ANSYS: Potential Issue with Element Table Operation

Introduction

This technical note checks the integration scheme used in the ANSYS Element Table functions and finds that the method is not exact. The approximation is small but it does point to the potential for other approximate numerical schemes creeping into commercial software that might cause potential problems for the practising engineer.

Author

Angus Ramsay

Keywords

ANSYS
Approximate integration scheme

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