adams

Mapdl.adams(nmodes='', kstress='', kshell='', **kwargs)

Performs solutions and writes flexible body information to a modal

APDL Command: ADAMS neutral file (Jobname.MNF) for use in an ADAMS analysis.

Parameters:

nmodes

Number of normal modes to be written to Jobname.MNF file (no default).

kstress

Specifies whether to write stress or strain results:

0 - Do not write stress or strain results (default).

1 - Write stress results.

2 - Write strain results.

3 - Write both stress and strain results.

kshell

Shell element output location. This option is valid only for shell elements.

0, 1 - Shell top surface (default).

2 - Shell middle surface.

3 - Shell bottom surface.

Notes

ADAMS invokes a predefined ANSYS macro that solves a series of analyses and then writes the modal neutral file, Jobname.MNF. This file can be imported into the ADAMS program in order to perform a rigid body dynamics simulation. For detailed information on how to use the ADAMS command macro to create a modal neutral file, see Rigid Body Dynamics and the ANSYS-ADAMS Interface in the Substructuring Analysis Guide.

Before running the ADAMS command macro, you must specify the units with the /UNITS command. The interface points should be the only selected nodes when the command macro is initiated. (Interface points are nodes where constraints may be applied in ADAMS.) Only selected elements will be considered in the calculations.

By default, stress and strain data is transferred to the ADAMS program for all nodes, as specified by the KSTRESS value. If you want to transfer stress/strain data for only a subset of nodes, select the desired subset and create a node component named “STRESS” before running the ADAMS command macro. For example, you may want to select exterior nodes for the purpose of visualization in the ADAMS program.

The default filename for the modal neutral file is Jobname.MNF. In interactive (GUI) mode, you can specify a filename other than Jobname.MNF. In batch mode, there is no option to change the filename, and the modal neutral file is always written to Jobname.MNF.