Release Note

Release Date : January 2021

Product Ver. : FEA NX 2021 (v1.1)

ADVANCED NONLINEAR AND DETAIL

N e w P a r a d i g m i n A d v a n c e d S t r u c t u r a l A n a l y s i s
Enhancements
1. Concrete Damage Plasticity Model

2. Fatigue Analysis

3. Virtual Beam for Calculation of Resultant Forces of 2D/3D Mesh

4. Displacement-Control Method for Nonlinear Analysis

5. Modal Participation Factor

6. Improvement of Multi-Layered Grid (Composite Shell)

7. Improvement of Bond Slip Interface

8. Modified Menegotto-Pinto Material Model for Steel

9. General Hyperbolic Equation GHE-S Model

10. 3D Hill Plastic Model

11. Creep & Shrinkage Function and Expansive Additive for Concrete (JCI 2016/JSCE 2017)
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1. Concrete Damaged Plasticity Model

• Concrete Damaged Plasticity Model is now available in midas FEA NX. It provides a general capability for modeling concrete and other quasi-brittle materials including masonry and is
designed for applicationsin which concrete is subjected to dynamic loading due to earthquakeunder low confining pressures.

 Mesh > Material > Concrete Damaged Plasticity

Compression Hardening Curve Tension Softening Curve

Concrete Damaged Plasticity Model Compression Damage Curve Tension Damage Curve

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1. Concrete Damaged Plasticity Model

• Using this model, the following behaviors of concrete can be described. Different behaviors for tension and compression. Different reductions of the elastic stiffness when unloading for
tension and compression. Stiffness recoveryeffects during cyclic load reversals.

Plastic Status

Tension Damage Compression Damage

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2. Fatigue Analysis
• Fatigue analysiscan be performed on the basis of stress (stress-lifemethod) and strain (strain-lifemethod).
• Fatigue lifecycle and fatigue damage can be viewedfor the variousmean stress correction methods, i.e. Goodman,Gerber,etc.

 Results > Fatigue Analysis

Fatigue Lifecycle Contour

Fatigue Analysis

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3. Virtual Beam for Calculation of Resultant Forces of 2D/3D Mesh

• Resultant forces of 2D/3D mesh can be calculated and viewedas force diagram.
• This is useful to check moment/shearforce diagram for the pile modelledwith solid elements.

 Mesh > Element > Create > Other > Virtual Beam Step 2. Generate a 1D mesh for virtual beam by clicking start point and end point of the virtual
beam. 1D geometry is not necessary to generate virtual beam.
Step 1. Generate a 3D mesh.

Bending Moment Diagram for Virtual Beam

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4. Displacement-Control Method for Nonlinear Analysis

• For performingnonlinearanalysis, the Displacement-Control method is added for the iterationmethod.
• Globaldisplacementof a master node can be controlled, or relativedisplacementbetween two nodes can be controlled using the ‘Relative Node’ option.

 Analysis > Analysis Case > General > Nonlinear Static > Analysis Control > Nonlinear

Nonlinear Static Analysis of Masonry Wall

Analysis Control Dialog Box

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5. Modal Participation Factor

• Modal participationfactors are added on the EigenvalueAnalysis Result table.
• Modal participation factors measure the interaction between the modes and the directional excitation in a given reference frame. Larger values indicate a stronger contribution to the
dynamic response.

 Analysis > Analysis Case > General > Eigenvalue

Modal Participation Factor Table

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6. Improvement of Multi-Layered Grid (Composite Shell)

• Composite Shell Propertyfor Multi-LayeredGrid is added.
• In the existing Multi-Layered Gird, only the results for the reinforcing bar layer could be checked, but the improved Multi-Layered Grid defines the Core Layer and the Cover Layer, so that the
results for this layer can be additionallychecked.
• Reinforcementinput method (Thickness Type, Rebar Type) is added.

 Mesh > Prop./CSys./Func. > Property > Composite Shell

Select reinforcement input method

Core/Cover Layer Define

Define Multi-Layered Grid

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7. Improvement of Bond Slip Interface

• For the bond slip interface, we define stiffness for normal and shear direction. The normal and shear direction represents the linear and nonlinear behavior of bond slip, respectively. Now,
the behaviorof the tangentialdirectionof the interface can be definedby the user between linear and nonlinearbehavior.

 Mesh > Material > Interface and Pile > Interface

• NormalStiffness Modulus(Kn)
: Linear behaviorin tangential direction
• Shear Stiffness Modulus(Ks)
: Nonlinearbehaviorin tangentialdirection

Local Axis of InterfaceElement

Bond Slip Model

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8. Modified Menegotto-Pinto Material Model for Steel

• This is a model proposed by Menegotto & Pinto and modified by Filipoor et al.
• The model is widely used to simulate the dynamic response of steel structures and steel bars of reinforcedconcrete structures.

 Mesh > Material > Isotropic > Menegotto-Pinto

Hysteresis Rule

Menegotto – Pinto Model

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9. General Hyperbolic Equation GHE-S Model

• Experimentaldata can be convertedinto general hyperbolic equation to define nonlinearmaterialproperties.

 Mesh > Material > Isotropic > GHE-S

Automatic
Calculation

GHE-S Model Generate GHE-S Material.

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10. 3D Hill Plastic Model

• Orthotropic3D HillPlastic Model is added.
• It is possible to define nonlinearmaterialpropertiesof orthotropic, and it is easy to define materialsfor wood.

 Mesh > Material > Orthotropic > 3D Hill Plastic

3D Hill Plastic Model

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11. Creep & Shrinkage Function and Expansive Additive for Concrete (JCI 2016/JSCE 2017)
• JCI 2016/ JSCE 2017 Japanese shrinkage standardshave been added.
• An option to consider ExpansiveAdditive for Concrete, and the user can also define the coefficient value for the Expansive Additive for Concrete.

 Mesh > Prop./CSys./Func. > Creep/Shrinkage

Expansive Additive for Concrete Option

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