Bridge Abutment effect on flow field and/or Velocity Field ?

I am looking for a mathematical relationship to approximate the location at which abutments start affecting the flow field or velocity field of the current. Basically the distance where the...

06 July 2018 4,054 1 View

When modeling a irdge in abaqus and you want to find the deck deflection, do you use U or, UT ?

Hello All when modeling a Birdge in abaqus and you want to find the deck deflection, do you use U or, UT ? Thanks

03 April 2018 4,512 0 View

MPC modeling problems in Abaqus ?

Hello Everyone, I am trying to model An integral Abutment bridges in Abaqus CAE, the bridge is fairly simple, a concrete deck resting on 10 Steel (I-Beam) girders. i am having a lot of problems...

31 December 2017 2,263 1 View

Abaqus MPC contact Issue??

Hello every one I am trying to create a connection between a concrete deck defined as a shell and steel girders defined as wires, i have chosen to do this by creating an MPC connector type beam....

10 November 2017 2,959 0 View

Abaqus error, when trying to apply contact and constraint between shell and beam????

07 August 2017 4,206 0 View

Modeling Contact between shell elements in abaqus?

Hello everyone, i am currently modeling a steel i girder bridge in abaqus, i would like to know how to model the contact between the girders and the bridge. there is a total of 10 girders that all...

07 August 2017 6,473 1 View

SAP2000 moving load????

hello guys, when modeling a moving load (truck) on a bridge in sap2000 , and you choose say the full 3 lanes how does sap run the trucks, i.e does sap run the trucks on three lanes simultaneously...

06 July 2017 8,291 1 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

LOAD DISPLACEMENT CURVES Stiffness increasing in ANSYS non linear analysis. HOW CAN I CORRECT IT?

Hi. I am doing non linear FE analysis using a new material beam under flexural 2 point loading using ANSYS. I have defined a bilinear material model. The solution has converged. In results I am...

01 March 2021 9,911 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