Hello users. I'm modeling batter pile raft system in ABAQUS. I need guidance about defining the interface,interface properties and constraints between pile-soil-raft in ABAQUS.
Dear Abbas,
The contact point between any two dissimilar material is define in terms of normal stiffness and shear stiffness b/w two contact points. In ABAQUS many contact elements are available use those elements for simulation of the contact. In 2-d simulation, it is surface to surface contact i.e. one surface is pile and another one is soil..Similar to this, there will be a volume to volume contact in 3-d problem..ok all the best in your work..
Karthigeyan . S Thanks for the response sir. My model is all ready now but I have merged two instances having different properties and now I'm facing problem in meshing. The merged instance is of the pile and raft and the problem I face after meshing is that 'The following instance is not completely meshed because they contain regions with boundary elements."
Can you help it out? Regards!
Dear Abbas,
Try meshing after partition. I hope you will get what you expect.
Best Wishes.
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