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It is important before using a tool such as redAnTS to obtain some information about the solution; otherwise, you risk obtaining an incorrect solution with no basis for comparision. In this example, we know that since the block is in uniaxial tension, it should have a homogeneous state of stress and strain i.e. the stress and strain at every point in the block is identical. Yup, couldn't get simpler than that! The principal stress σ₁₁= 75 MPa. Later, we will compare this value against the output of redAnTS to make sure we modeled the problem correctly. We are now ready to attack the problem using redAnTS.

We'll use symmetry to model only a quarter of the geometry. For the quarter geometry, we'll impose symmetry through the appropriate boundary conditions at the symmetry boundaries.

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Download redAnTS

Download redAnTS by right-clicking on this link and selecting Save Target As ... (Internet Explorer) or Save Link As .... (Mozilla Firefox). Save the zip file to an appropriate location and unzip the file. This should create a folder called redAnTS_Toolbox.

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