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Mechanical APDL Basic Analysis Guide - Ansys

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Chapter 2: Loading<br />

Main Menu> Solution> Load Step Opts> Time/Frequenc> Freq & Substeps (or Time and Substps)<br />

Main Menu> Solution> Unabridged Menu> Time/Frequenc> Freq & Substeps (or Time and Substps)<br />

NSUBST specifies the number of substeps, and DELTIM specifies the time step size. By default, the ANSYS<br />

program uses one substep per load step.<br />

2.6.1.4. Automatic Time Stepping<br />

The AUTOTS command activates automatic time stepping. Its equivalent GUI paths are:<br />

GUI:<br />

Main Menu> Preprocessor> Loads> Load Step Opts> Time/Frequenc> Time & Time Step (or Time<br />

and Substps)<br />

Main Menu> Solution> Load Step Opts> Sol'n Control ( : <strong>Basic</strong> Tab)<br />

Main Menu> Solution> Load Step Opts> Time/Frequenc> Time & Time Step (or Time and Substps)<br />

Main Menu> Solution> Load Step Opts> Time/Frequenc> Time & Time Step (or Time and Substps)<br />

In automatic time stepping, the program calculates an optimum time step at the end of each substep, based<br />

on the response of the structure or component to the applied loads. When used in a nonlinear static (or<br />

steady-state) analysis, AUTOTS determine the size of load increments between substeps.<br />

2.6.1.5. Stepping or Ramping Loads<br />

When specifying multiple substeps within a load step, you need to indicate whether the loads are to be<br />

ramped or stepped. The KBC command is used for this purpose: KBC,0 indicates ramped loads, and KBC,1<br />

indicates stepped loads. The default depends on the discipline and type of analysis.<br />

Command(s): KBC<br />

GUI: Main Menu> Solution> Load Step Opts> Sol'n Control ( : Transient Tab)<br />

Main Menu> Solution> Load Step Opts> Time/Frequenc> Freq & Substeps (or Time and Substps<br />

or Time & Time Step)<br />

Main Menu> Solution> Load Step Opts> Time/Frequenc> Freq & Substeps (or Time and Substps<br />

or Time & Time Step)<br />

Some notes about stepped and ramped loads are:<br />

• If you specify stepped loads, the program handles all loads (constraints, forces, surface loads, body<br />

loads, and inertia loads) in the same manner. They are step-applied, step-changed, or step-removed, as<br />

the case may be.<br />

• If you specify ramped loads, then:<br />

56<br />

– All loads applied in the first load step, except film coefficients, are ramped (either from zero or from<br />

the value specified via BFUNIF or its GUI equivalent, depending on the type of load; see<br />

Table 2.13: Handling of Ramped Loads (KBC = 0) Under Different Conditions (p. 57)). Film coefficients<br />

are step-applied.<br />

Note<br />

The concept of stepped versus ramped loading does not apply to temperature-dependent<br />

film coefficients (input as -N on a convection command). These are always applied at the<br />

value dictated by their temperature function.<br />

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