Part 21 Report - 1996-646
ACCESSION #: 9611130129
Information & Support Services
P.O. Box 3707
Seattle, WA 98124-2207
November 4, 1996
G-1151-SJA-96-668
Document Control Desk
United States Nuclear Regulatory Commission
Washington, D.C. 20555
Reference: a) Boeing Letter G-1151-RSO-92-365 dated August 31,
1992; R. S. Orr to the NRC Operations Center
b) NRC Letter Docket No. 99901227 dated August 12, 1992;
L.J. Norrholm to R. S. Orr; Subject: Response to 10
CFR 21 Inquiry
Dear Sir or Madam:
In accordance with the reference correspondence and 10 CFR 21, Boeing is
sending the NRC the attached error notice(s) received from our former
software suppliers. Because of unknown current addresses, the following
former customers were not notified:
Reactor Controls, Inc.
Echo Energy Consultants, Inc.
Nuclear Applications and Systems Analysis Company (Japan)
Nuclear Power Services
Tenera Engineering Services
Gibbs & Hill, Inc.
Holtec International
Error notices have been sent to our other former customers.
Very truly yours,
Sandra J. Andrews
Nuclear Administrator
Phone: (206) 865-6248
FAX: (206) 865-4851
Mail Stop: 7A-33, or
e-mail: Sandra.Andrews @PSS.Boeing.com
Enclosure(s): ANSYS Class3 Error Reports 96-42, 96-43, 96-44, 96-45,
96-46
ANSYS QA Notices QA96-09 and QA96-05R1
ANSYS Support Coordinator Bulletin SCB96-01
ANSYS[Registered Trademark]
ANSYS, Inc.
201 Johnson Road Telephone 412.746.3304
Houston, PA 15342-1300 Facsimile 412.746.9494
October 24, 1996
Dear Class3 Error Recipient:
Enclosed you will find ANSYS Class3 Error Reports 96-42, 96-43,
96-44, 96-45 and 96-46. Also, enclosed are ANSYS QA Notices QA96-09 and
QA96-05 R1.
QA96-09 has been issued to alert users of SOLID62 and SOLID97 that
the normal component of the magnetic vector potential must be
discontinuous across material interfaces of differing permeability.
QA96-05 R1 has been reissued to notify users of the full scope of
the error reported in QA96-05. This error has been fully described in
Class3 Error Report 96-43 which is attached.
Finally, enclosed is ANSYS Support Coordinator Bulletin SCB96-01.
It includes information pertaining to the ANSYS 5.3 Second Release and
known, non-Class3 errors in ANSYS Release 5.3.
In the past year ANSYS has initiated the posting of all Class3
Errors and QA Notices on ANSYS's Internet Homepage whose address is
http://www.ansys.com. Class3 Error Reports and QA Notices are located in
the ANSYS Zones section of the Homepage under Customer. The username to
enter this area is "customer" and the password is "ain1fm" (ANSYS is
number 1 for me). Since 1994, ANSYS has been providing error notices via
email to all customers with maintenance who have requested electronic
mailings. These emails are transmitted and posted within 2 working days
of final approval of Class3 Error Reports and QA Notices. We encourage
all of our customers to take advantage of these methods for quickly
obtaining Class3 Error Reports and QA Notices. Beginning November 1,
1996 Class3 error notification mailings to customers with maintenance
will be performed on a quarterly basis. If you require notification
sooner please make use of our Internet or email services. To register
for email notification of Class3 errors, simply send an email request
including your email address, company name/address and ANSYS agreement
number to bpodolek@ansys.com. Quality Assurance Service Agreement
customers are not affected by this change.
Sincerely,
ANSYS, Inc.
William J Bryan
Quality Assurance Manager
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ANSYS revision identifiers consist of a major revision level, a
minor revision level, a correction level, and occasionally a special
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program, normally to circumvent an error. Special versions are not
general release to all ANSYS licensees, since they typically represent
errors occurring only on one system, a subset of our customers who have
specific graphics devices, etc.
The ANSYS revision identifier(s) shown under "corrected in" on the
front side of this Class3 Error Report indicates the first possible
revision that could contain the correction. A major program change needed
to fix an error can dictate that the next minor or major revision will
contain the fix rather than the next correction level. For example, when
errors were being reported while Rev. 4.3A was the latest production
version, most class3 error reports indicated that 4.3B was the "corrected
in" revision. Others requiring significant code restructuring were
reported as fixed in 4.4. Rev. 4.3B was never released, but Rev. 4.4
contained all error corrections noted as fixed in 4.3B.
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a general release of that revision of ANSYS will occur. It does indicate
that the correction is known and implemented in the coding that would be
part of that general release.
Equivalent Product Identifiers
The ANSYS family of products occasionally undergoes name changes
between revisions and/or changes in the functionality of derived products
(such as ANSYS-PC/LINEAR). To minimize the potential for confusion in
these areas, the important product time equivalent (similar program
functionality and error content) an listed below.
ANSYS/ED contains all errors shown for the full ANSYS product,
dancing at Rev. 5.0,
and beyond, unless
otherwise noted.
PC/LINEAR is equivalent to WS/LINEAR at Rev.4-4A.
and ANSYS/LINEAR starting at
Rev. 5.0.
PC/THERMAL is equivalent to WS/THERMAL at Rev.4.4A
and ANSYS/THERMAL starting
at Rev. 5-0.
PREPPOST contains relevant errors
shown for the full ANSYS product,
for included pre-
and postprocessing
functionality
ANSYS [Registered Trademark] CLASS3 ERROR REPORT
ERROR NO: 96-42
KEYWORDS: CONSTRAINT EQUATIONS MODAL ITERATIVE SOLVERS
DESCRIPTION OF ERROR:
If a model contains constraint equations (CE command) at two or more
nodes of any single element, the results may be incorrect if one of the
following are true:
1. A modal analysis was performed (ANTYPOE, MODAL) using the block
Lanczos method (MODOPT,LANB) or the subspace method
(MODOPT,SUBSP) with the Frontal solver option (EQSLV,FRONT
[default]) or the JCG solver option (EQSLV, JCG).
or 2. An analysis was performed with the ICCG solver (EQSLV, ICCG).
or 3. An analysis was performed with the JCG solver (EQSLV,JCG) in
which the matrices were unsymmetric (such as in piezoelectrics,
acoustics, and other multiphysics applications).
Separate constraint equations typically occur when two
components are tied together using constraint equations (CEINTF cokand)
or with modal cyclic symmetry (MODCYC command).
FIRST INCORRECT VERSION(S):*_/ CORRECTED IN:*_/
Release 5.3 Release 5.4
Component Products Release 5.3 Component Products Release 5.4
SUGGESTED USER ACTION FOR RUNNING ON UNCORRECTED VERSION:
If possible, replace the constraint equations with coupling, if the
meshes align. Alternatively:
For 1. Use the reduced method (MODOPT, REDUC) or the Power Dynamics
method (MODOPT, SUBSP with EQSLV, PCG).
For 2 and 3. Use the Frontal solver (EQSLV,FRONT).
COMMENTS:
The correction, currently available upon request from your ASD,
fully accounts for the cross-coupling of all the constraint equations.
This may increase the wavefront by as much as a factor of 3.
For modal analyses where there is insufficient memory to run with
this correction, an option is provided to allow it to solve with longer
run time.
A similar correction will also be made for the block Lanczos method
and will be available at a later date to all customers through a
downloadable file from the ANSYS HomePage http://www.ansys.com/ServSupp/.
AUTHOR/CORRECTOR: DATE: October 22, 1996
John A. Swanson
REVIEWED BY QA: DATE: October 22, 1996
William J. Bryan
APPROVAL: DATE: October 22, 1996
David Conover
ANSYS [Registered Trademark] CLASS3 ERROR REPORT
ERROR NO: 96-43
KEYWORDS: MATRIX50 SUPERELEMENTS COUPLED DEGREES OF FREEDOM
NONZERO CONSTRAINTS
DESCRIPTION OF ERROR:
Results are incorrect in a superelement (MATRIX50) use run if there
is coupling (CP, CPINTF commands) involving the superelement degrees of
freedom (DOF) and the following are true:
1. A nonzero constraint (D command) is applied to the coupled DOF:
and 2. The nonzero constraint is not explicitly specified (e.g.,
through a D command) on the superelement DOF of the coupled
set.
FIRST INCORRECT VERSION(S):*_/ CORRECTED IN:*_/
Rev. 5.0 Release 5.4
SUGGESTED USER ACTION FOR RUNNING ON UNCORRECTED VERSION:
Apply the nonzero constraint at all the nodes of the coupled set.
COMMENTS:
This Class3 Error Report details the error originally reported in QA
Notice QA96-05, which is superseded by this Class3 Error Report.
AUTHOR/CORRECTOR: DATE: October 22, 1996
David L. Conover
REVIEWED BY QA: DATE: October 22, 1996
William J. Bryan
APPROVAL: DATE: October 22, 1996
Mark C. Imgrund
*_/If a product name is not included in the "first incorrect versions,
the full ANSYS program is implied. For products not listed, this error
does not apply, but see the reverse side for equivalent product
designations.
Unless noted otherwise, this error report also applies to all revisions
after the first incorrect one and prior to the corrected revision. All
revisions after "corrected in" are corrected. Manual corrections are
included in on-tine documentation as appropriate. Please see the reverse
side of this sheet for additional information on ANSYS revision
identifiers.
ANSYS [Registered Trademark] CLASS3 ERROR REPORT
ERROR NO: 96-44
KEYWORDS: SAVE LOADS INITIAL CONDITIONS /EXIT
DESCRIPTION OF ERROR:
Initial conditions applied with the IC command are not saved with
the default specified in the exit dialog box EXIT (Utility
Menu>File>Exit>Save Geom+Loads), or with the /EXIT, MODEL or /EXIT
Command.
FIRST INCORRECT VERSION(S):*_/ CORRECTED IN:*_/
Rev. 5.1 Release 5.4
Component Products Rev.5.1 Component Products Release 5.4
SUGGESTED USER ACTION FOR RUNNING ON UNCORRECTED VERSION:
Select from exit dialog box (or use /EXIT.ALL).
COMMENTS:
Note that initial conditions are saved if either the
option (/EXIT,SOLU) or option /EXIT.ALL) is selected
from the exit menu. The SAVE command issued from the command line will
also save initial conditions.
AUTHOR/CORRECTOR: DATE: October 22, 1996
Mike Normansell
REVIEWED BY QA:
William J. Bryan DATE: October 22, 1996
APPROVAL: David Canover DATE: October 22, 1996
*_/If a product name is not included in the "first incorrect version",
the full ANSYS program is implied. For products not listed, this error
does not apply, but see the reverse side for equivalent product
designations.
Unless noted otherwise, this error report also applies to all revisions
after the first incorrect one and prior to the corrected revision. All
revisions after "corrected in" are corrected. Manual corrections are
included in on-line documentation as appropriate. Please see the reverse
side of this sheet for additional information on ANSYS revision
identifiers.
ANSYS [Registered Trademark] CLASS3 ERROR REPORT
ERROR NO: 96-45
KEYWORDS: FASTSOLVER EQSLV, ITER LSSOLVE RAMPING
DESCRIPTION OF ERROR:
When using the LSSOLVE command with the fastsolver option active
(EQSLV,ITER) the surface and body force loads will erroneously be ramped
from zero for each load step instead of from the previous load step
values.
FIRST INCORRECT VERSION(S):*_/ CORRECTED IN:*_/
Release 5.3 Release 5.4
Component Products Release 5.3 Component Products Release 5.4
SUGGESTED USER ACTION FOR RUNNING ON UNCORRECTED VERSION:
Use a series of SOLVE commands instead of the LSWRITE and LSSOLVE
commands.
COMMENTS:
AUTHOR/CORRECTOR: DATE: October 22, 1996
Christopher W. Aiken
REVIEWED BY QA: DATE: October 22, 1996
William J. Bryan
APPROVAL: DATE: October 22, 1996
David Conover
*_/If a product name is not included in the "first incorrect version",
the full ANSYS program is implied. For products not listed, this error
does not apply, but see the reverse side for equivalent product
designations.
Unless noted otherwise, this error report also applies to all revisions
after the first incorrect one and prior to the corrected revision. All
revisions after "corrected in" are corrected. Manual corrections are
included in on-line documentation as appropriate. Please see the reverse
side of this sheet for additional information on ANSYS revision
identifiers.
ANSYS [Registered Trademark] CLASS3 ERROR REPORT
ERROR NO: 96-46
KEYWORDS: CFD THERMAL EXPANSION FLUID141 FLUID142
DESCRIPTION OF ERROR:
For FLUID141 and FLUID142, the coefficient of thermal expansion
(input using the FLDA,TURB,BETA command) is ignored in any analysis. The
print file (file.pfl) reports a value for this quantity, but incorrectly
lists the bulk modulus value (FLDA,BULK,BETA) for the fluid instead.
FIRST INCORRECT VERSION(S):*_/ CORRECTED IN:*_/
Rev. 5.1 Release 5.4
ANSYS/FLOTRAN Rev. 5.1
SUGGESTED USER ACTION FOR RUNNING ON UNCORRECTED VERSION:
COMMENTS:
This only affects turbulent analysis with significant buoyancy
effects. Even though the results appear correct, the source term in the
k-e model due to gravitational effects is zero.
AUTHOR/CORRECTOR: DATE: October 22, 1996
Deepak Ganjoo
REVIEWED BY QA: DATE: October 22, 1996
William J. Bryan
APPROVAL: DATE: October 22, 1996
David Conover
*_/If a product name is not included in the "first incorrect version",
the full ANSYS program is implied. For products not listed, this error
does not apply, but see the reverse side for equivalent product
designations.
Unless noted otherwise, this error report also applies to all revisions
after the first incorrect one and prior to the corrected revision. All
revisions after "corrected in" are corrected. Manual corrections are
included in on-line documentation as appropriate. Please see the reverse
side of this sheet for additional information on ANSYS revision
identifiers.
ANSYS QA NOTICE
NOTICE NO: QA96-05 R1
SUBJECT: MATRIX50 SUPERELEMENTS COUPLED DEGREES OF FREEDOM
DESCRIPTION:
This QA Notice originally described a potential Class3 error for
which the full scope had not been determined. The full scope of this
error has now been determined and is reported in Class3 Error Report
96-43 which supersedes the originally issued QA Notice QA96-05.
AUTHOR/CORRECTOR: DATE: October 22, 1996
Kenneth G. Podlaszewski
REVIEWED BY QA: DATE: October 22, 1996
William J. Bryan
APPROVAL: DATE: October 22, 1996
David Conover
ANSYS QA NOTICE
NOTICE NO: QA96-09
SUBJECT: ELEM62 ELEM97 MAGNETICS
DESCRIPTION:
Our internal theoretical investigation of the three-dimensional
nodal-based magnetic vector potential formulation (used for SOLID62 and
SOLID97) has determined that the normal component of the magnetic vector
potential must be discontinuous across material interfaces of differing
permeability. This behavior has not been published in any technical
journals that we are aware of. The present formulation is implemented
assuming continuity of the vector potential in the whole domain.
The formulation works well for axisymmetric type three-dimensional
models with azimuthal currents where the magnetic vector potential is
predominately tangent to the surface of material discontinuities. It
also works well for completely homogenous problems (i.e., constant
permeability everywhere). Two-dimensional problems using PLANE 13 or
PLANE 53 are not subject to any accuracy problems of this nature.
The formulation does not provide accurate solutions for general
three-dimensional problems containing materials of differing
permeability. More specifically, accurate solutions will not be produced
in permeable domains where the normal component of the magnetic vector
potential is significant across the material interfaces.
AFFECTED VERSIONS: Revision 4.4A through Release 5.3
COMMENTS:
For general static magnetic field analysis, use the scalar potential
formulations offered in elements SOLID5, SOLID96 and SOLID98.
AUTHOR: DATE: October 22, 1996
Dale Ostergaard
REVIEWED BY QA: DATE: October 22, 1996
William J. Bryan
APPROVAL: DATE: October 22, 1996
David Conover
SCB96-01
ANSYS Support Coordinator Bulletin
This Support Coordinator bulletin consists of two sections. The first
section contains information pertaining to the ANSYS 5.3 Second Release.
The second section provides information about known, non-Class3 errors in
the ANSYS program and information regarding workarounds.
ANSYS 5.3 Second Release
ANSYS 5.3 Second Release (identified by build number UP100396) is now
available. This special version includes the new IGES capabilities for
the hardware systems that did not contain the capabilities in the initial
release of ANSYS 5.3. These systems are the Digital Alpha Unix, Digital
Alpha Windows NT, Silicon Graphics R8000 and R10000. This special
version also contains numerous corrective enhancements, some of which are
listed below by category.
PREPROCESSING
o Areas represented by high order NURBS surfaces now mesh
properly.
o A problem with area meshes with large transitions producing
inverted elements has been corrected.
o Meshing without smartsizing has been improved to reduce the
resultant mesh coarseness.
SOLUTION
o Nonlinear transient thermal analyses using the Pre-conditioned
Conjugate Gradient (PCG) solver no longer use more iterations
than necessary.
o Pressure PSD spectrum analysis without a load vector scale
factor specified (LVSCALE) no longer terminates with a
confusing message.
o Modal analysis (ANTYPE, MODAL) of a model with separate
constraint equations at two or more nodes of an element,
performed with the block Lanczos method (MODOPT,LANB) or the
subspace method (MODOPT,SUBSP) with the Frontal solver option
(EQSLV,FRONT [default]) or the JCG solver option (EQSLV, JCG)
now works correctly. This error is reported in Class3 Error
Report 96-42.
o Analysis of a model with separate constraint equations at two
or more nodes of an element performed with the ICCG solver
(EQSLV, ICCG) now works correctly. This error is reported in
Class3 Error Report 96-42.
o Analysis of a model with separate constraint equations at two
or more nodes of an element performed with the JCG solver
(EQSLV, JCG) in which the matrices are unsymmetric (such as in
piezoelectrics, acoustics, and other multiphysics applications)
now works correctly. This error is reported in Class3 Error
Report 96-42.
o Artificial stress concentrations are no longer produced in
Solid 92 and Plane 2 elements with curved edges 1 X 10**-3 or
less in length. This error is reported in Class3 Error Report
96-50
o Erroneous fluxes are no longer produced in Solid87 elements
with curved edges 1 X 10**-3 or less in length. This error is
reported in Class3 Error Report 96-50
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MISCELLANEOUS
When archiving a model (CDWRITE command) that has the Pre-
conditioned Conjugate Gradient (PCG) solver activated, the resultant
file now contains the correct command for activating the PCG solver.
Specifying uniform contour values for displays (/CONTOUR command)
now works properly in ANSYS/Thermal and ANSYS/Emag.
The status report that prints out after an IGES transfer is
completed is now the same as in Revision 5.2.
The messages produced when there is not enough memory for the Block
Lanczos solver now reports the correct values for memory available
and memory required.
GRAPHICS
A problem with the GUI operating slowly on some PCs has been
corrected.
A legend now appears when surface loads are displayed.
Modal animation on the PC has been corrected to animate forward-
reverse-forward since the media player has a forward only
limitation. This permits animation of the full mode cycle.
Animation now works correctly on PCs using minimum required colors.
ANSYS DISPLAY Utility
In the DISPLAY Utility on the Windows NT and Windows 95 versions,
the "cancel" button in the "Open Color Map File" and "Save Graphics
File (Color Sorted)" windows now works properly.
ANSYS/LS-DYNA
The EDLOAD command now correctly transfers rotation nodal degree of
freedom nodal loads (Lab=ROTX, ROTY or ROTZ). This error is
reported in Class3 Error Report 96-48.
All cases of rotated nodes are properly error trapped preventing
their use in LS-Dyna (which does not support nodal rotations). This
error is reported in Class3 Error Report 96-49.
The GUI now properly handles the entering of real constants for the
COMBI165 element.
Reported Errors and Possible Workarounds
The following list provides information about some significant errors
that have been reported and describes workarounds where possible.
KEYWORDS: USER INTERFACE S-N TABLE
DESCRIPTION: In the General Postprocessing Fatigue S-N Tables, the
alternate stress vs. cycles tables are set up. When the "Apply" or "OK"
button is picked, the "entire table", and not just the user's input, is
sent to ANSYS in the form of "FP" commands. If the entire table is not
filled, the locations are sent as blanks or zeros. When POST1 interprets
the GUI generated "FP" commands, a "zero" value will replace the value in
"STTTM" locations 1, 7, 13, 19, etc. if the user did not fill these
locations. The "FP" documentation does indicate that the value of zero
will be used in the "STTTM" location if a "blank" or "zero" is input;
however, this is an unexpected behavior when the data is coming from the
GUI table setup.
AFFECTED VERSIONS: Rev.5.1, Rev. 5.2, Release 5.3
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WORKAROUND: Issue an FP command for each value to be deleted. For
example use FP,-7 to erase the value in location 7 in the S-N Table.
KEYWORDS: USER INTERFACE MATRIX27
DESCRIPTION: The real constant dialog for MATRIX27 displays incorrect
values for the following items when editing an existing real constant
set:
C25, C26, C27
If you are creating a new set or editing an existing one, the values
input will be correctly sent to ANSYS.
AFFECTED VERSIONS: Rev.5.1, Rev.5.2, Release 5.3
WORKAROUND: If you use the dialog box for editing purposes, be sure to
set C25, C26, and C27 to the correct values before choosing OK.
KEYWORDS: FLOTRAN POST1 RESUME
DESCRIPTION: FLOTRAN results are not saved from POST1. Issuing a SAVE
and RESUME or just a RESUME will cause some results to be unavailable.
AFFECTED VERSIONS: Rev.5.1, Rev. 5.2, Release 5.3
WORKAROUND: Issue a SET command in POST1 after a RESUME.
KEYWORDS: SOLID MODELING IGES CDWRITE CDREAD
DESCRIPTION: Doing a CDWRITE.ALL may produce a.cdb file that does not
contain parameter data. When a CDREAD, ALL is done, warning messages may
result, caused by the missing parameter data.
AFFECTED VERSIONS. Rev. 5.2
WORKAROUND: None
KEYWORDS: SOLID MODELING MESHING IGES
DESCRIPTION: The aspect ratio checking for bricks is limited in the
mesher. CHECK, ESEL, WARN does not perform this checking.
AFFECTED VERSIONS: Rev. 5.0, Rev. 5.0A, Rev.5.1, Rev.5.2, Release 5.3
WORKAROUND: Limit the element sizes along the edge so that they stay
within a reasonable aspect ratio using good engineering judgment.
KEYWORDS: SOLID MODELING MESHING IGES
DESCRIPTION: When meshing an area containing many tesselations, a large
amount of time may elapse due to the geometry of the area. An example of
these geometries may be a large number of holes in the area.
AFFECTED VERSIONS: Rev.5.1, Rev. 5.2, Release 5.3
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WORKAROUND: Reduce the number of holes (<15) in the affected areas. This
can be done by splitting the area into a number of smaller areas.
Another way to decrease the amount of time spent meshing is to turn off
color shading if running interactively.
KEYWORDS: SOLID MODELING VROT ARSYM
DESCRIPTION: Performing a VROT after an ARSYM may generate an incorrect
element and nodal pattern in the resultant volume.
AFFECTED VERSIONS: Rev.5.1, Rev. 5.2, Release 5.3
WORKAROUND: After the ARSYM and before the VROT command, issue
NUMMRG,KP and NUMMRG,NODE to merge any coincident keypoints or nodes.
KEYWORDS: SOLID MODELING VEXT CSYS
DESCRIPTION: In a non-Cartesian coordinate system, the VEXT command
will locate the end face of the volume based on the active coordinate
system and the extrusion will be along a straight line between the end
faces. This is not an error, but it may not produce the result you
expect.
AFFECTED VERSIONS: Rev. 5.0, Rev. 5.0A, Rev. 5.1, Rev 5.2, Release 5.3
WORKAROUND: A user may perform an extrusion along a "curved path" by
performing a sequence of VEXT operations along a piecewise linear line
that is a good approximation of the curved line. Its success can not be
predicted easily and depends on the model and the choice of the
approximated piecewise linear line.
KEYWORDS: SOLID MODELING VEXT AREAS
DESCRIPTION: When doing a VEXT on a set of areas, if an area that is
parallel to the line of extrusion is selected, the extrusion will be done
on all the areas including the parallel area. However, any resulting
volume calculations will be incorrect based on the fact that the parallel
area was selected.
AFFECTED VERSIONS: Rev. 5.0, Rev.5.0A, Rev.5.1, Rev. 5.2, Release 5.3
WORKAROUND: Make sure that all selected areas are not parallel to the
line defining the extrusion direction.
KEYWORDS: SOLID MODELING LARC
DESCRIPTION: When performing an LARC command with a large radius and a
small arc angle, a complete circle may be produced.
AFFECTED VERSIONS: Rev. 5.0, Rev. 5.0A, Rev. 5.1, Rev. 5.2, Release 5.3
WORKAROUND: Use a straight line to connect the two keypoints.
KEYWORDS: SOLUTION GP LSWRITE/LSSOLVE
DESCRIPTION: Having gap conditions (GP command) in a reduced or mode
superposition analysis and using the LSWRITE and LSSOLVE commands will
produce erroneous results. The gaps are not supported properly in the
solution.
AFFECTED VERSIONS: Rev.5.0, Rev. 5.0A, Rev. 5.1, Rev. 5.2
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WORKAROUND: Use the SOLVE methods of specifying multiple load steps.
Refer to Basic Analysis Procedures Guide, Chapter 3 (ANSYS 5.3) or the
Procedures Manual, Chapter 10 (ANSYS 5.2 or earlier).
KEYWORDS: SOLUTION BEAM3 PIPES TORSIONAL
DESCRIPTION: Beams and Pipes have no extra torsional resistance in their
stress-stiffness matrix. No torsional resistance is added by turning
stress stiffening (SSTEF) on. This is documented, but does not work as
may be expected.
AFFECTED VERSIONS: Rev 5.1, Rev. 5.2, Release 5.3
WORKAROUND: Use 3-D solids.
KEYWORDS: SOLUTION BEAM3 NLGEOM
DESCRIPTION: BEAM3 with large deflection (NLGEOM) turned on and under a
large axial load may not converge properly.
AFFECTED VERSIONS. Rev. 5.1, Rev. 5.2, Release 5.3
WORKAROUND: Turn on stress stiffening to aid convergence.
KEYWORDS: SHELL150 CP MID-SIDE NODES SOLUTION
DESCRIPTION: In SHELL150 (p-elemet), coupling of midside nodes (CP
command) is limited to transnational d.o.f.s only. Any midside node
rotation d.o.f.s only. Any midside node rotation d.o.f. that is part of
a CP command will be ignored from the coupled set.
AFFECTED VERSIONS: Rev. 5.2, Release 5.3
WORKAROUND: None
AUTHOR: DATE: October 21, 1996
Michael F. Michalski
AUTHOR: DATE: October 21, 1996
Kenneth G. Pedlaszewski
REVIEWED BY QA: DATE: October 21, 1996
William J. Bryan
APPROVAL: DATE: October 21, 1996
David Conover
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