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Lecture 0Welcome to the UPFs class!
Implementing User-Programmable Features (UPFs) in ANSYS
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Welcome!
Welcome to the Implementing User-Programmable
Features (UPFs) in ANSYS training course!
This course includes lectures on how to implement user-
programmable features (UPFs) which are ANSYS
capabilities for which you can write your own Fortran
routines. UPFs allow you to customize the ANSYS program
to your needs, which may be a user-defined material
constitutive equation, element, failure criterion (for
composites), and so on.
This course is intended for users with a strong working
knowledge of the Mechanical APDL program (including the
APDL Command Language) and the Fortran programming
language.
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Course objective
The main objective of this course is to provide the users with
the information needed to independently implement their
own features into the ANSYS program as well as to show how
to access very advanced functionalities.
This course is not a materials science course nor is it a course
on finite elements/structural mechanics. Also, lectures on
Fortran programming are not included either. It is assumed
that the reader will be adequately familiar with the topics
discussed to make good engineering judgments.
Much of the discussion will be brief, general, and simplified
in nature. When possible, references for further reading will
be presented, and users are strongly encouraged to refer to
these for detailed information.
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Topics covered
Below is the list of the topics covered in this course:
Compiling and linking UPFs using different methods
Strategy to program and test UPFs
Implementing an elasto-plastic model
Implementing a hyperelastic model
Implementing a creep model
Implementing a brick and a quad element
Implementing a new contact interfacial behavior