Hello everyone,

I watched this video about restart analysis in Abaqus: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hWVx4DRf3xYand tried to follow the same steps. However, I am unable to restart my analysis and get the following error after the job aborts:

There is no restart frame on the old job at step 2, increment 62

Some details about my case:

• I am using direct cyclic analysis.
• I added extra keywords in the model (to implement Paris law for fatigue crack propagation).
• According to Abaqus documentation, there are some limitations:
• Changes made with the Keywords Editor are not included in restart analysis.
• New surfaces should not be defined (or used) in an Abaqus/Explicit restart analysis.

I am not changing anything between the first run and restart run, but I suspect Abaqus does not support restart when we are using keywords.

Question: Am I doing something wrong, or is this indeed a limitation of Abaqus when using keywords with restart?

Thanks in advance for your help.