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In preparation for the following exercises, switch labelling off
and set axes scaling to automatic
PRESENT OPTIONS GRAPH POINTS LABELS OFF;
PRESENT OPTIONS GRAPH AXES AUTOMATIC;
Try to complete the following exercises without reference to the
solutions that are offered. Begin by tabulating the loadcases
UTILITY TABULATE LOADCASES
Press return successively to page through the results
| Exercise 1 |
Plot temperature variation at node 44
RESULTS LOADCASE CONDUC RESULTS NODAL TEMP PRESENT GRAPH NODE 44 |
| Exercise 2 |
Plot temperature variation at node 3 from time = 0 to time = 1
RESULTS LOADCASE CONDUC BELOW 1 PRESENT GRAPH NODE 3 DRAWING CONTENTS MONITOR POSITION; |
| Exercise 3 |
Plot variation of THERM1 along the line from node 44 to node 3
RESULTS LOADCASE THERMO RESULTS NODAL THERM1 CONSTRUCT LINE NODES THROUGH 44 3 PRESENT GRAPH LINE OLD DRAWING CONTENTS MONITOR POSITION; |
| Exercise 4 |
Plot temperature variation along the line from node 44 to node 3 at time =
12. Label the points on the graph
RESULTS LOADCASE CONDUC ABOVE 12 BELOW 12 RESULTS NODAL TEMP PRESENT GRAPH LINE OLD PRESENT OPTIONS GRAPH POINTS LABELS |
| Exercise 5 |
Plot THERM1 against THERM2 for the top surface from node 2 to node 24
CONSTRUCT LINE NODES [line_name] THROUGH 2 24 PRESENT GRAPH PROMPT RESULTS NODAL THERM1 1 NODAL THERM2 [line_name] THERMO |
| Exercise 6 |
Superimpose the temperature variation at nodes 51, 52 and 53 from time = 1sec
to time = 12 secs
RESULTS LOADCASE CONDUC ABOVE 1 BELOW 12 RESULTS NODAL TEMP CONSTRUCT LINE NODE [line_name] LIST 51 52 53 PRESENT GRAPH LINE [line_name] |
| Exercise 7 |
Superimpose the variation along the line of midside nodes (node 3 to node 44)
for times t = 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5 secs
CONSTRUCT LINE NODE [line_name] THROUGH 3 44 UTILITY TABULATE LOADCASES
Page through index as necessary
RESULTS LOADCASE CONDUC 13 22 24 26 28 30 PRESENT GRAPH LINE [line_name] |
| Exercise 8 |
Adjust the scaling for the above graph so that it occupies the bottom left
hand corner of the screen
PRESENT OPTIONS GRAPH AXES XMAX 2 YMAX 600 |
| Exercise 9 | With automatic scaling plot THERM2 (y-axis) against THERM1 (x-axis) for the line of nodes from node 2 to 24 |
PRESENT OPTIONS GRAPH AXES AUTOMATIC;
CONSTRUCT LINE NODE [line_name] THROUGH 2 24
PRESENT GRAPH PROMPT
RESULTS
NODAL THERM1
1
NODAL THERM2
[line_name]
THERMO
| Exercise 10 |
Plot variation of THERM1 along the line of nodes defining the surface of the
model from node 1 to node 4 to node 24 to node 2
CONSTRUCT LINE NODE THROUGH 1 4 24 2 PRESENT GRAPH LINE OLD |