Protecting People and the EnvironmentUNITED STATES NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION
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October 11, 1996
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Reference: a) Boeing Letter G-1151-RSO-92-365 dated August 31,
1992; R. S. Orr to the NRC Operations Center
b) NRC Letter Docket No. 99901227 dated August 12,
1992; L. J. Norrholm to R. S. Orr; Subject: Response
to 10 CFR 21 Inquiry
Dear Sir or Madam:
In accordance with the reference correspondence and 10 CFR 21, Boeing is
sending the NRC the attached error notice(s) received from our former
software suppliers. Because of unknown current addresses, the following
former customers were not notified:
Reactor Controls, Inc.
Echo Energy Consultants, Inc.
Nuclear Applications and Systems Analysis Company (Japan)
Nuclear Power Services
Tenera Engineering Services
Gibbs & Hill, Inc.
Holtec International
Error notices have been sent to our other former customers.
Very truly yours,
Sandra J. Andrews
Nuclear Administrator
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Enclosure(s): ANSYS Class3 Error Reports 96-33, 96-34, 96-35, 96-36, 96-
37 and 96-38.
ANSYS QA Notice QA96-06
ANSYS Class3 Error Reports 92-25R1, 93-03R1, 93-33R1, 94-
68R2, 95-27R1, 95-39R1 and 95-49R1
Revised Class3 Error Report Summary for Rev 5.1
ANSYS Class3 Error Reports 96-39, 96-40 and 96-41
ANSYS QA Notices QA96-07 and QA96-08
Class3 Error Report Summary for Rev 5.2 and Release 5.3
ANSYS, Inc.
201 Johnson Road Telephone 412.746.3304
Houston, PA 15342-1300 Facsimile 412.746.9494
August 12, 1996
Dear Class3 Error Recipient:
Enclosed you will find ANSYS Class3 Error Reports 96-33, 96-34, 96-
35, 96-36, 96-37 and 96-38.
Also enclosed is ANSYS QA Notice QA96-06 which has been issued to
clarify the program documentation on the operation of the KUSE command.
Some past Class3 errors incorrectly suggested that using KUSE,-1 was a
way to avoid the errors reported. The reports affected by this have been
revised and are also enclosed as 92-25 R1, 93-03 R1, 93-33 R1, and 94-68
R2.
Finally, attached are Class3 Error Reports 95-27 R1, 95-39 R1 and
95-49 R1. These reports have been revised and reissued to update the
versions containing the errors and corrections.
I have also attached a newly revised Class3 Error Summary Report for
Rev. 5.1. An error appeared in the report dated 5/31/96. Please
discard that copy and use the enclosed.
Sincerely,
ANSYS, Inc.
William J. Bryan
Quality Assurance Manager
ANSYS [Registered Trademark] is registered trademark of SAS IP
ANSYS Revision Identifier Description
ANSYS revision identifiers consist of a major revision level, a
minor revision level, a correction level, and occasionally a special
version level. An example of how this is constructed is shown below:
5.0A--10
major revision level special version identifier
minor revision level correction level
Major revision level changes indicate that new features have been
added to the program and that some level of program architecture change
and/or file structure has occurred. Minor revision level changes also
indicate that new features have been added to the program, but files are
upwardly compatible. All known error fixes are included in both minor
and major revisions. Changes to the correction level indicate that it is
primarily an error correction release. Special version identifiers
indicate that one or more additional minor changes have been made to the
program, normally to circumvent an error. Special versions are not
general releases to all ANSYS licensees, since they typically represent
errors occurring only on one system, a subset of our customers who have
specific graphics devices, etc.
The ANSYS revision identifier(s) shown under "corrected in" on the
front side of this Class3 Error Report indicates the first possible
revision that could contain the correction. A major program change
needed to fix an error can dictate that the next minor or major revision
will contain the fix rather than the next correction level. For example,
when errors were being reported while Rev. 4.3A was the latest
production version, most Class3 error reports indicated that 4.313 was
the "corrected in" revision. Others requiring significant code
restructuring were reported as fixed in 4.4. Rev. 4.3B was never
released, but Rev. 4.4 contained all error corrections noted as fixed in
4.3B.
An identifier indicated under "corrected in" does not guarantee that
a general release of that revision of ANSYS will occur. It does indicate
that the correction is known and implemented in the coding that would be
part of that general release.
Equivalent Product Identifiers
The ANSYS family of component products occasionally undergoes name
changes between revisions and/or changes in the functionality of derived
products (such as ANSYS-PC/LINEAR). To minimize the potential for
confusion in these areas, the important product name equivalences
(similar program functionality and error content) are listed below.
ANSYS/ED contains all errors shown for the full ANSYS product,
starting at Rev. 5.0, and
beyond, unless otherwise
noted.
PC/LINEAR is equivalent to WS/LINEAR at Rev. 4.4A,
and ANSYS/LINEAR starting at
Rev. 5.0
and ANSYS/LinearPlus starting at
Rev. 5.0A.
PC/THERMAL is equivalent to WS/THERMAL at Rev. 4.4A,
and ANSYS/THERMAL starting at
Rev. 5.0
PREPPOST contains relevant errors the full ANSYS product, for
shown for included pre- and post-
processing functionality
PC/MAGNETIC is equivalent to ANSYS/Emag starting at Rev.
5.0A
ANSYS [Registered Trademark] CLASS3 ERROR REPORT
ERROR NO: 96-33
KEYWORDS: ASUM VSUM
DESCRIPTION OF ERROR:
The ASUM and VSUM commands may produce erroneous results due to poor
tesselation (tesselation is a triangular "mesh" of the surface used for
visualizing it) of the model surface. We have observed this behavior
when there is a sharp change in angle for the model boundary.
FIRST INCORRECT VERSION(S):*_/ CORRECTED IN:*_/
Rev. 5.0 Release 5.3
Component Products Rev. 5.0A Component Products Release 5.3
SUGGESTED USER ACTION FOR RUNNING ON UNCORRECTED VERSION:
In order to ascertain the quality of tesselation (and thus the
quality of the ASUM or VSUM results) for an area or volume, check the
areas and volumes from ASUM and VSUM commands with respect to the total
finite element areas and volumes (in POST1, use commands ETABLE,, VOLU
and SSUM) resulting from an acceptable mesh of that entity.
COMMENTS:
1. The corrected version gives accurate results for a valid
tesselation even if its quality is poor.
2. If the tesselation is invalid, but cannot be distinguished from
the plot of areas or volumes, the corrected version calculates the best
approximation and issues the following warning message:
Poor tesselation for area "area number" resulted in poor
surface area approximation. Better area measure can be
obtained from the elements of a refined mesh.
AUTHOR/CORRECTOR: DATE: August 7, 1996
Hasan Ahmad
REVIEWED BY QA: DATE: August 7, 1996
William J. Bryan
APPROVAL: DATE: August 7, 1996
John A. Swanson
_________________________
*_/ If a product name is not included in the "first incorrect version",
the full ANSYS program is implied. For products not listed, this error
does not apply, but see the reverse side for equivalent product
designations.
Unless noted otherwise, this error report also applies to all revisions
after the first incorrect one and prior to the corrected revision. All
revisions after "corrected in" are corrected. Manual corrections are
included in on-line documentation as appropriate. Please see the reverse
side of this sheet for additional information on ANSYS revision
identifiers.
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ANSYS [Registered Trademark] CLASS3 ERROR REPORT
ERROR NO: 96-34
KEYWORDS: APDL ARNODE
DESCRIPTION OF ERROR:
The ANSYS Parametric Design Language (APDL) function ARNODE does not
return the correct area for mid-side node quadrilaterals which have been
reduced to triangles by duplicating nodes K, L, and O. The calculated
area is low by 9/11ths. SHELL93 is such an element.
FIRST INCORRECT VERSION(S):*_/ CORRECTED IN:*_/
Rev. 5.1 Release 5.3
Component Products Rev. 5.2 Components Products Rev. 5.3
SUGGESTED USER ACTION FOR RUNNING ON UNCORRECTED VERSION:
COMMENTS:
AUTHOR/CORRECTOR: DATE: August 7, 1996
John Swanson
REVIEWED BY QA: DATE: August 7, 1996
William J. Bryan
APPROVAL: DATE: August 7, 1996
Mark C. Imgrund
_________________________
*_/ If a product name is not included in the "first incorrect version",
the full ANSYS program is implied. For products not listed, this error
does not apply, but see the reverse side for equivalent product
designations.
Unless noted otherwise, this error report also applies to all revisions
after the first incorrect one and prior to the corrected revision. All
revisions after "corrected in" are corrected. Manual corrections are
included in on-line documentation as appropriate. Please see the reverse
side of this sheet for additional information on ANSYS revision
identifiers.
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ANSYS [Registered Trademark] CLASS3 ERROR REPORT
ERROR NO: 96-35
KEYWORDS: EMAG ELEM53 PLANE53 CIRCUIT
DESCRIPTION OF ERROR:
For circuit-fed axisymmetric massive conductor elements (PLANE53,
KEYOPT(1)=4), the calculation of JS in the SMISC record and JT in the
NMISC record are incorrect. This will lead to an incorrect calculation
of total current (CURR2D command macro), power loss (POWERH command
macro), and the coupled-field joule heat generation rate input (LDREAD
command).
FIRST INCORRECT VERSION(S):*_/ CORRECTED IN:*_/
Rev. 5.2 Release 5.3
ANSYS/Emag Rev. 5.2 ANSYS/Emag Release 5.3
SUGGESTED USER ACTION FOR RUNNING ON UNCORRECTED VERSION:
The sign on the source current density (JS) is incorrect. This
leads to an incorrect calculation of the total current density (JT). Use
the ETABLE command in POST1 to store values of JT, JS and JE. Change the
sign of the JS results (SADD command), and then recalculate JT
(JT=JS+JE).
COMMENTS:
AUTHOR/CORRECTOR: DATE: August 7, 1996
Jian-She Wang
REVIEWED BY QA: DATE: August 7, 1996
William J. Bryan
APPROVAL: DATE: August 7, 1996
John A. Swanson
_________________________
*_/ If a product name is not included in the "first incorrect version",
the full ANSYS program is implied. For products not listed, this error
does not apply, but see the reverse side for equivalent product
designations.
Unless noted otherwise, this error report also applies to ail revisions
after the first incorrect one and prior to the corrected revision. All
revisions after "corrected in" are corrected. Manual corrections are
included in on-line documentation as appropriate. Please see the reverse
side of this sheet for additional information on ANSYS revision
identifiers.
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ANSYS [Registered Trademark] CLASS3 ERROR REPORT
ERROR NO: 96-36
KEYWORDS: FLOTRAN ELEM141 ELEM142 RESULTS FILE DENSITY
DESCRIPTION OF ERROR:
In flow analyses, for nodes on solid material (MAT>1) elements that
are connected only to solid material nodes, using elements FLUID141 and
FLUID142, documentation fails to specify that the quantity stored in the
results file position for density is actually the product of the density
and the specific heat.
FIRST INCORRECT VERSION(S):*_/ CORRECTED IN:*_/
Rev. 5.1 Release 5.3 User's Guide
ANSYS/FLOTRAN Rev. 5.1
SUGGESTED USER ACTION FOR RUNNING ON UNCORRECTED VERSION:
COMMENTS:
The method of storing solid material property information in the
results file for FLUID141 and 142 elements may be changed in the next
release to allow the density and the specific heat to be ally displayed
during post processing.
AUTHOR/CORRECTOR: DATE: August 7, 1996
Mike Normansell
REVIEWED BY QA: DATE: August 7, 1996
William J. Bryan
APPROVAL: DATE: August 7, 1996
John A. Swanson
_________________________
*_/ If a product name is not included in the "first incorrect version",
the full ANSYS program is implied. For products not listed, this error
does not apply, but see the reverse side for equivalent product
designations.
Unless noted otherwise, this error report also applies to all revisions
after the first incorrect one and prior to the corrected revision. All
revisions after "corrected in" are corrected. Manual corrections are
included in on-line documentation as appropriate. Please see the reverse
side of this sheet for additional information on ANSYS revision
identifiers.
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ANSYS [Registered Trademark] CLASS3 ERROR REPORT
ERROR NO: 96-37
KEYWORDS: SFA BOUNDARY CONDITIONS SOLID MODEL TRANSFER
DESCRIPTION OF ERROR:
If a keypoint number is equal to or greater than 1024, boundary
conditions applied to the surface of a 3-D solid model volume (SFA
command) may not transfer to the underlying elements correctly.
FIRST INCORRECT VERSION(S):*_/ CORRECTED IN:*_/
Rev. 5.2 Release 5.3
SUGGESTED USER ACTION FOR RUNNING ON UNCORRECTED VERSION:
Verify that all area surface loads (SFA) have transferred correctly
(by listing or plotting), or use element surface load specifications (SFE
command).
COMMENTS:
Solid model surface loads are transferred by the SFTRAN or SBCTRAN
commands or they are transferred automatically when the SOLVE command is
executed.
In all error cases that we have seen, no loads have transferred; we
believe this to be the most likely manifestation of the error.
AUTHOR/CORRECTOR: DATE: August 7, 1996
Wa Kwok
REVIEWED BY QA: DATE: August 7, 1996
William J. Bryan
APPROVAL: DATE: August 7, 1996
John A. Swanson
_________________________
*_/ If a product name is not included in the "first incorrect version",
the full ANSYS program is implied. For products not listed, this error
does not apply, but see the reverse side for equivalent product
designations.
Unless noted otherwise, this error report also applies to ail revisions
after the first incorrect one and prior to the corrected revision. All
revisions after "corrected in" are corrected. Manual corrections are
included in on-line documentation as appropriate. Please see the reverse
side of this sheet for additional information on ANSYS revision
identifiers.
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ANSYS [Registered Trademark] CLASS3 ERROR REPORT
ERROR NO: 96-38
KEYWORDS: SOLID MODELING BOOLEAN SUBTRACT ASBL
DESCRIPTION OF ERROR:
The "SEPO" field of the solid modeling boolean command "ASBL" does
not always produce separate areas. It may produce areas with separate
lines which share common keypoints.
In most cases this error is obvious. However, there may be rare
instances where the error could lead to unanticipated results if
validation of boundary conditions and loads is bypassed before solution
by the user.
FIRST INCORRECT VERSION(S):*_/ CORRECTED IN:*_/
Rev. 5.1 Release 5.4
Component Products Rev. 5.1 Component Products Release 5.4
SUGGESTED USER ACTION FOR RUNNING ON UNCORRECTED VERSION:
In Release 5.3, generate separate areas from unseparated areas by
using the "AGEN" command after the "ASBL" command.
COMMENTS:
AUTHOR/CORRECTOR: DATE: August 71 1996
Yu-Hua Ting
REVIEWED BY QA: DATE: August 7, 1996
William J. Bryan
APPROVAL: DATE: August 7, 1996
John A. Swanson
_________________________
*_/ If a product name is not included in the "first incorrect version",
the full ANSYS program is implied. For products not listed, this error
does not apply, but see the reverse side for equivalent product
designations.
Unless noted otherwise, this error report also applies to all revisions
after the first incorrect one and prior to the corrected revision. All
revisions after "corrected in" are corrected. Manual corrections are
included in on-line documentation as appropriate. Please see the reverse
side of this sheet for additional information on ANSYS revision
identifiers.
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ANSYS QA NOTICE
NOTICE NO: QA96-06
SUBJECT: KUSE MATRIX REUSE
DESCRIPTION:
The program documentation has conflicting information on the
operation of the KUSE command. The Theory Manual states that KUSE,-1
causes the program to reform the element matrices. The Procedures and
Commands Manuals, however, state that KUSE,-1 only causes the
reformulation of the triangularized stiffness matrix (using the
previously formed element stiffness matrices). The program functions as
reported in the Procedures and Command Manuals.
AFFECTED VERSIONS: Rev. 5.0 through Rev. 5.2
Component Products Rev. 5.0A through Rev. 5.2
OTHER COMMENTS:
To force reformulation of the element matrices, use NLGEOM,ON or
change material properties slightly, using a temperature-dependent
material.
KUSE,-1 is rarely required in an analysis (only for some debugging
and certain cases of error avoidance).
Several past Class3 errors (such as 94-68 R1, 93-33, 93-03, and 92-
25) incorrectly suggested that using KUSE,-1 was a way to avoid the
errors reported.
At 5.3, the program is changed to operate as the Theory Manual
states.
AUTHOR: DATE: August 7, 1996
Peter Kohnke
REVIEWED BY QA: DATE: August 7, 1996
William J. Bryan
APPROVAL: DATE: August 7, 1996
John A. Swanson
ANSYS [Registered Trademark] CLASS3 ERROR REPORT
ERROR NO: 92-25 R1
KEYWORDS: STIF18 STIF29 STIF60 PRESSURE FLEXIBILITY
DESCRIPTION OF ERROR:
Results using STIF18 (the elastic curved pipe element) or STIF60
(the plastic curved pipe element) are incorrect if the pressure
contribution to the flexibility factor is included (KEYOPT(3)=1) and:
1. the pressure (P, EP, PSF or PPRES commands) is changed between
iterations;
and 2. the element matrix is reused.
The element matrix is reused unless:
1. material properties for the element are a function of
temperature (MP, MPDATA commands);
or 2. the full Newton-Raphson option (KAY,9,1) has been used.
[Strikeout: or 3. KUSE, 1 has not been used to force reformulation.]
FIRST INCORRECT VERSION(S):*_/ CORRECTED IN:*_/
Rev. 2.0 Rev. 5.0
PC Products Rev. 4.3 PC Products Rev. 5.0
SUGGESTED USER ACTION FOR RUNNING ON UNCORRECTED VERSION:
[Strikeout: Use KUSE, 1 to force the reformulation of the element
matrices.]
COMMENTS:
STIF18 was known as STIF29 prior to Rev. 4.3.
AUTHOR/CORRECTOR: DATE: August 7, 1996
David L. Conover
REVIEWED BY QA: DATE August 7, 1996
William J. Bryan
APPROVAL: DATE: August 7, 1996
John A. Swanson
_________________________
*_/ If a product name is not included in the "first incorrect version",
the full ANSYS program is implied. For products not listed, this error
does not apply, but see the reverse side for equivalent product
designations. Unless noted otherwise, this error report also applies to
all revisions after the first incorrect one and prior to the corrected
revision. All revisions after "corrected in" are corrected. Manual,
corrections are included in on-line documentation as appropriate. Please
see the reverse side of this sheet for additional information on ANSYS
revision identifiers.
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ANSYS [Registered Trademark] CLASS3 ERROR REPORT
ERROR NO: 93-03 R1
KEYWORDS: KAN,-1 CONVECTION TBULK
DESCRIPTION OF ERROR:
If the bulk temperature is zero (TBULK=0) in a thermal convection
input (e.g., CV and CVSF commands), and the convection input is removed
in a later load step, the conductivity matrix of the applicable element
will not be reformulated to remove the convection condition unless KSS is
temperature-dependent [Strikeout: or the command KUSE, 1 has been input.]
FIRST INCORRECT VERSION(S):*_/ CORRECTED IN:*_/
Rev. 4.0 Rev. 5.0
PC/THERMAL Rev. 4.2 ANSYS/THERMAL Rev. 5.0
SUGGESTED USER ACTION FOR RUNNING ON UNCORRECTED VERSION:
[Strikeout: 1. Set KUSE, 1 to force the reformulation of all element
matrices. or]
1. Set TBULK to a small finite number (instead of zero).
or 2. Make the thermal conductivity mildly KXX temperature-dependent.
COMMENTS:
AUTHOR/CORRECTOR: DATE: August 7, 1996
David L. Conover
REVIEWED BY QA: DATE: August 7, 1996
William J. Bryan
APPROVAL: DATE: August 7, 1996
John A. Swanson
_________________________
*_/ If a product name is not included in the "first incorrect version",
the full ANSYS program is implied. For products not listed, this error
does not apply, but see the reverse side for equivalent product
designations.
Unless noted otherwise, this error report also applies to all revisions
after the first incorrect one and prior to the corrected revision. All
revisions after "corrected in" are corrected. Manual corrections are
included in on-line documentation as appropriate. Please see the reverse
side of this sheet for additional information on ANSYS revision
identifiers.
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ANSYS [Registered Trademark] CLASS3 ERROR REPORT
ERROR NO: 93-33 R1
KEYWORDS: SHELL41 ELEM41 CLOTH OPTION
DESCRIPTION OF ERROR:
The cloth option (KEYOPT(1)=2) of SHELL41 (the membrane shell
element) has the following errors:
1. The elements are sometimes erroneously reported to be converged with
both directions collapsed (STATUS=2) when there is actually a small
amount of tension in one direction (STATUS=1). The error does not
occur if Poisson's ratio (NUXY or PRXY on the MP command) is 0.0.
2. Elements with integration points that report tension in one
direction and collapse in the other direction (STATUS=1) may not
give correct answers. The results may incorrectly depend on the
order in which the loads are applied.
3. If thermal strains are present, the results are incorrect.
4. If KEYOPT(2)=0 (include extra displacement shapes [default]), the
elements may be reported to be converged when in fact they are not.
This is because the element stiffness matrices are sometimes not
reformed when the status changes, which can cause incorrect results.
FIRST INCORRECT VERSION(S):*_/ CORRECTED IN:*_/
Rev. 4.0 - errors 1 & 2 Rev. 5.0A
Rev. 5.0 - errors 3 & 4 Rev. 5.0A
SUGGESTED USER ACTION FOR RUNNING ON UNCORRECTED VERSION:
For error 2, rerunning the problem with a different order of loading
and achieving the same or similar results increases the reliability of
having the correct solution. This assumes that there are no energy-
absorbing or other legitimately path-dependent effects (such as
plasticity) in the model.
[Strikeout: For error 4, add the command KUSE, 1 before the first
SOLVE command to force reformulation of the stiffness matrix during each
iteration.]
COMMENTS:
SHELL41 was referred to as STIF41 prior to Rev. 5.0.
AUTHOR/CORRECTOR: DATE: August 7, 1996
Peter Kohnke
REVIEWED BY QA: DATE: August 7, 1996
William J. Bryan
APPROVAL: DATE: August 7, 1996
John A. Swanson
_________________________
*_/ If a product name is not included in the "first incorrect version",
the full ANSYS program is implied. For products not listed, this error
does not apply, but see the reverse side for equivalent product
designations.
Unless noted otherwise, this error report also applies to all revisions
after the first incorrect one and prior to the corrected revision. All
revisions after "corrected in" are corrected. Manual corrections are
included in on-line documentation as appropriate. Please see the reverse
side of this sheet for additional information on ANSYS revision
identifiers.
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ANSYS [Registered Trademark] CLASS3 ERROR REPORT
ERROR NO: 94-68 R2
KEYWORDS: BEAM44 ELEM44 STIFFNESS RELEASES
DESCRIPTION OF ERROR:
There are two errors when using BEAM44 (3-D tapered unsymmetric beam
element) with stiffness releases.
1. All results are in error for load steps, substeps, and iterations in
which the element stiffness matrix is being re-used.
Stiffness matrices are generally reused unless large deflections are
active, or the materials or real constants are changing. See
Section 13.3 of the Theory Manual.
2. All results are incorrect if any of the following are active:
a. Large deflection (NLGEOM,ON)
or b. Stress Stiffening (SSTIF,ON)
or c. Newton-Raphson (NROPT command).
FIRST INCORRECT VERSION(S):*_/ CORRECTED IN:*_/
Rev. 4.4 Rev. 5.2
ANSYS/Linear Rev. 4.4 ANSYS/Linear Rev. 5.2
SUGGESTED USER ACTION FOR RUNNING ON UNCORRECTED VERSION:
[Strikeout: Error 1. Use KUSE, 1 to force reformulation of all
element stiffness matrices.]
Error 2. Use coincident coupled nodes (CP command) to induce the
stiffness release where required.
COMMENTS:
On some computer system, these errors will cause an abort.
Stiffness releases are accessed with KEYOPT(7) and KEYOPT(8) or, if
using pre-Rev. 5.0 input, with KEYOPT(3) and KEYOPT(4).
For error 2, if using pre-Rev. 5.0 input:
a. Large deflection is activated by the KAY,6,1 command.
b. Stress stiffening is activated by the KAY,8,1 command.
c. Newton-Raphson is activated by KAY,9,n (n = 1, 2 or 3).
AUTHOR/CORRECTOR: DATE: August 7, 1996
David L. Conover
REVIEWED BY QA: DATE: August 7, 1996
William J. Bryan
APPROVAL: DATE: August 7, 1996
John A. Swanson
_________________________
*_/ If a product name is not included in the "first incorrect version",
the full ANSYS program is implied. For products not listed, this error
does not apply, but see the reverse side for equivalent product
designations. Unless noted otherwise, this error report also applies to
all revisions after the first incorrect one and prior to the corrected
revision. All revisions after "corrected in" are corrected. Manual
corrections are included in on-line documentation as appropriate. Please
see the reverse side of this sheet for additional information on ANSYS
revision identifiers.
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ANSYS [Registered Trademark] CLASS3 ERROR REPORT
ERROR NO: 95-37 R1
KEYWORDS: FLOTRAN FLUID142 ELEM142
DESCRIPTION OF ERROR:
Three-dimensional FLOTRAN models using FLUID142 elements solved in
cylindrical coordinates (KEYOPT(3)=3) with a Z-direction acceleration
(ACEL command) yield incorrect velocity and pressure solutions.
FIRST INCORRECT VERSION(S):*_/ CORRECTED IN:*_/
Rev. 5.1 [Redline: Release 5.4]
[Redline: ANSYS/Flotran Rev. 5.1]
SUGGESTED USER ACTION FOR RUNNING ON UNCORRECTED VERSION:
COMMENTS:
AUTHOR/CORRECTOR: DATE: August 8, 1996
Mark A. Troscinski
REVIEWED BY QA: DATE: August 8, 1996
William J. Bryan
APPROVAL: DATE: August 8, 1996
John A. Swanson
_________________________
*_/ If a product name is not included in the "first incorrect version",
the full ANSYS program is implied. For products not listed, this error
does not apply, but see the reverse side for equivalent product
designations.
Unless noted otherwise, this error report also applies to all revisions
after the first incorrect one and prior to the corrected revision. All
revisions after "corrected in" are corrected. Manual corrections are
included in on-line documentation as appropriate. Please see the reverse
side of this sheet for additional information on ANSYS revision
identifiers.
_________________________
FORM SASI-QA25
DEC 19, 1988
ANSYS [Registered Trademark] CLASS3 ERROR REPORT
ERROR NO: 95-39 R1
KEYWORDS: FLOTRAN ELEM142 FLUID142
DESCRIPTION OF ERROR:
Three-dimensional FLOTRAN models, using FLUID142 elements, solved in
Cartesian coordinates (KEYOPT(3)=0, default) yield incorrect pressure
solutions when solved with a rotating frame of reference (CGOMGA or OMEGA
commands).
FIRST INCORRECT VERSION(S):*_/ CORRECTED IN:*_/
Rev. 5.1 [Redline: Release 5.4]
[Redline: ANSYS/Flotran Rev. 5.1]
SUGGESTED USER ACTION FOR RUNNING ON UNCORRECTED VERSION:
COMMENTS:
AUTHOR/CORRECTOR: DATE: August 8, 1996
Mark A. Troscinski
REVIEWED BY QA: DATE: August 8, 1996
William J. Bryan
APPROVAL: DATE: August 8, 1996
John Swanson
_________________________
*_/ If a product name is not included in the "first incorrect version",
the full ANSYS program is implied. For products not listed, this error
does not apply, but see the reverse side for equivalent product
designations.
Unless noted otherwise, this error report also applies to all revisions
after the first incorrect one and prior to the corrected revision. All
revisions after "corrected in" are corrected. Manual corrections are
included in on-line documentation as appropriate. Please see the reverse
side of this sheet for additional information on ANSYS revision
identifiers.
_________________________
ANSYS [Registered Trademark] CLASS3 ERROR REPORT
ERROR NO: 95-49 R1
KEYWORDS: FLOTRAN ELEM141 ELEM142
DESCRIPTION OF ERROR:
FLOTRAN models with triangular FLUID141 elements or tetrahedral
FLUID142 elements which use the transient, compressible flow algorithm
yield time-inaccurate velocity and pressure solutions if the flow is
supersonic.
FIRST INCORRECT VERSION(S):*_/ CORRECTED IN:*_/
Rev. 5.1 [Redline: Release 5.4]
[Redline: ANSYS/Flotran Rev. 5.1]
SUGGESTED USER ACTION FOR RUNNING ON UNCORRECTED VERSION:
Use quadrilateral FLUID141 or hexahedral FLUID142 elements instead.
COMMENTS:
AUTHOR/CORRECTOR: DATE: August 8, 1996
Mark A. Troscinski
REVIEWED BY QA: DATE: August 8, 1996
William J. Bryan
APPROVAL: DATE: August 8, 1996
John A. Swanson
_________________________
*_/ If a product name is not included in the "first incorrect version",
the full ANSYS program is implied. For products not listed, this error
does not apply, but see the reverse side for equivalent product
designations.
Unless noted otherwise, this error report also applies to all revisions
after the first incorrect one and prior to the corrected revision. All
revisions after "corrected in" are corrected. Manual corrections are
included in on-line documentation as appropriate. Please see the reverse
side of this sheet for additional information on ANSYS revision
identifiers.
_________________________
Table "ANSYS 5.1 CLASS3 ERROR SUMMARY BY REPORT NUMBER" 3 pages omitted.
Table "ANSYS 5.1 CLASS3 ERROR SUMMARY KEYWORD SORT OF ALL REVISION 5.1
CLASS3 ERRORS Date of this report: 8/12/96" 9 pages omitted.
ANSYS, Inc.
201 Johnson Road Telephone 412.746.3304
Houston, PA 15342-1300 Facsimile 412.746.9494
September 23, 1996
Dear Class3 Error Recipient:
Attached you will find ANSYS Class3 Error Reports 96-39, 96-40 and
96-41. Also, included are ANSYS QA Notices QA96-07 and QA96-08.
QA Notice QA96-07 is being issued to alert Silicon Graphics IRIX 6.2
Operating System users of a Silicon Graphics Operating System bug, which
may cause incorrect results when running the ANSYS program.
QA Notice QA96-08 is being issued to clarify the documentation for
midside node generation.
For your convenience, also enclosed are Class3 Error Report
Summaries for Revision 5.2 and Release 5.3, sorted both by Class3 Error
Number and by keyword.
Sincerely,
ANSYS, INC.
William J. Bryan
Quality Assurance Manager
ANSYS [Registered Trademark] a registered trademark off SAS IP
ANSYS. Inc.
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ANSYS Revision Identifier Description
ANSYS revision identifiers consist of a major revision level, a
minor revision level, a correction level, and occasionally a special
version level. An example of how this is constructed is shown below:
5.0A--10
major revision level special version identifier
minor revision level correction level
Major revision level changes indicate that new features have been
added to the program and that some level of program architecture change
and/or file structure has occurred. Minor revision level changes also
indicate that new features have been added to the program, but files are
upwardly compatible. ALI known error fixes are included in both minor
and major revisions. Changes to the correction level indicate that it is
primarily an error correction release. Special version identifiers
indicate that one or more additional minor changes have been made to the
program, normally to circumvent an error. Special versions are not
general releases to all ANSYS licensees, since they typically represent
errors occurring only on one system, a subset of our customers who have
specific graphics devices, etc.
The ANSYS revision identifier(s) shown under "corrected in" on the
front side of this Class3 Error Report indicates the first possible
revision that could contain the correction. A major program change
needed to fix an error can dictate that the next minor or major revision
will contain the fix rather than the next correction level. For example,
when errors were being reported while Rev. 4.3A was the latest
production version, most Class3 error reports indicated that 4.3B was the
"corrected in" revision. Others requiring significant code restructuring
were reported as fixed in 4.4. Rev. 4.3B was never released, but Rev.
4.4 contained all error corrections noted as fixed in 4.3B.
An identifier indicated under "corrected in" does = guarantee that a
general release of that revision of ANSYS will occur. It does indicate
that the correction is known and implemented in the coding that would be
part of that general release.
Equivalent Product Identifiers
The ANSYS family of products occasionally undergoes name changes
between revisions and/or changes in the functionality of derived products
(such as ANSYS-PC/LINEAR). To minimize the potential for confusion in
these areas, the important product name equivalent (similar program
functionality and error content) are listed below.
ANSYS/ED contains all errors the full ANSYS product, starting
at shown for Rev. 5.0, and beyond, unless
otherwise noted.,
PC/LINEAR is equivalent to WS/LINEAR at Rev. 4.4A,
and ANSYS/LINEAR starting at Rev.
5.0.
PC/THERMAL is equivalent to WS/THERMAL at Rev. 4.4A,
and ANSYS/THERMAL starting at Rev.
5.0.
PREPPOST contains relevant the full ANSYS product, for
errors shown for included pre- and postprocessing
functionality
ANSYS [Registered Trademark] CLASS3 ERROR REPORT
ERROR NO: 96-39
KEYWORDS: APDL ARFACE *GET
DESCRIPTION OF ERROR:
The ANSYS Parametric Design Language *GET function ARFACE(E) may
produce incorrect results for triangular element faces.
FIRST INCORRECT VERSION(S):*_/ CORRECTED IN:*_/
Rev. 5.1 Release 5.4
Component Products Rev. 5.1
SUGGESTED USER ACTION FOR RUNNING ON UNCORRECTED VERSION:
Use the *GET function of AREAND(N1,N2,N3) instead. The use of the
AREAND function is documented in the Commands Manual at the end of the
GET documentation.
COMMENTS:
This error is due to an uninitialized variable. ARFACE(E) has been
observed to either produce incorrect results,/abort out of the program,
or work correctly, depending upon the specific finite element model
and/or the computer system.
AUTHOR/CORRECTOR: DATE: September 11, 1996
Christopher W. Aiken
REVIEWED BY QA: DATE: September 11, 1996
William J. Bryan
APPROVAL: DATE: September 11, 1996
John K. Swanson
_________________________
*_/ If a product name is not included in the "first incorrect version",
the full ANSYS program is implied. For products not listed, this error
does not apply, but see the reverse side for equivalent product
designations.
Unless noted otherwise, this error report also applies to all revisions
after the first incorrect one and prior to the corrected revision. All
revisions after "corrected in" are corrected. Manual corrections are
included in on-line documentation as appropriate. Please see the reverse
side of this sheet for additional information on ANSYS revision
identifiers.
_________________________
ANSYS [Registered Trademark] CLASS3 ERROR REPORT
ERROR NO: 96-40
KEYWORDS: PREP7 PIPE16 VALVE BUNIF
DESCRIPTION OF ERROR:
If the VALVE command of the PREP7 piping module is used to insert
one or more valve (PIPE16) elements in a piping run and the elements
connected to the valve element do not have element temperatures
specified, then element temperatures of 0.0 degrees will erroneously be
assigned to the PIPE16 valve elements. Any uniform temperature specified
using the BFUNIF command will not be used in the solution for these
elements.
FIRST INCORRECT VERSION(S):*_/ CORRECTED IN:*_/
Rev. 5.0 Release 5.4
ANSYS/LinearPlus Rev. 5.2
SUGGESTED USER ACTION FOR RUNNING ON UNCORRECTED VERSION:
Before the solution, use the BFELIST command to list any
temperatures assigned to the PIPE16 elements and issue a BFDELE to delete
any erroneous temperatures for the affected PIPE16 valve elements.
COMMENTS:
AUTHOR/CORRECTOR: DATE: September 20, 1996
Christopher W. Aiken
REVIEWED BY QA: DATE: September 20, 1996
William J. Bryan
APPROVAL: DATE: September 20, 1996
John A. Swanson
_________________________
*_/ If a product name is not incLuded in the "first incorrect version",
the full ANSYS program is implied. For products not listed, this error
does not apply, but see the reverse side for equivalent product
designations.
Unless noted otherwise, this error report also applies to all revisions
after the first incorrect one and prior to the corrected revision. All
revisions after "corrected in" are corrected. Manual corrections are
included in on-line documentation as appropriate. Please see the reverse
side of this sheet for additional information on ANSYS revision
identifiers.
_________________________
ANSYS [Registered Trademark] CLASS3 ERROR REPORT
ERROR NO: 96-41
KEYWORDS: ELEM150 SHELL150 ELEMENT VOLUME ETABLE *GET
DESCRIPTION OF ERROR:
The element volume for SHELL150 is obtained from the ETABLE command
in POST1 or the *GET for element volume after a solution is incorrect
FIRST INCORRECT VERSION(S):*_/ CORRECTED IN:*_/
Rev. 5.2 Release 5.4
Component Products Rev. 5.2
SUGGESTED USER ACTION FOR RUNNING ON UNCORRECTED VERSION:
Multiply the reported number by the shell thickness to obtain a
correct value of volume. This suggestion is valid for elements with
constant thickness.
COMMENTS:
AUTHOR/CORRECTOR: DATE: September 20, 1996
Tim Pawlak
REVIEWED BY QA: DATE: September 20, 1996
William J. Bryan
APPROVAL: DATE: September 20, 1996
John A. Swanson
_________________________
*_/ If a product name is not included in the "first incorrect version",
the full ANSYS program is implied. For products not listed, this error
does not apply, but see the reverse side for equivalent product
designations.
Unless noted otherwise, this error report also applies to all revisions
after the first incorrect one and prior to the corrected revision. All
revisions after "corrected in" are corrected. Manual corrections are
included in on-line documentation as appropriate. Please see the reverse
side of this sheet for additional information on ANSYS revision
identifiers.
_________________________
ANSYS QA NOTICE
NOTICE NO: QA96-07
SUBJECT: SYSTEM SILICON GRAPHICS IRIX 6.2
DESCRIPTION:
The Silicon Graphics IRIX 6.2 operating system contains a bug that
affects proper execution of ANSYS owing to a formatting error for
numerical output. The IRIX 6.2 Patch 1457 contains a bug fix that fully
corrects this problem. The effect of this error is that some numbers
printed by the ANSYS program on platforms with this operating system
version are too small (by a factor of 10). For example, a number that
should be 100000. appears as 10000.
Although this bug is not a bug in the ANSYS program, we are
notifying our customers due to the incorrect results it can produce using
the ANSYS program.
AFFECTED VERSIONS: Silicon Graphics IRIX 6.2 Operating System (any
ANSYS versions run at this level)
CORRECTED IN:
Patch 1457 can be obtained via the SGI patch server. See the SGI
Web Page at http://www.sgi.com. Patch 1457 is also available on the
ANSYS Web Page at http://www.ansys.com in the Services and Support area.
Where customers do not have Internet access, SGI Service Engineers can be
called upon to install the patch at 1-800-800-4SGI.
SUGGESTED USER ACTION: Customers must obtain this corrective patch from
SGI to remedy this error.
AUTHOR: DATE: September 20, 1996
John Fortuna
REVIEWED BY QA: DATE: September 20, 1996
William J. Bryan
APPROVAL: DATE: September 20, 1996
John A. Swanson
ANSYS QA NOTICE
NOTICE NO: QA96-08
SUBJECT: DIRECT MODEL GENERATION ELEMENTS MIDSIDE NODES
DESCRIPTION: The ANSYS program documentation regarding geometric
locations for midside nodes is potentially confusing. For some higher
order (midside node) elements (such as PLANE2, PLANE82, SOLID95, etc.),
the ANSYS Elements Manual contains statements similar to the following:
Midside nodes may be removed (with a zero node number) to form a
pattern compatible with other element types. The geometric
locations of midside nodes are automatically calculated, if not
supplied.
The following clarification is provided to reduce the potential for
confusion and/or misinterpretation regarding the program behavior that
this statement describes.
When defining midside node elements using the direct generation method
(i.e., the E, EN, etc. commands), midside nodes are created and located
according to the following:
Some higher order elements permit the removal of midside nodes. For
such elements, if a zero value (or blank) is used for a midside node
when the element is defined, the corresponding midside node is
REMOVED from the element. As a result, some or all of the quadratic
terms (depending on the number of removed midside nodes) in the
element's shape functions are ignored, thus forcing the element
edge(s) to be and remain straight. This is typically done to
compatibly connect higher order (midside node) elements to lower
order (non-midside node) elements. In the extreme case of an
element with all of its midside nodes removed, the element will use
linear shape functions, thus producing results comparable to the
analogous lower order (non-midside node) element type with extra
displacement shapes suppressed.
When defining a higher order element, if a node number is used for a
midside node and that node has not yet been defined (N, NGEN, FILL,
NSYM, etc.), then the node will be automatically defined and given a
geometric location that is the calculated mid-point (linearly
interpolated in Cartesian coordinates) between its respective corner
nodes. Nodal rotations for such nodes will also be automatically
calculated by linearly interpolating between the nodal rotation
angles of the corner nodes. This allows the user to create midside
node elements without explicitly defining the geometric locations
for midside nodes that are located midway between the corner nodes.
Note that this behavior applies only to the direct model generation
method. Controls regarding midside nodes in meshed models are provided
in the meshing controls of the ANSYS program (ESHAPE command).
AFFECTED VERSIONS: Revision 4.0 through Release 5.3
Component Products Revision 4.3 through Release 5.3
COMMENTS: In Release 5.4, documentation regarding direct generation
and midside node elements will be clarified.
AUTHOR: DATE: September 20, 1996
Kenneth G. Podlaszewski
VIEWED BY QA: DATE: DATE: September 20, 1996
William J. Bryan
APPROVAL: DATE: September 20, 1996
John A. Swanson
Table "ANSYS 5.2 CLASS3 ERROR SUMMARY BY REPORT NUMBER" 2 pages omitted.
Table "ANSYS 5.2 CLASS3 ERROR SUMMARY KEYWORD SORT OF ALL REVISION
5.2
CLASS3 ERRORS Date of this report: 9/24/96" 5 pages omitted.
Table "ANSYS 5.3 CLASS3 ERROR SUMMARY KEYWORD SORT OF ALL REVISION
5.3
CLASS3 ERRORS Date of this report: 9/24/96" omitted.
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