How to rectify error while applying prestress in a 2D truss element using Abaqus CAE?

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Does anyone know the difference between Generalized Finite Element Method and Mixed Finite Element Method?

In short, I need to know the exact comparison between both of the finite element approach types. And also its advantages will be useful. Thank You, Basil

31 December 2018 4,471 3 View

Does efflorescence affect the strength characteristics of geopolymer concrete?

The effect of efflorescense in geopolymer concrete is unavoidable due to the presence of alkali content. When exposed to water, it exhibits efflorescense in GPC. Will it affects the strength of...

31 December 2018 4,580 5 View

Does performing Fatigue Analysis of Concrete Structures in ABACUS Software will be beneficial?

If ABACUS wont works great, which software can be further used for fatigue analysis of concrete material.

31 December 2018 4,287 3 View

What are the latest technology used in Structural Health Monitoring (SHM) system for maintaining desired life span of structure?

Is there any new electronic sensors for detecting structural damage over periodic loading?

31 December 2018 4,686 3 View

How to perform live load test over a reinforced concrete bridge? Also suggest necessary code books for testing of bridges?

Performing live load test on a RC bridge,Is there any specific guidelines for testing.Also suggest suitable code book for live load testing of bridges.

31 December 2018 4,493 4 View

How to define and get results (stresses) for certain points of a model in abaqus, using python? When the size of the model changes?

I want to do a parameter study of a aixsymmetric cylinder in Abaqus. I want to create several jobs where I get the stresses for 3 different points in my model. These points are defined. I wrote a...

01 March 2021 10,078 1 View

Energy minimization in LAMMPS using NVT ?

How do I do energy minimization in lammps with NVT ensemble ? I am using the following command and it does not seem to work. It stops at extremely high energy and gives me the error zero search...

01 March 2021 2,294 3 View

Why the results when using wall thickness and when using shell conduction are different in ansys fluent?

Actually, I am running cfd simulation for a heat exchanger which has two fluids one hot and other one is cold fluid. there is a solid domain between them, which I removed and instead I have used...

01 March 2021 9,537 2 View

Joint behaviour in Abaqus is not captured well?

I am working on roof joint and trying to simulate the behaviour in Abaqus. I am successful in running the model but the final graph does not follow the experimental curve in the negative direction...

01 March 2021 6,661 3 View

How much pressure we can reduce at the outlet to avoid Reverse Flow?

I am simulating Heat Exchanger. I have tried and tested all the methods to resolve this issue from the internet like refining mesh, improving skewness and orthogonal quality ,extending outlet to...

01 March 2021 6,985 3 View

How can I edit suggested publications?

Hi there! I regularly receive suggestion about papers and authors that are totally out of my area. Does anybody know how I can fix this? Thank you!

01 March 2021 9,574 4 View

Which one is easier and better at modeling slender masonry structures? ANSYS or ABAQUS?

I need to model masonry and reinforced concrete minarets for my MSc thesis. Which one is easier and better at modeling slender masonry structures? ANSYS or ABAQUS? (Or any other program for just...

01 March 2021 736 3 View

How to assign different material properties to each element in Abaqus ?

Hello, I am writing a python script to generate my model and write the input file. The problem is I have 1000 elements in my mesh and I want to assign different material properties to each...

01 March 2021 9,511 3 View

How to define tie constraint between rigid body and another part in dynamic explicit model of Abaqus?

Hi dear researchers I connected a rigid body into the part of my structure by tie constraint and then I added displacement to rigid body, in static general step every thing is fine and these two...

28 February 2021 3,442 2 View

How to modify Johnson cook equation in ABAQUS?

I wanted to add an extra parameter to the existing Johnson cook equation in the ABAQUS simulation. How to add those extra parameters. Ref: A modified Johnson-Cook material model with strain...

28 February 2021 4,841 3 View