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How can Abaqus CAE be utilized to assess the variation in wall thickness throughout a plastic bottle following a blow molding simulation?
Here is the solution. Perform simulation and then calculate the distance between inner and outer nodes where make sense. Calculating the distance between corresponding inner and outer nodes is a valid and efficient way to determine the wall thickness of a plastic bottle in Abaqus CAE following a blow molding simulation. During model creation in Abaqus CAE, ensure you have properly defined element sets for the inner and outer surfaces of the bottle geometry. These element sets will group the nodes that lie on the respective surfaces. Abaqus CAE offers options to calculate the distance between nodes. For each node on the outer surface, you can subtract the corresponding inner surface node's coordinates (X, Y, and Z) to obtain the distance vector. The magnitude of this vector will represent the wall thickness at that particular location. At post processing module, you can then interpret results.
Engr. Tufail Thank you for your insightful response. I need a tutorial file that describes how to simulate preform blowing process using Abaqus CAE.
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