ansys.mapdl.core.Mapdl.expass

Mapdl.expass(key='', keystat='', **kwargs)

Specifies an expansion pass of an analysis.

Mechanical APDL Command: EXPASS

Parameters:

keystr

Expansion pass key:

• OFF - No expansion pass will be performed (default).

• ON - An expansion pass will be performed.

keystatstr

Static correction vectors key:

• ON - Include static correction vectors in the expanded displacements (default).

• OFF - Do not include static correction vectors in the expanded displacements.

Notes

Specifies that an expansion pass of a modal, substructure, buckling, transient, or harmonic analysis is to be performed.

This separate solution pass requires an explicit finish from the preceding analysis and reentry into SOLUTION.

The KeyStat argument is applicable to the expansion pass of a substructure analysis, and to the expansion pass of a component mode synthesis (CMS) analysis when the CMS method is fixed-interface or free-interface. For a substructure analysis, the static correction vectors are the first terms of in the Mechanical APDL Theory Reference. For a CMS analysis, the static correction vectors are the third terms of.

This command is also valid in PREP7.