I am studying the energy balance in a recessed beam which contains a crack. I need to calculate the energy dissipated in that crack, which outputs can I use? I have used a set containing the elements around the crack but I dont know what outputs I need to look at.
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
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