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How to apply initial stress using


INISTATE?

In ANSYS Release 11.0, initial stress can be applied using the INISTATE command. The
example below is a simple tensile bar. It is solved twice.

The first solution has one load step. The free end is loaded with a -1000 psi pressure. The
calculated stress is 1000 psi and the calculated maximum displacement is 1 inch.

The second solution has two load steps. In the first load step, an initial stress of 1000 psi is
applied using INISTATE. The calculated stress is zero, because the applied initial stress is an
internal load. Its effect will not be reflected in the calculated element stresses, because those
stresses are caused by the external loads. However, its effect will be reflected in the DOF
solution. The calculated maximum displacement is -1 inch. The calculated displacements
reflect the DOF solution necessary to resolve the specified internal load.

In the second load step, the initial stress is retained and a -1000 psi external load is ramp
applied over two substeps. The applied external load is -500 psi in the first substep and -1000
psi in the second substep. In the first substep, the calculated stress is 500 psi and the
calculated maximum displacement is -0.5 inches (-1 + 0.5 = -0.5). In the second substep, the
calculated stress is 1000 psi and the calculated maximum displacement is zero (-1 + 1 = 0).

/prep7
et,1,182
mp,ex,1,10e3
mp,nuxy,1,.3

rect,0,10,0,1
esize,2
amesh,1

nsel,s,loc,x,0
d,all,ux,0
d,node(0,0,0),all,0

nsel,s,loc,x,10
sf,all,press,-1000
alls

/solu
outres,all,all
solve

/post1
prnsol,dof
presol,s,comp

/solu
time,1
sfdele,all,all
inistate,define,,,,,1000
outres,all,all
solve

time,2
nsubst,2
nsel,s,loc,x,10
sf,all,press,-1000
alls
solve

/post1
set,first
prnsol,dof
presol,s,comp
set,next
prnsol,dof
presol,s,comp

set,next
prnsol,dof
presol,s,comp


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Your input shows you are using the SOLID45 element type. The INISTATE command was developed only for use with the new
element technology in ANSYS. The v11.0 documentation did not make reference to this so it was easy to assume it would work. The
documentation for future releases will contain the following:

4.2. Initial State Element Support


The initial state capability is based on the INISTATE command and supports current element technology exclusively. The INISTATE
command does not support legacy elements. (Therefore, the list of supported elements differs from that of the legacy ISTRESS
command method.)

The INISTATE command supports the following elements:

LINK180
SHELL181
PLANE182
PLANE183
SOLID185
SOLID186
SOLID187
BEAM188
BEAM189
SOLSH190
SHELL208
SHELL209
REINF264
REINF265
SHELL281
PIPE288
PIPE289
ELBOW290

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