Is it true that a material with a higher Young's modulus is more stiffness than a material with a lower Young's modulus? If so, why?

I know that youngs modulus is material property but am not clear about stiffness how vary?

31 December 2018 5,990 5 View

What is the major difference between reduced integration and full integration?

Is reduced integration affect the analysis results in Abaqus CAE.

31 December 2018 5,900 4 View

Whats different between endurance limit vs endurance strength?

In bending stress, whats different between endurance limit vs endurance strength?

31 December 2018 1,546 2 View

How to the define dependent surface and independent surface in Abaqus interaction?

Am just troubling to assume that which is dependent or independent surface while interaction constraint applying.

31 December 2018 244 3 View

How to rid from element distortion in Abaqus?

How to fix the Element distortion error in Abaqus?

31 December 2018 8,163 3 View

How to do multi-step analysis in Abaqus?

I am doing bolt load and torque load sequentially. But not sure that my result going to valid.

31 December 2018 2,036 3 View

How to rid from penetration error in Abaqus dynamic analysis?

Am doing dynamic analysis with penetration error, am not sure that my result correct or wrong.

31 December 2018 6,546 3 View

Why all food packaging covers are coated with silver inside it?

When observed ,Why most of the biscuit or cookie packaging cover have glittering coating(like silver or aluminium foil ) given inside it ?

11 December 2018 1,805 2 View

Why Poisson ratio calculated by lateral strain divided by linear strain?

Why not poisson ratio calculated by linear deformation divided by lateral deformation.

11 December 2018 3,456 1 View

Is geometry can affect the materials standard property?

Hi I want to clarify about geometry property can affect or change the materials data?

11 December 2018 8,493 0 View

How to define and get results (stresses) for certain points of a model in abaqus, using python? When the size of the model changes?

I want to do a parameter study of a aixsymmetric cylinder in Abaqus. I want to create several jobs where I get the stresses for 3 different points in my model. These points are defined. I wrote a...

01 March 2021 10,078 1 View

LOAD DISPLACEMENT CURVES Stiffness increasing in ANSYS non linear analysis. HOW CAN I CORRECT IT?

Hi. I am doing non linear FE analysis using a new material beam under flexural 2 point loading using ANSYS. I have defined a bilinear material model. The solution has converged. In results I am...

01 March 2021 9,911 3 View

How relevant is Mini slump cone?

for all the rheology researchers, my question is, how relevant is a mini slump cone (smaller than a standard 50 cent rheometer). currently based on testing, the thickness of slumped material is...

26 February 2021 3,668 1 View

Stress/strain tensors decomposition ???

25 February 2021 6,760 1 View

How to reduce residual stresses in MD simulation?

I am working on a preparation of representative polymeric structures of some popular polymers, such as polyimide or PTFE for MD simulation, during which a single nitrogen or oxygen atom will be...

24 February 2021 8,105 3 View

Suggestions for occupational stress surveys?

I am currently writing a masters thesis on reasons for occupational stress in the early childhood classroom, and want to include a short survey assessing participants work-related stress levels. I...

24 February 2021 8,678 2 View

The most suitable method to calculate the stress intensity factor in the presence of contact between the crack lips?

I'm trying to study cracked structures under a compressive load taking into account contact between the crack lips. I would like to know if the method of extrapolation by displacement remains...

21 February 2021 8,694 4 View

How to assign two different material/section properties in Abaqus(UMAT)?

Hi everyone, I am conducting a non-linear multi-layer pavement structure analysis which is a stress-dependent. So far, I am able to define the nonlinearity for one soil layer for its resilient...

11 February 2021 9,607 3 View

Are there any exception like work hardening in metals elastic limit due to dynamic loading?

The samples made out of spring steel are taken from same lot. The specimens were shaped following heating to forging temperature - Forming- Hardening -Tempering methods. After storage of almost 6...

11 February 2021 952 6 View

How to write cyclic loading in OpenSees?

Hi there, I'm having trouble with adding cyclic loading in OpenSees software. My task is to model a reinforcing bar under cyclic loading and compare the response with the experimental results....

04 February 2021 8,158 1 View