Skip to content
FEBio Manuals
A.6 ANSYS
Initializing search
Theory
Studio
FEBio Manuals
Theory
Theory
Preface
Chapter 1 - Introduction
Chapter 1 - Introduction
1.1 Overview of FEBio
1.2 About this document
Chapter 2 - Continuum Mechanics
Chapter 2 - Continuum Mechanics
2.1 Vectors and Tensors
2.2 The Directional Derivative
2.3 Cauchy Stress
2.4 Axioms of Conservation
2.5 Kinematics of the Continuum
2.6 Hyperelasticity
2.7 Biphasic Material
2.8 Biphasic-Solute Material
2.9 Triphasic and Multiphasic Materials
2.10 Constrained Reactive Mixture of Solids
2.11 Equilibrium Swelling
2.12 Chemical Reactions
2.13 Fluid Mechanics
2.14 Fluid-Structure Interactions
2.15 Hybrid Biphasic Material
2.16 Fluid-Solutes Analyses
Chapter 3 - The Nonlinear FE Method
Chapter 3 - The Nonlinear FE Method
3.1 Weak formulation for Solid Materials
3.2 Weak formulation for biphasic materials
3.3 Weak Formulation for Biphasic-Solute Materials
3.4 Weak Formulation for Multiphasic Materials
3.5 Computational Fluid Dynamics
3.6 Weak Formulation for FSI
3.7 Weak Formulation for BFSI
3.8 Weak Formulation for Fluid-Solutes Analyses
3.9 Newton-Raphson Method
3.10 Generalized $\alpha-$Method
Chapter 4 - Element Library
Chapter 4 - Element Library
4.1 Solid Elements
4.2 Shell Elements
Chapter 5 - Constitutive Models
Chapter 5 - Constitutive Models
5.1 Linear Elasticity
5.2 Compressible Materials
5.3 Nearly-Incompressible Materials
5.4 Viscoelasticity
5.5 Reactive Damage Mechanics
5.6 Reactive Plasticity
5.7 Reactive Elastoplastic Damage Mechanics
5.8 Hydraulic Permeability
5.9 Solute Diffusivity
5.10 Solute Solubility
5.11 Osmotic Coefficient
5.12 Active Contraction Model
5.13 Prescribed Active Contraction
5.14 Chemical Reaction Production Rate
5.15 Specific Reaction Rate
5.16 Viscous Fluids
Chapter 6 - Dynamics
Chapter 6 - Dynamics
6.1 Newmark Integration
6.2 Elastodynamics
6.3 Rigid Body Dynamics
Chapter 7 - Contact and Coupling
Chapter 7 - Contact and Coupling
7.1 Sliding Interfaces
7.2 Biphasic Contact
7.3 Biphasic-Solute Contact
7.4 Multiphasic Contact
7.5 Tied Contact
7.6 Tied Biphasic Contact
7.7 Tied Multiphasic Contact
7.8 Tied Fluid Interface
7.9 Rigid Connectors
7.10 Rigid-Deformable Coupling
7.11 Nonlinear Constraints
Chapter 8 - Optimization
Chapter 8 - Optimization
8.1 The Objective Function
8.2 The Levenberg-Marquardt Method
Appendix A - Tensor Calculus
Appendix A - Tensor Calculus
A.1 Second-Order Tensors
A.2 Higher Order Tensors
Studio
Studio
Preface
Chapter 1 - Introduction
Chapter 1 - Introduction
1.1 Overview of FEBioStudio
1.2 About this document
Chapter 2 - Getting Started
Chapter 2 - Getting Started
2.1 Starting FEBio Studio
2.2 Creating a New Model
2.3 Opening a Model
2.4 Exploring a Model
2.5 Solving the Model
2.6 Loading the Results
Chapter 3 - The FEBio Studio Environment
Chapter 3 - The FEBio Studio Environment
3.1 The Graphical User Interface
3.2 The Menu Bar
3.3 The Main Tool Bar
3.4 The Build Tool Bar
3.5 The Font Toolbar
3.6 The Graphics View
3.7 The Graphics Toolbar
3.8 The Model Viewer
3.9 The Build Panel
3.10 The Repository Panel
3.11 The Project Panel
3.12 The Curve Editor
3.13 The Mesh Inspector
3.14 The Measure Tool
3.15 FEBio Studio Settings
Chapter 4 - Creating, Loading, and Saving Models
Chapter 4 - Creating, Loading, and Saving Models
4.1 Starting a new model
4.2 Loading a model
4.3 Saving a model
Chapter 5 - Creating and Editing Geometry
Chapter 5 - Creating and Editing Geometry
5.1 Creating Geometry
5.2 Importing Geometry
5.3 Editing Geometry
5.4 Creating and Editing a Mesh
Chapter 6 - Generating and Editing Mesh Data
Chapter 6 - Generating and Editing Mesh Data
6.1 Adding Mesh Data
6.2 FEBio Mesh Data Generators
6.3 The Scalar Field Tool
6.4 The Fiber Generator Tool
6.5 Visualizing Mesh Data
Chapter 7 - Materials
Chapter 7 - Materials
7.1 Adding materials
7.2 Setting material parameters
7.3 Assigning materials
7.4 Creating a Solute Table
7.5 Creating a Solid-Bound Molecule Table
7.6 Adding Chemical Reactions
Chapter 8 - Boundary Conditions and Loads
Chapter 8 - Boundary Conditions and Loads
8.1 Boundary Conditions
8.2 Surface Loads
8.3 Initial Conditions
8.4 Assigning Boundary Conditions
Chapter 9 - Contact and Constraints
Chapter 9 - Contact and Constraints
9.1 Contact
9.2 Nonlinear constraints
Chapter 10 - Rigid Bodies
Chapter 10 - Rigid Bodies
10.1 Rigid Body Constraints
10.2 Rigid Body Initial Conditions
10.3 Rigid Body Loads
10.4 Rigid Connectors
10.5 The Rigid Boundary Condition
Chapter 11 - Defining Analysis Steps
Chapter 11 - Defining Analysis Steps
11.1 The Initial Step
11.2 Adding an Analysis Step
Chapter 12 - Configuring Output
Chapter 12 - Configuring Output
12.1 FEBio Logfile
12.2 FEBio Plotfile
Chapter 13 - Running FEBio from FEBioStudio
Chapter 13 - Running FEBio from FEBioStudio
13.1 Running FEBio
13.2 FEBio Launch Configurations
13.3 The FEBio Monitor
13.4 Running Batch Jobs
13.5 FEBio Job Reports
Chapter 14 - The Post Environment
Chapter 14 - The Post Environment
14.1 The Post Environment UI
14.2 The Post Menu
14.3 The Post Toolbar
14.4 The Graphics View
Chapter 15 - Saving Graphics
Chapter 15 - Saving Graphics
15.1 The Capture Frame
15.2 Taking a snapshot
15.3 Using the Ray Tracer
15.4 Recording an animation
15.5 Camera Control
Chapter 16 - The Post Panel
Chapter 16 - The Post Panel
16.1 The View Tab
16.2 The Material Tab
16.3 The Data Tab
16.4 The State Tab
Chapter 17 - Post Processing
Chapter 17 - Post Processing
17.1 Properties of the Model
17.2 Displacement Map
17.3 Color Map
17.4 Plane Cuts
17.5 Mirror Plane
17.6 Vector Plot
17.7 Isosurface plot
17.8 Slice plot
17.9 Tensor plot
17.10 Streamline Plot
17.11 Particle Flow Plot
17.12 Additional Windows
17.13 Post Session Files
Chapter 18 - Visualizing 3D Image Data
Chapter 18 - Visualizing 3D Image Data
18.1 Loading 3D image data
18.2 Image GUI Environment
18.3 Filters
18.4 Other 3D Image Visualization Options
18.5 Other 3D Image Tools
Chapter 19 - Using Python in FEBio Studio
Chapter 19 - Using Python in FEBio Studio
19.1 The Embedded Python Interpreter
19.2 The External Python Module
Chapter 20 - Using and Creating FEBio Plugins
Chapter 20 - Using and Creating FEBio Plugins
20.1 The Plugin Repository
20.2 Creating FEBio Plugins
Appendix A - Mesh Import Formats
Appendix A - Mesh Import Formats
A.1 FEBio
A.2 NIKE3D
A.3 HyperMesh ASCII
A.4 ABAQUS
A.5 LSDYNA keyword
A.6 ANSYS
A.7 DXF
A.8 Hypersurface ASCII
A.9 GMsh
A.10 BYU
A.11 VTK
A.12 STEP
A.13 BREP
A.14 IDEAS
A.15 NASTRAN
A.16 MESH
A.17 TETGEN
A.18 RAW
A.19 COMSOL
A.20 PLY
Appendix B - Standard Data Fields
Appendix B - Standard Data Fields
B.1 Standard Data Fields
A.6 ANSYS
¶
The following ANSYS® keywords are supported.
EBLOCK
NBLOCK
Back to top