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Physics Interfaces and Study Types

Beam

Yes

Beam Cross Section

Yes

Beam Rotor

Yes

Fatigue

Yes

Hydrodynamic Bearing

Yes

Layered Shell

Yes

Lumped Mechanical System

Yes

Membrane

Yes

Multibody Dynamics

Yes

Plate

Yes

Poroelasticity

Yes

Shell

Yes

Solid Mechanics

Yes

Solid Rotor

Yes

Truss

Yes

Conditions on Surfaces

Beam Cross Section

Hole

Yes

Hydrodynamic Bearing

Bearing Orientation

Yes

Cavitation

Yes

Inlet

Yes

Outlet

Yes

Floating Ring Bearing Types

Full Floating

Yes

Semi Floating

Yes

Foundation Types

Flexible Foundation

Yes

Moving Foundation

Yes

Journal Bearing Types

Elliptic

Yes

Multilobe

Yes

Plain

Yes

Split Halves

Yes

Tilted Pad

Yes

User Defined

Yes

Lubrication Types

Gas Lubrication (Modified Reynolds Equation)

Yes

Liquid Lubrication (Reynolds Equation)

Yes

Multiphysics Couplings

Beam Rotor Bearing Coupling

Yes

Solid Rotor Bearing Coupling

Yes

Solid-Bearing Coupling

Yes

Thrust Bearing Types

Tapered

Yes

Tilted Pad

Yes

User Defined

Yes

Layered Shell

Added Mass

Yes

Body Load

Yes

Gravity

Yes

Rigid Motion Suppression

Yes

Rotating Frame

Yes

Spring Foundation

Yes

Condition on Interfaces

Added Mass, Interface

Yes

Face Load

Yes

Roller, Interface

Yes

Thin Elastic Layer, Interface

Yes

Rigid Connector, Interface

Yes

Spring Foundation, Interface

Yes

Constitutive Relations

Creep¹

Yes

Yes

Linear Elastic Material

Yes

Rigid Domain

Yes

Viscoelasticity

Yes

Viscoplasticity¹

Yes

Yes

Multiphysics Couplings

Temperature Coupling¹

Yes

Yes

Thermal Expansion¹

Yes

Yes

Membrane

Added Mass

Yes

Body Load

Yes

Face Load

Yes

Geometric Nonlinearity

Yes

Gravity

Yes

Rigid Motion Suppression

Yes

Creep

Yes

Yes

Hyperelastic Material

Yes

Linear Elastic Material

Yes

Nonlinear Elastic Material

Yes

Yes

Plasticity

Yes

Yes

Rotating Frame

Yes

Spring Foundation

Yes

Viscoelasticity

Yes

Viscoplasticity

Yes

Multiphysics Couplings

Acoustic-Structure Boundary

Yes

Yes

Fluid-Structure Interaction

Yes

Thermoacoustic-Structure Boundary

Yes

Yes

Multibody Dynamics

Added Mass

Yes

Face Load with Total Force, Force per Area, and Pressure Load

Yes

Follower Pressure Load

Yes

Roller

Yes

Contact

Yes

Fixed Constraint

Yes

Prescribed Displacement

Yes

Radial Roller Bearing¹

Yes

Yes

Spring Foundation

Yes

Multiphysics Couplings

Acoustic-Structure Boundary

Yes

Yes

Fluid-Structure Interaction

Yes

Fluid-Structure Interaction, Pair

Yes

Solid-Beam Connection

Yes

Solid-Bearing Coupling

Yes

Solid-Shell Connection

Yes

Thermoacoustic-Structure Boundary

Yes

Yes

Piezoresistivity, Boundary Currents

Thin Conductive Layer

Yes

Thin Piezoresistive Layer

Yes

Piezoresistivity, Shell

Damping¹

Yes

Yes

Linear Elastic Material, Shell and Plate¹

Yes

Yes

Thermal Expansion¹

Yes

Yes

Thin Conductive Layer¹

Yes

Yes

Thin Piezoresistive Layer¹

Yes

Yes

Shell and Plate

Added Mass

Yes

Body Load

Yes

Face Load

Yes

Geometric Nonlinearity

Yes

Gravity

Yes

Offset

Yes

Rigid Motion Suppression

Yes

Layered Linear Elastic Material

Yes

Linear Elastic Material

Yes

Rigid Domain

Yes

Rotating Frame

Yes

Spring foundation

Yes

Multiphysics Couplings

Acoustic-Structure Boundary

Yes

Yes

Fluid-Structure Interaction

Yes

Shell-Beam Connection

Yes

Solid-Bearing Coupling

Yes

Solid-Shell Connection

Yes

Thermoacoustic-Structure Boundary

Yes

Yes

Solid Mechanics

Added Mass

Yes

Yes

Yes

Antisymmetry

Yes

Yes

Yes

Face Load with Total Force, Force per Area, and Pressure Load

Yes

Follower Pressure Load

Yes

Yes

Low-Reflecting Boundary

Yes

Yes

Yes

Prescribed Acceleration

Yes

Yes

Yes

Prescribed Velocity

Yes

Yes

Yes

Roller

Yes

Symmetry

Yes

Thin Elastic Layer

Yes

Yes

Yes

Contact

Yes

Yes

Fixed Constraint

Yes

Periodic Condition

Yes

Prescribed Displacement

Yes

Spring Foundation

Yes

Yes

Yes

Multiphysics Couplings

Acoustic-Structure Boundary

Yes

Fluid-Structure Interaction

Yes

Yes

Fluid-Structure Interaction, Pair

Yes

Yes

Solid-Beam Connection

Yes

Solid-Bearing Coupling

Yes

Solid-Shell Connection

Yes

Thermoacoustic-Structure Boundary

Yes

Solid Rotor

Added Mass

Yes

Applied Torque

Yes

Fixed Axial Rotation

Yes

Rotor Coupling

Yes

Face Load with Total Force, Force per Area, and Pressure Load

Yes

Bearing Models

Force per Area

Yes

Misalignment

Yes

No Clearance

Yes

Plain Hydrodynamic

Yes

Total Force and Moment

Yes

Total Spring and Damping Constant

Yes

Bearing Types

Journal Bearing

Yes

Thrust Bearing

Yes

Radial Roller Bearing

Yes

Foundation Types

Flexible Foundation

Yes

Moving Foundation

Yes

Multiphysics Couplings

Solid Rotor Bearing Coupling

Yes

Edge and Point Conditions

Beam

Added Mass

Yes

Geometric Nonlinearity

Yes

Gravity

Yes

No Rotation

Yes

Pinned

Yes

Point Mass

Yes

Prescribed Displacement/Rotation

Yes

Rigid Motion Suppression

Yes

Symmetry/Antisymmetry

Yes

Cross-Section Data

Yes

Fixed Constraint

Yes

Linear Elastic Material

Yes

Rigid Domain

Yes

Rotating Frame

Yes

Spring Foundation

Yes

Multiphysics Couplings

Shell-Beam Connection

Yes

Solid-Beam Connection

Yes

Beam Rotor

Disk

Yes

Gravity

Yes

No Axial Vibration

Yes

No Torsion

Yes

Rotor Coupling

Yes

Rotor Cross Section

Yes

Linear Elastic Material

Yes

Load with Total Force, and Force per Length

Yes

Bearing Models

Misalignment

Yes

No Clearance

Yes

Plain Hydrodynamic

Yes

Total Force and Moment

Yes

Total Spring and Damping Constant

Yes

Bearing Types

Journal Bearing

Yes

Thrust Bearing

Yes

Radial Roller Bearing

Yes

Foundation Types

Flexible Foundation

Yes

Moving Foundation

Yes

Multiphysics Couplings

Beam Rotor Bearing Coupling

Yes

Hydrodynamic Bearing

Border

Yes

Inlet

Yes

Outlet

Yes

Symmetry

Yes

Wall

Yes

Layered Shell

Added Mass

Yes

Antisymmetry

Yes

Continuity

Yes

Prescribed Acceleration

Yes

Prescribed Velocity

Yes

Roller

Yes

Symmetry

Yes

Thin Elastic Layer

Yes

Fixed Constraint

Yes

Prescribed Displacement

Yes

Spring Foundation

Yes

Loads

Boundary Load

Yes

Edge Load

Yes

Line Load

Yes

Point Load

Yes

Membrane

Added Mass

Yes

Edge Load

Yes

Point Load

Yes

Symmetry/Antisymmetry

Yes

Fixed Constraint

Yes

Prescribed Displacement

Yes

Spring Foundation

Yes

Multibody Dynamics

Added Mass

Yes

Edge Load

Yes

Point Load

Yes

Fixed Constraint

Yes

Prescribed Displacement

Yes

Spring Foundation

Yes

Shell and Plate

Added Mass

Yes

Edge Force and Moment

Yes

No Rotation

Yes

Pinned

Yes

Point Force and Moment

Yes

Point Mass

Yes

Prescribed Displacement/Rotation

Yes

Simply Supported

Yes

Symmetry/Antisymmetry

Yes

Fixed Constraint

Yes

Periodic Condition

Yes

Spring Foundation

Yes

Multiphysics Couplings

Shell-Beam Connection

Yes

Solid-Shell Connection

Yes

Solid Mechanics

Added Mass

Yes

Yes

Yes

Edge Load

Yes

Point Load

Yes

Stress Linearization

Yes

Fixed Constraint

Yes

Prescribed Displacement

Yes

Spring Foundation

Yes

Yes

Yes

Truss

Added Mass

Yes

Cross-Section Data

Yes

Geometric Nonlinearity

Yes

Gravity

Yes

Point Mass

Yes

Rigid Motion Suppression

Yes

Straight-Edge Constraint

Yes

Linear Elastic Material

Yes

Pinned

Yes

Plasticity

Yes

Yes

Prescribed Displacement

Yes

Rotating Frame

Yes

Spring Foundation

Yes

Spring-Damper

Yes

Fatigue Evaluation

Vibration Fatigue

Yes

Cumulative Damage

Yes

Energy-Based

Yes

Strain-Based

Yes

Strain-Life

Yes

Stress-Based

Yes

Stress-Life

Yes

Lumped Mechanical System

Damper

Yes

Displacement Source

Yes

External Source

Yes

Force Source

Yes

Impedance

Yes

Mass

Yes

Spring

Yes

Subsystem Definition

Yes

Subsystem Instance

Terminals

Acceleration Node

Yes

Displacement Node

Yes

Fixed Node

Yes

Force Node

Yes

Free Node

Yes

Impedance Node

Yes

Velocity Node

Yes

Material Library

Piezoelectric

Yes

Yes

Yes

Piezoresistivity

Yes

Material Types

Layered Material

Yes

Yes

Yes

Layered Material Link

Yes

Yes

Yes

Layered Material Stack

Yes

Yes

Yes

Predefined Multiphysics Interfaces

Beam Rotor with Hydrodynamic Bearing

Yes

Electromechanics

Yes

Electromechanics, Boundary Elements

Yes

Joule Heating and Thermal Expansion

Yes

Yes

Magnetostriction²

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Piezoelectric Devices

Yes

Yes

Yes

Piezoresistivity, Boundary Currents

Yes

Piezoresistivity, Domain Currents

Yes

Piezoresistivity, Shell¹

Yes

Yes

Solid Rotor with Hydrodynamic Bearing

Yes

Thermal Stress

Yes

Yes

Thermoelasticity

Yes

Results and Visualization

Layered Material (data set)

Yes

Yes

Yes

Layered Material Slice (plot)

Yes

Yes

Yes

Matrix Histogram

Yes

Principal Stress Surface

Yes

Yes

Yes

Principal Stress Volume

Yes

Yes

Yes

Through Thickness (plot)

Yes

Yes

Yes

Whirl (plot)

Yes

Special Conditions

Beam

Attachment

Yes

Rigid Connector

Yes

Layered Shell

Attachment¹

Yes

Yes

Rigid Connector

Yes

Multibody Dynamics

Base Motion

Yes

Cam-Follower

Yes

Attachment

Yes

Rigid Connector

Yes

Spring-Damper

Yes

Gear Pair Conditions

Backlash

Yes

Friction

Yes

Gear Elasticity

Yes

Transmission Error

Yes

Gear Pairs

Gear Pair

Yes

Rack and Pinion

Yes

Worm and Wheel

Yes

Joint Conditions

Applied Force and Moment

Yes

Constraints

Yes

Friction

Yes

Locking

Yes

Spring and Damper

Yes

Joint Elasticity

Yes

Prescribed Motion

Yes

Joints

Ball Joint

Yes

Cylindrical Joint

Yes

Distance Joint

Yes

Fixed Joint

Yes

Hinge Joint

Yes

Planar Joint

Yes

Prismatic Joint

Yes

Reduced Slot Joint

Yes

Screw Joint

Yes

Slot Joint

Yes

Universal Joint

Yes

Shell

Attachment

Yes

Rigid Connector

Yes

Solid Mechanics

Cell Periodicity

Yes

Yes

Attachment

Yes

Bolt Pre-Tension

Yes

Bolt Thread Contact

Yes

Rigid Connector

Yes

Yes

Solid Rotor

Gear Pair¹

Yes

Yes

Volumetric Domain Properties

Geometric Nonlinearity

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Infinite Domain Modeling with Infinite Elements

Yes

Yes

Infinite Domain Modeling with Perfectly Matched Layers

Yes

Yes

Yes

Initial Stress and Strain Tensors

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Joule Heating Model for Thermal Expansion

Yes

Yes

Beam Cross Section

Safety

Yes

Multibody Dynamics

Added Mass

Yes

Body Load

Yes

Gravity

Yes

Initially Rigid

Yes

Rigid Motion Suppression

Yes

Initial Values

Yes

Rotating Frame

Yes

Constitiutive Relations

Gears

Yes

Linear Elastic

Yes

Rigid Domain

Yes

Multiphysics Couplings

Solid-Beam Connection

Yes

Solid-Shell Connection

Yes

Temperature Coupling

Yes

Thermal Expansion

Yes

Piezoresistivity, Boundary Currents

Damping and Loss

Yes

Thermal Expansion

Yes

Constitutive Relations

Linear Elastic Material, Structural Mechanics

Yes

Piezoresistivity, Domain Currents

Damping and Loss

Yes

Thermal Expansion

Yes

Constitutive Relations

Conductive Material

Yes

Linear Elastic Material, Structural Mechanics

Yes

Piezoresistive Material

Yes

Poroelasticity

Porous Media and Subsurface Flow

Darcy's Law and Biot Poroelasticity

Yes

Solid Mechanics

Isotropic Poroelastic Material

Yes

Solid Mechanics

Added Mass

Yes

Yes

Yes

Body Load

Yes

Gravity

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Rigid Motion Suppression

Yes

Rotating Frame

Yes

Yes

Yes

Constitutive Relations

External Stress-Strain Relation

Yes

Yes

Concrete

Yes

Creep

Yes

Yes

Damage

Yes

Yes

Elastoplastic Soil Material

Yes

Hyperelastic Material

Yes

Linear Elastic Material

Yes

Magnetostrictive Material²

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Nonlinear Elastic Material

Yes

Yes

Piezoelectric Material

Yes

Yes

Yes

Plasticity

Yes

Yes

Porous Plasticity

Yes

Rigid Domain

Yes

Yes

Rocks

Yes

Shape Memory Alloy

Yes

Soil Plasticity

Yes

Viscoelasticity

Yes

Yes

Viscoplasticity

Yes

Multiphysics Couplings

Hygroscopic Swelling

Yes

Yes

Magnetostriction

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Piezoelectric Effect

Yes

Yes

Yes

Poroelasticity

Yes

Yes

Solid-Bearing Coupling

Yes

Temperature Coupling

Yes

Thermal Expansion

Yes

Yes

Space Dimension

2D Axisymmetric

Yes

2D Generalized Plane Strain

Yes

Yes

2D Plane Strain

Yes

2D Plane Stress

Yes

3D

Yes

Solid Rotor

Added Mass

Yes

Gravity

Yes

Spin Softening

Yes

Body Load

Yes

Creep¹

Yes

Yes

Gears¹

Yes

Yes

Linear Elastic Material

Yes

Plasticity¹

Yes

Yes

Rigid Domain

Yes

Viscoelasticity

Yes

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This feature requires the AC/DC Module and one of the Structural Mechanics Module, MEMS Module, or Acoustics Module