooting
- listing of overall problem situations: Problem Situations
- Twin Builder
- Pins: Co-Simulation Pins
U
- underconstrained parts - troubleshooting: One or More Parts May Be Underconstrained
- units - fatigue user life: Fatigue Analysis Application
- units - solving: Understanding Solving Units
- universal joints: Joint Types
- unsuppress all bodies: Common Geometry Display Features
- unsuppress body: Common Geometry Display Features
- unsuppress objects: Suppressing Objects
- user defined result
- description: User Defined Results
- user interactions - details view: Details Pane
V
- variable
- parameterizing: Parameterizing a Variable
- vector heat flux result plots: Heat Flux
- vector plot result display: Vector Plots
- velocity support
- description: Velocity
- view results during solve: Postprocessing During Solve
- virtual topology
- in Mechanical: Apply Mesh Controls and Preview Mesh
- Viscoelastic Heating
- description: Viscoelastic Heating
- visibility - analysis settings: Visibility
- voltage
- description: Electric Charge, Voltage, Voltage (Ground)
- voltage excitation for solid source conductors
- description: Voltage Excitation for Solid Source Conductors
- volume probe: Volume Probe
- volume result: Volume Result
- von Mises stress result: Equivalent (von Mises)
W
- window
- geometry: Geometry Window
- wizards
- description and screen location: Wizards
- simulation wizard - features and types: Mechanical Wizard
- working load result in bolt tool
- description: Bolt Tool
- worksheet
- connections: Connections Worksheet
- writing and reading files: Writing Ansys Rigid Dynamics Files