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Physics Interfaces and Study Types
ExpandBeam
ExpandBeam Cross Section
ExpandBeam Rotor
ExpandFatigue
ExpandHydrodynamic Bearing
ExpandLayered Shell
ExpandLumped Mechanical System
ExpandMembrane
ExpandMultibody Dynamics
ExpandPipe Mechanics
ExpandPlate
ExpandShell
ExpandSolid Mechanics
ExpandSolid Rotor
ExpandTruss
Conditions on Surfaces
Beam Cross Section
Hole
Hydrodynamic Bearing
Bearing Orientation
Cavitation
Dynamic Coefficients Calculation
Inlet
Outlet
Squeeze Film Damper
Floating Ring Bearing Types
Full Floating
Semi Floating
Foundation Types
Flexible Foundation
Moving Foundation
Journal Bearing Types
Elliptic
Multilobe
Plain
Split Halves
Tilted Pad
User Defined
Lubrication Types
Gas Lubrication (Modified Reynolds Equation)
Liquid Lubrication (Reynolds Equation)
Multiphysics Couplings
ExpandBeam Rotor Bearing Coupling
ExpandSolid Rotor Bearing Coupling
ExpandSolid-Bearing Coupling
Thrust Bearing Types
Tapered
Tilted Pad
User Defined
Layered Shell
Added Mass
Body Load
Gravity
Rigid Motion Suppression
ExpandContact
ExpandRotating Frame
ExpandSpring Foundation
Condition on Interfaces
Added Mass, Interface
Face Load
Roller, Interface
Thin Elastic Layer, Interface
ExpandRigid Connector, Interface
ExpandSpring Foundation, Interface
Constitutive Relations
Delamination
ExpandCreep1
ExpandHyperelasticity1
ExpandLinear Elastic Material
ExpandPiezoelectric Material2
ExpandPlasticity1
ExpandRigid Domain
ExpandViscoelasticity
ExpandViscoplasticity1
Multiphysics Couplings
ExpandAcoustic-Structure Boundary1
ExpandFluid-Structure Interaction
ExpandLayered Piezoelectric Effect2
ExpandLayered Shell-Structure Cladding
ExpandLayered Shell-Structure Transition
ExpandLayered Thermal Expansion1
Membrane
Added Mass
Body Load
External Stress-Strain Relation
Face Load
Geometric Nonlinearity
Gravity
Rigid Motion Suppression
ExpandContact
ExpandCreep
ExpandHyperelastic Material
ExpandLayered Linear Elastic Material3
ExpandLinear Elastic Material
ExpandNonlinear Elastic Material
ExpandPlasticity
ExpandRotating Frame
ExpandSpring Foundation
ExpandViscoelasticity
ExpandViscoplasticity
Multiphysics Couplings
ExpandAcoustic-Structure Boundary
ExpandFluid-Structure Interaction
ExpandLayered Shell-Structure Cladding
ExpandSolid-Thin Structure Connection
ExpandThermoacoustic-Structure Boundary
Multibody Dynamics
Added Mass
Face Load with Total Force, Force per Area, and Pressure Load
Follower Pressure Load
Roller
ExpandContact
ExpandFixed Constraint
ExpandPrescribed Displacement
ExpandRadial Roller Bearing1
ExpandSpring Foundation
Multiphysics Couplings
ExpandAcoustic-Structure Boundary1
ExpandFluid-Structure Interaction
ExpandFluid-Structure Interaction, Pair
ExpandSolid-Beam Connection1
ExpandSolid-Bearing Coupling1
ExpandSolid-Thin Structure Connection1
ExpandThermoacoustic-Structure Boundary1
Shell and Plate
Added Mass
Body Load
Face Load
Geometric Nonlinearity
Gravity
Offset
Rigid Motion Suppression
ExpandContact
ExpandCreep
ExpandLayered Linear Elastic Material3
ExpandLinear Elastic Material
ExpandPlasticity
ExpandRigid Domain
ExpandRotating Frame
ExpandSection Stiffness
ExpandSpring foundation
ExpandViscoelasticty
ExpandViscoplasticity
Multiphysics Couplings
ExpandAcoustic-Structure Boundary
ExpandFluid-Structure Interaction
ExpandShell-Beam Connection
ExpandSolid-Bearing Coupling
ExpandSolid-Shell Connection
ExpandThermoacoustic-Structure Boundary
Solid Mechanics
Added Mass
Antisymmetry
Face Load with Total Force, Force per Area, and Pressure Load
Follower Pressure Load
Low-Reflecting Boundary
Prescribed Acceleration
Prescribed Velocity
Roller
Symmetry
Thin Elastic Layer
ExpandContact
ExpandFixed Constraint
ExpandPeriodic Condition
ExpandPrescribed Displacement
ExpandSpring Foundation
Multiphysics Couplings
ExpandAcoustic-Structure Boundary
ExpandFluid-Structure Interaction
ExpandFluid-Structure Interaction, Pair
ExpandSolid-Beam Connection
ExpandSolid-Bearing Coupling
ExpandSolid-Shell Connection
ExpandThermoacoustic-Structure Boundary
Solid Rotor
Added Mass
Applied Torque
Fixed Axial Rotation
Rotor Coupling
ExpandFace Load with Total Force, Force per Area, and Pressure Load
Bearing Models
Force per Area
Misalignment
No Clearance
Plain Hydrodynamic
Total Force and Moment
Total Spring and Damping Constant
Bearing Types
Journal Bearing
Multi-Spool Bearing
Thrust Bearing
ExpandRadial Roller Bearing
Foundation Types
Flexible Foundation
Moving Foundation
Multiphysics Couplings
ExpandSolid Rotor Bearing Coupling
Edge and Point Conditions
Beam
Added Mass
Beam End Release
Geometric Nonlinearity
Gravity
No Rotation
Pinned
Point Mass
Prescribed Displacement/Rotation
Rigid Motion Suppression
Symmetry/Antisymmetry
ExpandCross-Section Data
ExpandFixed Constraint
ExpandLinear Elastic Material
ExpandRigid Domain
ExpandRotating Frame
ExpandSpring Foundation
Multiphysics Couplings
ExpandShell-Beam Connection
ExpandSolid-Beam Connection
Beam Rotor
Change Rotor Speed
Disk
Gravity
No Axial Vibration
No Torsion
Rotor Coupling
Rotor Cross Section
ExpandLinear Elastic Material
ExpandLoad with Total Force, and Force per Length
Bearing Models
Misalignment
No Clearance
Plain Hydrodynamic
Total Force and Moment
Total Spring and Damping Constant
Bearing Types
Journal Bearing
Multi-Spool Bearing
Thrust Bearing
ExpandRadial Roller Bearing
Foundation Types
Flexible Foundation
Moving Foundation
Multiphysics Couplings
ExpandBeam Rotor Bearing Coupling
Hydrodynamic Bearing
Border
Inlet
Outlet
Symmetry
Wall
Layered Shell
Added Mass
Antisymmetry
Continuity
Prescribed Acceleration
Prescribed Velocity
Roller
Symmetry
Thin Elastic Layer
ExpandFixed Constraint
ExpandPrescribed Displacement
ExpandSpring Foundation
Loads
Boundary Load
Edge Load
Line Load
Point Load
Membrane
Added Mass
Edge Load
Point Load
Symmetry/Antisymmetry
ExpandFixed Constraint
ExpandPrescribed Displacement
ExpandSpring Foundation
Multibody Dynamics
Added Mass
Edge Load
Point Load
ExpandFixed Constraint
ExpandPrescribed Displacement
ExpandSpring Foundation
Pipe Mechanics
Edge Load
Fixed Constraint
Fluid Load
Geometric Nonlinearity
Gravity
No Rotation
Pinned
Point Mass
Spring Foundation
ExpandAdded Mass
ExpandFluid and Pipe Materials
ExpandPipe Cross-Section
ExpandPrescribed Displacement/Rotation
ExpandRigid Connector
ExpandRigid Domain
Shell and Plate
Added Mass
Edge Force and Moment
No Rotation
Pinned
Point Force and Moment
Point Mass
Prescribed Displacement/Rotation
Simply Supported
Symmetry/Antisymmetry
ExpandFixed Constraint
ExpandPeriodic Condition
ExpandSpring Foundation
Multiphysics Couplings
ExpandShell-Beam Connection
ExpandSolid-Shell Connection
Solid Mechanics
Added Mass
Edge Load
Point Load
Stress Linearization
ExpandFixed Constraint
ExpandPrescribed Displacement
ExpandSpring Foundation
Truss
Added Mass
Cross-Section Data
Geometric Nonlinearity
Gravity
Point Mass
Rigid Motion Suppression
Straight-Edge Constraint
ExpandLinear Elastic Material
ExpandPinned
ExpandPlasticity
ExpandPrescribed Displacement
ExpandRotating Frame
ExpandSpring Foundation
ExpandSpring-Damper
Fatigue Evaluation
Vibration Fatigue
ExpandCumulative Damage
ExpandEnergy-Based
ExpandStrain-Based
ExpandStrain-Life
ExpandStress-Based
ExpandStress-Life
Lumped Mechanical System
Damper
Displacement Source
External Source
Force Source
Impedance
Mass
Spring
Subsystem Definition
Subsystem Instance
Terminals
Acceleration Node
Displacement Node
Fixed Node
Force Node
Free Node
Impedance Node
Velocity Node
Material Library
Piezoelectric
Piezoresistivity
Material Types
ExpandLayered Material
ExpandLayered Material Link
ExpandLayered Material Stack
Predefined Multiphysics Interfaces
ExpandBeam Rotor with Hydrodynamic Bearing
ExpandElectromechanics
ExpandElectromechanics, Boundary Elements
ExpandJoule Heating and Thermal Expansion
ExpandMagnetostriction4
ExpandPiezoelectricity
ExpandPiezoelectricity, Layered Shell2
ExpandPiezoresistivity, Boundary Currents
ExpandPiezoresistivity, Domain Currents
ExpandPiezoresistivity, Shell1
ExpandPoroelasticity6
ExpandSolid Rotor with Hydrodynamic Bearing
ExpandThermal Stress, Layered Shell1
ExpandThermal Stress, Membrane1
ExpandThermal Stress, Shell1
ExpandThermal Stress, Solid
ExpandThermoelasticity
Results and Visualization
Layered Material (data set)
Layered Material Slice (plot)
Matrix Histogram
Principal Stress Surface
Principal Stress Volume
Through Thickness (plot)
Whirl (plot)
Special Conditions
Beam
ExpandAttachment1
ExpandRigid Connector
Layered Shell
ExpandAttachment1
ExpandRigid Connector
Multibody Dynamics
Base Motion
Cam-Follower
ExpandAttachment
ExpandChain Drive
ExpandRigid Connector
ExpandSpring-Damper
Gear Pair Conditions
Backlash
Friction
Gear Elasticity
Transmission Error
Gear Pairs
Gear Pair
Rack and Pinion
Worm and Wheel
Joint Conditions
Applied Force and Moment
Constraints
Friction
Locking
Spring and Damper
ExpandJoint Elasticity
ExpandPrescribed Motion
Joints
Ball Joint
Cylindrical Joint
Distance Joint
Fixed Joint
Hinge Joint
Planar Joint
Prismatic Joint
Reduced Slot Joint
Screw Joint
Slot Joint
Universal Joint
Shell
ExpandAttachment1
ExpandRigid Connector
Solid Mechanics
Cell Periodicity
ExpandAttachment1
ExpandBolt Pre-Tension
ExpandBolt Thread Contact
ExpandRigid Connector
Solid Rotor
ExpandGear Pair1
Volumetric Domain Properties
Geometric Nonlinearity
Infinite Domain Modeling with Infinite Elements
Infinite Domain Modeling with Perfectly Matched Layers
Initial Stress and Strain Tensors
Beam Cross Section
Safety
Multibody Dynamics
Added Mass
Body Load
Gravity
Initially Rigid
Rigid Motion Suppression
ExpandInitial Values
ExpandRotating Frame
Constitiutive Relations
ExpandGears
ExpandLinear Elastic
ExpandRigid Domain
Multiphysics Couplings
ExpandSolid-Beam Connection1
ExpandSolid-Shell Connection1
ExpandThermal Expansion1
Solid Mechanics
Added Mass
Body Load
Gravity
Rigid Motion Suppression
ExpandRotating Frame
Constitutive Relations
External Stress-Strain Relation
ExpandConcrete
ExpandCreep
ExpandDamage
ExpandElastoplastic Soil Material
ExpandHyperelastic Material
ExpandLinear Elastic Material
ExpandMagnetostrictive Material4
ExpandNonlinear Elastic Material
ExpandPiezoelectric Material
ExpandPlasticity
ExpandPorous Plasticity
ExpandRigid Domain
ExpandRocks
ExpandShape Memory Alloy
ExpandSoil Plasticity
ExpandViscoelasticity
ExpandViscoplasticity
Multiphysics Couplings
ExpandHygroscopic Swelling
ExpandLorentz Coupling4
ExpandMagnetostriction4
ExpandPiezoelectric Effect
ExpandPoroelasticity6
ExpandSolid-Bearing Coupling
ExpandThermal Expansion
Space Dimension
2D Axisymmetric
2D Generalized Plane Strain
2D Plane Strain
2D Plane Stress
3D
Solid Rotor
Added Mass
Gravity
Spin Softening
ExpandBody Load
ExpandCreep1
ExpandGears1
ExpandLinear Elastic Material
ExpandPlasticity1
ExpandRigid Domain
ExpandViscoelasticity
  1. Requires all indicated products
  2. This feature requires the Composite Materials Module and one of the AC/DC Module or MEMS Module
  3. This feature requires the Composite Materials Module to handle multiple layers
  4. This feature requires the AC/DC Module and one of the Structural Mechanics Module, MEMS Module, or Acoustics Module
  5. Physics Interfaces
  6. Requires the Porous Media Flow Module or the Subsurface Flow Module, or the Structural Mechanics Module together with any module that includes the Darcy's Law interface
  7. Orthotropic or anisotropic elasticity requires the Structural Mechanics Module