How to solve convergence problem in CDM in ABAQUS ?

08 September 2016 8,348 5 View

How to input tensile strength of FRP in ABAQUS ?

FRP strip are bonded to sides of concrete beam and has tensile strength of 2Gpa .The FRP was assumed to be a linear elastic orthotropic material but where should i input tensile strength in property?

08 September 2016 5,984 1 View

How to find fracture energy of concrete in defining tensile behaviour in ABAQUS ?

To define tensile behaviour of concrete in CDM how to find fracture energy of concrete (GFI) and yield stress.? Is it important to define damage parameters of concrete ,for what purpose they are...

08 September 2016 4,880 1 View

Could anyone tell me to input tensile behaviour in terms of fracture energy in concrete damaged plasticity in ABAQUS?

The tensile strength of concrete is 1.81 Mpa and fracture energy was assumed to equal to 90 J/m2. So how to define tensile behaviour in the type of GFI .What should I input ? Plz help thanks

06 July 2016 359 4 View

How do i model FRP plate in ABAQUS?

An eight node reduced-integration element was used to model theFRP composite with three degrees of freedom at each node.So which section should i assign to get above element ?..With...

06 July 2016 4,135 0 View

How to simulate perfect bond between steel and concrete?

Is the option tie constraints use to simulate perfect bond between steel and concrete in ABAQUS

05 June 2016 303 4 View

What is the production process of CaFe ferroalloys?

I looking for ferro calcium production process

03 March 2021 1,755 4 View

12% ledeburitic cold work tool steel, etched for revealing retained austenite, any help for clarifying?

Hello everyone. Given microstructure image belongs to a 12% ledeburitic cold work tool steel (annealed and tempered). The sample was etched with picral (100 mL ethanol and 4 g picric acid). I...

02 March 2021 4,119 3 View

Why Austenite grains in steel show much more twinning than ferrite grains?

It is oftentimes said to be a distinctive metallographic trait that differentiates a fully austenitic and a fully felly ferritic steel without etching that might distinguish between two. Why...

02 March 2021 728 2 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

What is the procedure to determine the permeability of concrete?

can anyone help me in this, it will help me with my research work

01 March 2021 834 3 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 Can I bring as much common elements in steel as possible to calculate stable phase(s) in OpenCalphad?

As I was tweaking step-by-step OpenCalphad6 Macros step1.ocm involving phase and thermal property calculation of a High-speed steel, I could not incorporate more than 6 elements in the steel...

01 March 2021 8,840 1 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

I need to accelerate corrosion in steel parts that are used in a salt-water environment. Is there a technique for doing so?

I have a structure that employs d-ring swiveling tie-downs that corrode during use and become "frozen". I have sample swivel assemblies that I wish to corrode to see if I can free them using one...

01 March 2021 3,739 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