Re: Modelling a pneumatic structural element

"[email protected] [Abaqus]" <[email protected]> 16 Feb 2019 12:46:25 +0000
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What about using pipe elements?
 Abaqus provides pipe elements to model beams with pipe cross-sections that are subject to internal stress due to internal and/or external pressure loading. Abaqus provides a choice of two formulations for pipe elements:
 1) The thin-walled formulation, where the hoop stress is assumed to be constant and the radial stress is neglected, is available in Abaqus/Explicit and Abaqus/Standard; and 
 2) The thick-walled formulation, where the hoop and radial stress vary through the cross-section, is available only in Abaqus/Standard
 

 Check the Abaqus Documentation for more information on this subject.
 

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Civil Engineer, M.Sc., Ph.D. candidate, NTUA
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