Dear Ana Walsh López in any fracture analysis using abaqus or Ansys there are two major outputs we usually want to find out-

in ansys we used VCCT (VIRTUAL CRACK CLOSURE TECHNIQUE) but in abaqus we can use some advanced technique like-

Regards and Best wishes

Ajay Kumar

Dear Ajay Kumar,

I have used XFEM in my model before, but it is dynamic explicit. If my model is 3D, to be able to analyse the energy release rate do I need to add the element output request for ENRRTXFEM in the "edit keywords" section? Or is there any other way to analyse it?

Thank you very much

I don't know if this can help. Try to have a look.

Franco

http://www.simulia.com/SCCProceedings2012/content/presentations/Diehl_Bodie_5222012.pdf

Franco