Part 21 Report - 1997-059
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Enclosure(s): ANSYS Class3 Error Reports 97-16 through 97-34
ANSYS "Trade Mark"
ANSYS, Inc.
Southpointe
275 Technology Drive
Canonsburg, PA 15317
July 2, 1997
Dear Class3 Error Recipient:
Enclosed you will find ANSYS Class3 Error Reports 97-16 thorugh
97-34.
Please note that the information supplied on the back of each
O@ ANSYS Class3 Error Report regarding product and release identification
has been modified. The modified release identifier and product
identification information follows:
Major release level changes indicate that new features have been
added to the program and that some level of program architecture
change has occurred. Minor release level changes indicate that new
features have been added to the program but files are upwardly
compatible. All known error fixes are included in both minor and
major releases. The build date corresponds to the date the program
was created. Special versions may be provided to circumvent an
error and are identified by build date. Special versions are not
general releases to all@ANSYS licensees, since they typically
represent error corrections occurring only on one system, a subset
of our customers who have specific devices.
When a release identifier on a Class3 Error Report does not include
a build date, all build dates for the indicated release level are
included. When a release identifier for first incorrect version
explicitly includes a build date, the release level with the
indicated build date as well as all earlier build dates for that
release level are affected. When a release identifier for corrected
in explicitly includes a build date, the release level with the
indicated build date as well as all subsequent build dates contains
the correction.
The ANSYS family of component products occasionally undergoes name
changes between releases and/or changes in functionality of derived
products. To minimize the potential for confusion in these areas, unless
otherwise noted on the Class3 Error Report. the error report applies to
all ANSYS family products that contain or describe the feature in the
designated release(s).
Also enclosed you fill find ANSYS Class3 Error Summaries for Rev.
5.2 and Release 5.3 of the ANSYS program. For your convenience, these
are sorted both by keyword and Class3 Error Report number.
Sincerely,
ANSYS, Inc.
William J. Bryan
Quality Assurance Manager
ANSYS Release Identifier Description
ANSYS release identifiers consist of a major release level, a minor
release level, a correction and a build date. An example of how this is
constructed is shown below:
Figure omitted.
Major release level changes indicate that new features have been added to
the program and that some level of program architect change and/or file
structure may have occurred. Minor release level changes also indicate
that new features have been added to the program, but files are upwardly
compatible. All known error fixes are included in both minor and major
releases. The build date corresponds to the date the program was
created. Special versions may be provided to circumvent an error and are
identified by build date' Special versions are not general releases to
all ANSYS licensees, since they typically represent error corrections
occurring only on one system, a subset of our customers who have specific
graphics devices, etc.
When a release identifier on a Class3 Error Report does not include a
build date, all build dates for the indicated release level -are
included. When a release identifier for FIRST INCORRECT VERSION
explicitly includes a build date, the release level with the indicated
build date as well as. all earlier build dates for that release level
are affected. When a release identifier for CORRECTED IN explicitly
includes a build date, the release level with the indicated build date as
well as all subsequent build dates contain the correction.
For example, a Class3 Error Report with "5.3 UP100396" for
FIRST.INCORRECT VERSION and "5.5 UP063098" for "CORRECTED IN" would apply
to all 5.3 releases with a build date UP 100396 or later, all 5.4
releases (regardless of build date) and all 5.5 releases with a build
date earlier than UP063098.
The ANSYS release identifier(s) shown under "corrected in" on the front
side of Class3 Error Reports indicates the first possible release that
contains the correction.
An identifier indicated under "corrected in" does not guarantee that a
general distribution of that release of ANSYS will occur. It does
indicate that the correction is known and implemented in that or any
subsequent release.
Product Applicability
The ANSYS family of component products occasionally undergoes name
changes between releases and/or changes in the functionality of derived
products (such as ANSYS-PC/LINEAR). To minimize the potential for
confusion in these areas, unless otherwise noted on the front side of the
Class3 Error Report, the error report applies to all ANSYS family
products (including standalone component products) that contain the
described feature(s) in the designated release(s).
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ANSYS "Trade Mark" CLASS3 ERROR REPORT
ERROR NO: 97-16
KEYWORDS: *_/MOONEY *_/EVAL *_/HYPERELASTICITY
DESCRIPTION OF ERROR:
The hyperelasticity commands MOONEY and EVAL have the following
errors:
1. The LTYPE field description on the MOONEY command is incorrectly
documented. The correct description for ANSYS release (5.1, 5.2 and 5.3)
is as follows:
1 Uniaxial test data (Tension or Compression) only.
2 Equibiaxial test data (Tension or Compression) only.
- (Note that 3 is not used.)
- (Note that 4 should not be used. Use of LTYPE=4 will
produce incorrect results.)
- (Note that 5 should not be used. Use of LTYPE=5 will
produce incorrect results.)
6 Uniaxial test data (Tension or Compression) and
Equibiaxial test data (Tension or Compression).
7 Uniaxial test data (Tension or Compression) and Shear test
data (Tension or Compression).
8 Equibiaxial test data (Tension or Compression) and Shear
test data (Tension or Compression).
9 Uniaxial test data (Tension or Compression), Equibiaxial
test data (Tension or Compression) and Shear test
data.(Tension or Compression).
2. There are two errors with sorting of the test data which cause
plotting errors:
1. The stress and strain data were independently sorted into
SORTSS and SORTSN arrays. As a result, stress-strain curves
with negative slopes may not be appropriately plotted by the
SORTSS and SORTSN arrays.
2. Different types of test data (uniaxial, equibiaxial and shear)
are mixed while sorting and stored in SORTSS and SORTSN arrays.
3. The EVPARM field description on the command EVAL is incorrectly
documented. The correct description is as follows:
The type of hyperelastic equations (mode of deformation) to be used
in the evaluation:
1 Uniaxial (Tension or Compression) equations.
2 Equibiaxial (Tension or Compression) equations.
3 Shear (Planar Tension or Compression) equations.
TYPICAL GUI Path(s):
Main Menu>Preprocessor>Material Props>Mooney-Rivlin>Calc Constants
Main Menu>Preprocessor>Material Props>Mooney-Rivlin>Eval Constants
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ANSYS*_/ CLASS3 ERROR REPORT
ERROR NO: 97-16
FIRST INCORRECT VERSION(S):*_/ CORRECTED IN:*_/
Rev. 5.1 Release 5.4
SUGGESTED USER ACTION FOR RUNNING ON UNCORRECTED VERSION:
Follow the description given above.
COMMENTS:
In ANSYS 5.4, the above errors have been corrected as follows:
1. The LTYPE field is redundant and will be ignored. The correct test
data type will be determined from the STRAIN and STRESS arrays as
documented in the MOONEY command.
2. The sorting errors are corrected. The corrected documentation will
describe the usage of the new sorting capability.
AUTHOR/CORRECTOR: DATE: April 28, 1997
Ashraf Ali
AUTHOR/CORRECTOR: DATE: April 28, 1997
Sekar Govindarajan
REVIEWED BY QA: DATE: April 28, 1997
William J. Bryan
APPROVAL: DATE: April 28, 1997
David Conover
*_/Unless noted otherwise, this report applies to all ANSYS family
products Which contain the described feature in the indicated Releases).
See the reverse side for details regarding product applicability.
Unless noted otherwise. this error report also applies to all releases
after the first incorrect one and prior to the corrected release. All
releases 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 release
identifiers.
ANSYS "Trade Mark" CLASS3 ERROR REPORT
ERROR NO: 97-17
KEYWORDS: ORTHOTROPIC MATERIALS LSDYNA POISSONS RATIO
DESCRIPTION OF ERROR:
ANSYS/LS-DYNA has the following error in orthotropic material
property definition: 'Column Normalized' or minor Poissons ratio values
(NUXY, NUYZ and NUXZ) are not correctly transferred to LS-DYNA.
Erroneous values are then used in the LS-DYNA solution.
TYPICAL GUI PATH(S):
Preprocessor>Material Properties
FIRST INCORRECT VERSION(S):*_/ CORRECTED IN:*_/
ANSYS/LS-Dyna Release 5.3 ANSYS/LS-Dyna Release 5.4
Release 5.3 UP030797
SUGGESTED USER ACTION FOR RUNNING ON UNCORRECTED VERSION:
Users who are familiar with the format of the "Jobnam.K" LS-DYNA
file may edit the file, correct the material property values, then run
the LS-DYNA solution outside of ANSYS.
COMMENTS:
Note also that 'Row Normalized' or major Poissons ratio values
(PRXY, PRYZ and PRXZ) do not work properly and produce an error message
and terminate the program.
AUTHOR/CORRECTOR: DATE: April 28, 1997
Ashraf Ali
REVIEWED BY QA: DATE: April 28, 1997
William J. Bryan
APPROVAL: DATE: April 28, 1997
David Conover
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*_/Unless noted otherwise, this report applies to all ANSYS family
products which contain the described feature in the indicated Release(s).
See the reverse side for details regarding product applicability.
Unless noted otherwise, this error report also applies to all releases
after the first incorrect one and prior to the corrected release. All
releases 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 release
identifiers.
ANSYS*_/ CLASS3 ERROR REPORT
ERROR NO: 97-18
KEYWORDS: LSDYNA SOLID164 EDLOAD PRESSURE
DESCRIPTION OF ERROR:
The EDLOAD command does not correctly apply pressure loads to
pressure faces 1 and 2 (Ikey=1 and 2 on the EDLOAD command) of SOLID164
elements.
TYPICAL GUI PATH(s):
Main Menu>Solution>Loading Options>Specify Loads
FIRST INCORRECT VERSION(S):*_/ CORRECTED IN:*_/
ANSYS/LS-Dyna Release 5.3 ANSYS/LS-Dyna Release 5.4
Release 5.3 UP030797
SUGGESTED USER ACTION FOR RUNNING ON UNCORRECTED VERSION:
COMMENTS:
SOLID164 is used in explicit dynamics analyses (ANSYS/LS-DYNA) only.
AUTHOR/CORRECTOR: DATE: April 28, 1997
Ashraf Ali
REVIEWED BY QA: DATE: April 28, 1997
William J. Bryan
APPROVAL: DATE: April 28, 1997
David Conover
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*_/Unless noted otherwise, this report applies to all ANSYS family
products which contain the described feature in the indicated Release(s).
See the reverse side for details regarding product applicability.
Unless noted otherwise, this error report also applies to all releases
after the first incorrect one and prior to the corrected release. All
releases 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 release
identifiers.
ANSYS "Trade Mark" CLASS3 ERROR REPORT
ERROR NO: 97-19
KEYWORDS: GUI MODAL PRESTRESSED UPCOORD
DESCRIPTION OF ERROR:
When setting the "set displacements to zero" KEY to ON to update
coordinate system for modal analysis [UPCOORD] in the Graphical User
interface. KEY (to set displacements to zero) is erroneously set to OFF
and FACTOR (to multiply displacements by) is erroneously set to a near-
zero value.
TYPICAL GUI PATH(S):
Preproc>Loads>Other>Update Coord Sys
Solution>Other>Update Coord Sys
FIRST INCORRECT VERSION(S):*_/ CORRECTED IN:*_/
Release 5.3 Release 5.4
SUGGESTED USER ACTION FOR RUNNING ON UNCORRECTED VERSION:
Enter the correct UPCOORD command manually in the input window
(typically UPCOORD,1,ON for prestressed modal analysis).
For any case where this error has been encountered: the erroneous
command UPCOORD, ON will be written on the log file. The log file may be
edited to correct the UPCOORD command typically UPCOORD,1,ON for
prestressed modal analysis), then used as input to re-run the analysis.
COMMENTS:
This is an error in the Graphical User Interface (GUI) only. The
UPCOORD command functions correctly.
Setting the "update coordinate system in modal analysis" key to ON
is typically done for prestressed modal analysis.
AUTHOR/CORRECTOR: DATE: April 28, 1997
Ron Werkmeister
REVIEWED BY QA: DATE: April 28, 1997
William J. Bryan
APPROVAL: DATE: April 28, 1997
David Conover
*_/Unless noted otherwise, this report applies to all ANSYS family
products which contain the described feature in the indicated Release(s).
See the reverse side for details regarding product applicability.
Unless noted otherwise, this error report also applies to all releases
after the first incorrect one and prior to the corrected release. All
releases 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 release
identifiers.
ANSYS*_/ CLASS3 ERROR REPORT
ERROR NO: 97-20
KEYWORDS: PLANE25 ELEM25 TEMPERATURES NONLINEAR
DESCRIPTION OF ERROR:
All results are incorrect for any nonlinear analysis which uses:
PLANE25 (4 node axisymmetric-harmonic structural solid) with extra
displacement shapes (KEYOPT(2)=0) [Default],
and temperature loading,
and the iterative (Newton-Raphson) solution technique.
TYPICAL GUI PATH(S):
Main Menu>Preprocessor>Element Type>Add/Edit/Delete[Add][Axi-har4node25]
Main Menu>Solution>Apply>Temperature
Main Menu>Solution>Analysis Options [SSTIF][PSTRES]
FIRST INCORRECT VERSION(S):*_/ CORRECTED IN:*_/
Rev. 5.0 Release 5.4
SUGGESTED USER ACTION FOR RUNNING ON UNCORRECTED VERSION:
Suppress extra displacement shapes for the PLANE25 elements
(KEYOPT(2)=1) or use PLANE83 elements rather than PLANE25.
COMMENTS:
Stress stiffening automatically uses the iterative (Newton-Raphson)
solution technique.
AUTHOR/CORRECTOR: DATE: April 28, 1997
Peter Kohnke
REVIEWED BY QA: DATE: April 28, 1997
William J. Bryan
APPROVAL: DATE: April 28, 1997
David Conover
*_/Unless noted otherwise, this report applies to all ANSYS family
products which contain the described feature in the indicated Release(s).
See the reverse side for details regarding product applicability.
Unless noted otherwise, this error report also applies to all releases
after the first incorrect one and prior to the corrected release. All
releases 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 release
identifiers.
ANSYS "Trade Mark" CLASS3 ERROR REPORT
ERROR NO: 97-21
KEYWORDS: SOLID5 SOLID98 THERMAL ANALYSIS RAMPED B.C. HEAT FLUX
DESCRIPTION OF ERROR:
SOLID5 and SOLID98 produce incorrect results for cases with ramped
heat flux loading (SFxx commands with HFLUX surface load label KBC.0
[default]).
TYPICAL GUI PATH(S):
Main Menu>Solution>Apply>Heat Flux
FIRST INCORRECT VERSION(S):*_/ CORRECTED IN:*
Release 5.3 Release 5.4
SUGGESTED USER ACTION FOR RUNNING ON UNCORRECTED VERSION:
Instead of ramping B.C.s, apply them as a series of smaller stepped
loads or if only a thermal analysis (no multi-field effects), use SOLID70
or SOLID87 elements.
COMMENTS:
Loads are ramped by default [KBC,0] during a solution containing
multiple substeps.
AUTHOR/CORRECTOR: DATE: April 28, 1997
Subhasish Roy Choudhury
REVIEWED BY QA: DATE: April 28, 1997
William J. Bryan
APPROVAL: DATE: April 28, 1997
David Conover
*_/Unless noted otherwise, this report applies to all ANSYS family
products which contain the described feature in the indicated Release(s).
See the reverse side for details regarding product applicability.
Unless noted otherwise, this error report also applies to all releases
after the first incorrect one and prior to the corrected release. All
releases 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 release
identifiers.
ANSYS "Trade Mark" CLASS3 ERROR REPORT
ERROR NO: 97-22
KEYWORDS: SHELL181
DESCRIPTION OF ERROR:
SHELL181 may produce incorrect results, because of an uninitialized
variable. The error is highly system and model dependent. This error
may cause a run time abort, erroneous results or may have no affect
depending on the data in the memory location that is used by the
uninitialized variable.
FIRST INCORRECT VERSION(S):*_/ CORRECTED IN:*_/
Release 5.3 Release 5.4
SUGGESTED USER ACTION FOR RUNNING ON UNCORRECTED VERSION:
Perform a dummy static solution with pressure = 0 applied to ALL
faces of SHELL181 elements and constrain all DOF (this will initialize
the variable), then remove the pressures and DOF constraints, apply the
desired loading, boundary conditions and continue the analysis as usual.
COMMENTS:
In cases where a pressure load has been applied to SHELL181
elements, it is more likely for this undefined variable to contain
erroneous numerical data which will cause erroneous results rather than a
run time abort.
AUTHOR/CORRECTOR: DATE: April 28, 1997
Grama Bhashyam
REVIEWED BY QA: William J. Bryan DATE: April 28, 1997
APPROVAL: DATE: April 28, 1997
David Conover
*_/Unless noted otherwise, this report applies to all ANSYS family
products which contain the described feature in the indicated Release(s).
See the reverse side for details regarding product applicability.
Unless noted otherwise, this error report also applies to all releases
after the first incorrect one and prior to the corrected release. All
releases 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 release
identifiers.
ANSYS "Trade Mark" CLASS3 ERROR REPORT"
ERROR NO: 97-23
KEYWORDS: LSDYNA CP D COUPLED NODES CONSTRAINT
DESCRIPTION OF ERROR:
Incorrect results are produced in an LS-DYNA solution for any case
where a constraint (D command) is applied to a degree of freedom that is
used in a coupled set (CP command).
TYPICAL GUI PATH(S):
CP Command: Preprocessor>Coupling/Ceqn>Couple D0Fs
D Command: Preprocessor>Loads>-Constraints-Apply>On Nodes
FIRST INCORRECT VERSION(S):*_/ CORRECTED IN:*_/
Release 5.3 ANSYS/LS-DYNA Release 5.4 ANSYS/LS-DYNA
SUGGESTED USER ACTION FOR RUNNING ON UNCORRECTED VERSION:
Use the D command alone to explicitly specify the needed constraints
on degrees of freedom rather than a combination of D and CP commands on
the same degree of freedom label.
For example, use the following:
cp,3,uz.1,2
d,1,ux,0
d,1,uy,0
d,2,ux,0
d.2,uy,0
instead of the following:
cp,1,ux,1,2
cp,2,uy,1,2
cp,3,uz,1,2
d,1.ux,O
d,1,uy,O
COMMENTS:
This error has been seen to produce incorrect numerical results in
some cases and obviously incorrect results (such as "not a number" [nan]
in the output) in other cases.
AUTHOR/CORRECTOR-: DATE: May 15, 1997
Ashraf Ali
REVIEWED BY QA: DATE: May 15, 1997
William J. Bryan
APPROVAL: May 15, 1997
John A. Swanson
*_/Unless noted otherwise report applies to all ANSYS family products
which contain the described feature in the indicated Release(s). See the
reverse side for details regarding product applicability.
Unless noted otherwise, this error report also applies to all releases
after the first incorrect one and prior to the corrected release. All
releases 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 release
identifiers.
ANSYS "Trade Mark" CLASS3 ERROR REPORT
ERROR NO: 97-24
KEYWORDS: MAGNETICS BIOT-SAVART SOURC36
DESCRIPTION OF ERROR:
Calculation of the Biot Savart field (BIOT command) for the Magnetic
Scalar Potential Formulations will ignore any source primitive geometry
(SOURC36 element) whose volume is less than 10e-15.
TYPICAL GUI PATH(S):
Main>Solution>Magnetics>Biot-Savart
Main>Preprocessor>Loads>Magnetics>Biot-Savart
FIRST INCORRECT VERSION(S):*_/ CORRECTED IN:*_/
Rev. 5.2 Release 5.4
ANSYS/EMAG Rev. 5.2
SUGGESTED USER ACTION FOR RUNNING ON UNCORRECTED VERSION:
Modify the source primitive geometry so that its volume is greater
than 10e-15. Alternatively, model the problem with larger dimensions
(such as millimeters). This will require adjusting free-space
permeability UEMUNIT command) and/or adjusting material properties to
provide a consistent set of units throughout.
COMMENTS:
AUTHOR/CORRECTOR: DATE: June 6, 1997
Miklos Gyimesi
REVIEWED BY QA: DATE: June 6, 1997
William J. Bryan
APPROVAL: DATE: June 6, 1997
John A. Swanson
*_/Unless noted otherwise, this report applies to all ANSYS family
products which contain the described feature in the indicated Release(s).
See the reverse side for details regarding product applicability.
Unless noted otherwise, this error report also applies to all releases
after the first incorrect one and prior to the corrected release. All
releases 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 release
identifiers.
ANSYS "Trade Mark" CLASS3 ERROR REPORT
ERROR NO: 97-25
KEYWORDS: POST1 LCASE LCDEF
DESCRIPTION OF ERROR:
In POST1, the reading of data from a results file into the database
(LCASE command) will result in incorrect node and/or element results in
the database if performed according to the following sequence of
operations:
1. An initial POST1 session is performed in which load case definitions
(LCDEF) are assigned to a results file.
2. The POST1 session is exited (FINISH).
3. A subsequent POST1 session is performed in which data is read into
the database from a results file (LCASE command) without a preceding
SET or LCDEF having been performed in the cur/rent session.
TYPICAL GUI PATH(S):
Main Menu>General Postproc>Load Case>Read Load Case
FIRST INCORRECT VERSION(S):*_/ CORRECTED IN:*_/
Rev. 5.0 Release 5.4
Component Products Rev. 5.0
SUGGESTED USER ACTION FOR RUNNING ON UNCORRECTED VERSION:
Issue a SET or LCDEF command in the second POST1 session before
reading results from a result file into the database (LCASE command).
COMMENTS:
This error is such that the results quantities in the database for
any node or element may actually be the results from another node or
element in the model.
AUTHOR/CORRECTOR: DATE: June 6. 1997
Herb Mroz
REVIEWED BY QA: William J. Bryan DATE: June 6, 1997
APPROVAL: John A. Swanson DATE: June 6, 1997
*_/Unless noted otherwise, this report applies to all ANSYS family
products which contain the described feature in the indicated Release(s).
See the reverse side for details regarding product applicability.
Unless noted otherwise, this error report also applies to all releases
after the first incorrect one and prior to the corrected release. All
releases 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 release
identifiers.
ANSYS "Trade Mark" CLASS3 ERROR REPORT
ERROR NO: 97-26
KEYWORDS: SPECTRUM PSDMAV RANDOM VIBRATION WAVE
PROPAGATION
DESCRIPTION OF ERROR:
In a random vibration analysis (ANTYPE, SPECTRUM with SPOPT,
PSD) using wave propagation or spatial correlation option (PSDWAV or
PSDSPL command) with base excitation (PFACT,,BASE.WAVE/SPATIAL), results
are incorrect if any of the excited base nodes (nodes with displacement
values set to 1.0) are used in any constraint equation (CE command).
TYPICAL GUI PATH(S):
Solution>Spectrum>Correlation>Traveling Wave or Spatial Correlat
FIRST INCORRECT VERSION(S):*_/ CORRECTED IN:*_/
Rev. 5.0 Release 5.4
SUGGESTED USER ACTION FOR RUNNING ON UNCORRECTED VERSION":
Replace the constraint equations with rigid beams.
COMMENTS:
The static solutions performed for each base node assume a unit
displacement is applied through the constraint equation terms (instead of
zero as required, except if it is the node under consideration).
AUTHOR/CORRECTOR: DATE: June 6, 1997
David L. Conover
REVIEWED BY QA: DATE: June 6, 1997
William J. Bryan
APPROVAL: DATE: June 6, 1997
John A. Swanson
*_/Unless noted otherwise, this report applies to all ANSYS family
products which contain the described feature in the indicated Release(s).
See the reverse side for details regarding product applicability.
Unless noted otherwise, this error report also applies to all releases
after the first incorrect one and prior to the corrected release. All
releases 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 release
identifiers.
ANSYS "Trade Mark" CLASS3 ERROR REPORT
ERROR NO: 97-27
KEYWORDS: LSDYNA SOLID164 ELEM164
DESCRIPTION OF ERROR:
The element connectivity for degenerate wedge shape SOLID164
elements is not written properly to the LS-DYNA input file jobname.k and
may produce incorrect solutions.
TYPICAL GUI PATH(S):
Main Menu>Preprocessor>Element Type>Add/Edit/Delete
FIRST INCORRECT VERSION(S):*_/ CORRECTED IN:*_/
ANSYS/LS-DYNA Release 5,3 ANSYS/LS-DYNA Release 5.4
Release 5.3 UP030797
SUGGESTED USER ACTION FOR RUNNING ON UNCORRECTED VERSION:
Do not use degenerate prism shape of SOLID164. If automatic mesher
produces degenerate prism shaped elements, convert them manually to a
number of tetrahedrons.
COMMENTS:
The incorrect connectivity written to LS-DYNA input file is:
J,I,L,M,K,K,N.N. The corrected connectivity is: J,I,M,N,K,L(=K),O,P(=O).
AUTHOR/CORRECTOR: DATE: June 6, 1997
Ashraf Ali
REVIEWED BY QA: DATE: June 6, 1997
William J. Bryan
APPROVAL: DATE: June 6, 1997
John A. Swanson
*_/Unless noted otherwise, this report applies to all ANSYS family
products which contain the described feature in the indicated Release(s).
See the reverse side for details regarding product applicability.
Unless noted otherwise, this error report also applies to all releases
after the first incorrect one and prior to the corrected release. All
releases 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 release
identifiers.
ANSYS "Trade Mark" CLASS3 ERROR REPORT
ERROR NO: 97-28
KEYWORDS: CONSTRAINT EQUATIONS UNSYMMETRIC MATRICES FRONTAL
SOLVER
DESCRIPTION OF ERROR:
Results are incorrect in an analysis using the frontal solver
(EQSLV,FRONT [default]) with constraint equations (CE command) when the
matrices are unsymmetric.
Element types which produce unsymmetric matrices include:
BEAM4 3-D Elastic beam (with KEYOPT(7)=1)
INFIN9,47 Infinite boundary elements (with KEYOPT(2)=1
PIPE16 Elastic straight pipe (with KEYOPT(7)=1)
MATRIX27 Stiffness matrix (with KEYOPT(2)=1)
FLUID29,30 Acoustic fluids (with KEYOPT(2)=0)
PLANE55 2-D Thermal Solid (with KEYOPT(8)>0)
FLUID66 Coupled thermal-fluid pipe
SOLID70 3-D Thermal Solid (with KEYOP-r(8)>0)
SHELL181 Finite strain shell (with KEYOPT(S)=1)
CIRCU124 General circuit element with the following KEYOPT(l)
values:
4 Independent voltage source
5 Stranded coil current source
6 2D Massive conductor voltage source
7 3D Massive conductor voltage source
9 Voltage-controlled current source
10 Voltage-controlled voltage source
11 Current-controlled current source
12 Current-controlled voltage source
TYPICAL GUI PATH(S):
Main Menu>Preprocessor>Coupling/Ceqn
FIRST INCORRECT VERSION(S):*_/ CORRECTED IN:*_/
Release 5.3 Release 5.4
SUGGESTED USER ACTION FOR RUNNING ON UNCORRECTED VERSION:
Use the ICCG iterative solver (EQSLV, ICCG) instead of the frontal
solver.
AUTHOR/CORRECTOR: DATE: June 6, 1997
David L. Conover
REVIEWED BY QA: DATE: June 6, 1997
William J. Bryan
APPROVAL: DATE: June 6, 1997
John A. Swanson
*_/Unless noted otherwise, this report applies to all ANSYS family
products which contain the described feature In the indicated Release(s).
See the reverse side for details regarding product applicability.
Unless noted otherwise, this error report also applies to all releases
after the first incorrect one and prior to the corrected release. All
releases 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 release
identifiers.
ANSYS "Trade Mark" CLASS3 ERROR REPORT
ERROR NO: 97-29
KEYWORDS: EMAG CIRCUIT CIRCU124
DESCRIPTION OF ERROR:
For a magnetic-circuit coupled analysis involving PLANE53 or SOLID97
and a large number of CIRCU124 elements, the frontal solution results may
be inaccurate or even erroneous depending on the problem and the
computing system. This is typically manifested by a very large maximum
pivot.to minimum pivot ratio (printed in the solution output). A maximum
pivot value of order 1.0e+16 or larger, and a minimum pivot value of
order 1.0e-16 or smaller have demonstrated inaccurate solutions.
TYPICAL GUI PATH(S):
Preprocessor>Element Type;add/edit/delete[add][Electric][CIRCU124]
Preprocessor>[Magnetic]>Vect Quad 4nod53]
Solution>Analysis Options>EQSLV>frontal
FIRST INCORRECT VERSION(S):*_/ CORRECTED IN:*_/
Rev. 5.2 Release 5.4
SUGGESTED USER ACTION FOR RUNNING ON UNCORRECTED VERSION:
Some tests show that this is most likely to occur in analyses where
a large number of CIRCU124 elements are connected in series to form a
loop. Since the electric current in such a loop is the same for all
these circuit elements, it may help to couple all CURR DOF of the
corresponding finite element conductor regions into a single coupled node
set. This increases the chance for the FRONTAL solver to pick up more
appropriate pivots during solution and therefore deliver correct results.
Minimum pivots using this technique for typical problems are on the order
of 1.0e-2 and have demonstrated consistent results across hardware
platforms.
COMMENTS:
The error has been trapped in Release 5.4. The error is targeted to
be corrected in Release 5.5.
AUTHOR/CORRECTOR: DATE: June 6, 1997
Jian-She Wang
REVIEWED BY QA: DATE: June 6, 1997
William J. Bryan
APPROVAL: DATE: June 6, 1997
John A. Swanson
*_/Unless noted otherwise, this report applies to all ANSYS family
products which contain the described feature in the indicated Release(s).
See the reverse side for details regarding product applicability.
Unless noted otherwise, this error report also applies to all releases
after the first incorrect one and prior to the corrected release. All
releases 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 release
identifiers.
ANSYS "Trade Mark" CLASS3 ERROR REPORT
ERROR NO: 97-30
KEYWORDS: LUMPED MASS CONSTRAINT EQUATIONS REDUCED MODAL
SUBSTRUCTURE
DESCRIPTION OF ERROR:
Results are incorrect when using the lumped mass option (LUMPM, ON)
with constraint equations (CE command) in a reduced modal analysis
(ANTYPE, MODAL with MODOPT, REDUC) or in a substructure use pass that
uses the substructure mass matrix (generated with ANTYPE, SUBSTR with
SEOPT,,2).
The substructure mass matrix is used in a modal, harmonic, or
transient analysis (ANTYPE=MODAL, HARM or TRANS) or in a static analysis
with acceleration effects (ACEL or OMEGA command).
TYPICAL GUI PATH(S):
Main Menu>Solution>Analysis Options
Main Menu>Preprocessor>Coupling Ceqn
FIRST INCORRECT VERSION(S):*_/ CORRECTED IN:*_/
Rev. 5.0 Release 5.4
SUGGESTED USER ACTION FOR RUNNING ON UNCORRECTED VERSION:
Use the default mass matrix option (LUMPM, OFF [default]).
COMMENTS:
AUTHOR/CORRECTOR: DATE: June 6, 1997
David L. Conover
REVIEWED BY QA: DATE: June 6, 1997
William J. Bryan
APPROVAL: DATE: June 6, 1997
John A. Swanson
*_/Unless noted otherwise, this report applies to all ANSYS family
products which contain the described feature in the indicated Release(s).
See the reverse side for details regarding product applicability.
Unless noted otherwise, this error report also applies to all releases
after the first incorrect one and prior to the corrected release. All
releases 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 release
identifiers.
ANSYS "Trade Mark" CLASS3 ERROR REPORT
ERROR NO: 97-31
KEYWORDS: MODE SUPERPOSITION LARGE DEFLECTION LVSCALE PSOLVE
DESCRIPTION OF ERROR:
A mode superposition analysis (ANTYPE, HARM with HROPT, MSUP or
ANTYPE, TRANS with TRNOPT, MSUP) that uses element loads (LVSCALE
command) is incorrect if a prestressed modal analysis of a large
deflection solution (the PSOLVE procedure) was used for the modal
analysis.
TYPICAL GUI PATH(S):
Main Menu>Solution>Analysis Options
FIRST INCORRECT VERSION(S):*_/ CORRECTED IN:*_/
Rev. 5.0 Release 5.4
SUGGESTED USER ACTION FOR RUNNING ON UNCORRECTED VERSION:
Use equivalent nodal loads in place of element loads.
COMMENTS:
Element loads include thermal loads, pressures, and accelerations.
AUTHOR/CORRECTOR DATE: June 6, 1997
David L. Conover
REVIEWED BY QA: DATE: June 6, 1997
William J. Bryan
APPROVAL: DATE: June 6. 1997
John A. Swanson
*_/Unless noted otherwise, this report applies to all ANSYS family
products which contain the described feature in the indicated Release(s).
See the reverse side for details regarding product applicability.
Unless noted otherwise, this error report also applies to all releases
after the first incorrect one and prior to the corrected release. All
releases 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 release
identifiers.
ANSYS "Trade Mark" CLASS3 ERROR REPORT
ERROR NO: 97-32
KEYWORDS: PREP7 AREA MESH QUADRILATERALS FREE MESH
DESCRIPTION OF ERROR:
Meshing an area with quadrilateral 2-D planar elements (such as
PLANE42) Or quadrilateral 3-D shell elements (such as SHELL63) can
produce overlapping elements. Stress or other results from such a mesh
may be significantly in error.
These overlapping element patches can only be created during a
"free" (as opposed to a "mapped".) quadrilateral meshing operation. An
overlapping element patch will always contain at least one element whose
normal direction is opposite to that of its neighbors. and also opposite
to that of the area.
This error has been observed only in one sample mesh with an extreme
(30+:1) size transition for adjacent elements within a single area.
TYPICAL GUI PATH(S):
Preprocessor>Mesh>Areas-Free
FIRST INCORRECT VERSION(S):*_/ CORRECTED IN:*_/
Release 5.3 Release 5.4
SUGGESTED USER ACTION FOR RUNNING ON UNCORRECTED VERSION:
1. Avoid extreme element size transitions within a single area. This
makes the occurrence of this error unlikely.
2. Verify that all element normals are consistent by doing the
following:
a. Download the macro "areatest.mac" from the ANSYS web site
(http://www.ansys.com/Customer/Download). Run the macro
on the model. Any problem elements will be identified by
the macro.
or b. To detect manually temporarily convert all non-shell 2-D
planar elements (if any) to shell elements using the ET
command. Use ET,n,63 (where n is the appropriate element
type attribute number) for 4-noded elements such as
PLANE25, PLANE42, PLANE55, etc. Use ET,n,93 for 8-noded
elements such as PLANE77, PLANE82, etc. Plot all 2-0
planar elements (now shells) with PowerGraphics ON
(/GRA,POWER). By default, this plots shell tops in cyan
color and shell bottoms in black or purple. Check if any
element has normal directions opposite to that of its
neighboring elements by looking for inconsistently
oriented (different colored) shell tops and/or bottoms.
Remember to switch element types back to the original
settings before proceeding with the analysis.
or c. Plot elements with PowerGraphics OFF (/GRA,FULL), with 2D
graphics, and with /NORM set to show only elements facing
toward or away from you.
ANSYS CLASS3 ERROR REPORT
Page 2 of 2 ERROR NO: 97-32
SUGGESTED USER ACTION FOR RUNNING ON UNCORRECTED VERSION: (cont.)
3. If a flawed mesh is detected, clear the areas with overlapping
elements (ACLEAR) and remesh with different element size or division
specifications, or switch to all triangles (if appropriate for the
element type and analysis objectives). Check the resultant mesh as
described above.
AUTHOR/CORRECTOR: DATE: July 1, 1997
Matt Staten
REVIEWED BY QA: DATE: July 1, 1997
William J. Bryan
APPROVAL: DATE: July 1, 1997
David Conover
*_/Unless noted otherwise, this report applies to all ANSYS family
products which contain the described feature in the indicated Release(s).
See the reverse side for details regarding product applicability.
Unless noted otherwise, this error report also applies to all releases
after the first Incorrect one and prior to the corrected release. All
releases 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 release
identifiers.
ANSYS "Trade Mark" CLASS3 ERROR REPORT
ERROR NO: 97-33
KEYWORDS: WINDOWS NT WINDOWS 95 /COPY
DESCRIPTION OF ERROR:
On Windows NT and Windows 95 systems the /COPY command may not copy
binary files correctly. The file may only be partially copied or may be
corrupt and unusable. Any subsequent operation that makes use of a
binary file resulting from /COPY may produce erroneous results.
TYPICAL GUI PATH(S):
Utility Menu>File>File Operations>Copy
FIRST INCORRECT VERSION(S):*_/ CORRECTED IN:*_/
Rev. 5.0A Release 5.4
SUGGESTED USER ACTION FOR RUNNING ON UNCORRECTED VERSION:
Use the /SYS command to copy binary files for Windows NT and
Windows 95 systems.
COMMENTS:
This also affects Windows NT on the Dec Alpha machine.
AUTHOR/CORRECTOR: DATE: June 26, 1997
Mike McGovern
REVIEWED BY QA: DATE: June 26, 1997
William J. Bryan
APPROVAL: DATE: June 26, 1997
David Conover
*_/Unless noted otherwise, this report applies to all ANSYS family
products which contain the described feature in the indicated Release(s).
See the reverse side for details regarding product applicability.
Unless noted otherwise, this error report also applies to all releases
after the first incorrect one and prior to the corrected release. All
releases 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 release
identifiers.
ANSYS "Trade Mark" CLASS3 ERROR REPORT
ERROR NO: 97-34
KEYWORDS: MODE SUPERPOSITION HARMONIC TRANSIENT
DESCRIPTION OF ERROR:
In a harmonic or transient mode superposition analysis (ANTYPE,HARM
with HROPT, MSUP or ANTYPE, TRANS with TRNOPT, MSUP), if a subset of
modes is specified to be used (MINMODE>1 on the HROPT or TRNOPT command),
the results are incorrect.
The program uses the modes starting with the first mode rather than
the specified mode MINMODE.
TYPICAL GUI PATH(S):
Main Menu>Solution>Analysis Options
FIRST INCORRECT VERSION(S):*_/ CORRECTED IN:*_/
Rev. 5.2 Release 5.4
SUGGESTED USER ACTION FOR RUNNING ON UNCORRECTED VERSION:
Set MINMODE to 1.
COMMENTS:
AUTHOR/CORRECTOR: DATE: June 26, 1997
David Conover
REVIEWED BY QA: DATE: June 26, 1997
William J. Bryan
APPROVAL: DATE: June 26, 1997
Mark C. Ingrund
*_/Unless noted otherwise, this report applies to all ANSYS family
products which contain the described feature in the indicated Release(s).
See the reverse side for details regarding product applicability.
Unless noted otherwise, this error report also applies to all releases
after the first incorrect one and prior to the corrected release. All
releases 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 release
identifiers.
Table "ANSYS 5.2 CLASS3 ERROR SUMMARY BY REPORT NUMBER" 3 pages, omitted.
Table "ANSYS 5.2 CLASS3 ERROR SUMMARY, KEYWORD SORT OF ALL REVISION
5.2
CLASS3 ERRORS, Date of this report: 6/26/97", 8 pages, omitted.
Table "ANSYS 5.3 CLASS3 ERROR SUMMARY BY REPORT NUMBER" 2 Pages, omitted.
Table "ANSYS 5.3 CLASS3 ERROR SUMMARY, KEYWORD SORT OF ALL REVISION
5.3
CLASS3 ERRORS, Date of this report: 6/26/97" 5 pages, omitted.
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