Hello everyone,

I am trying to run a UMAT file integrated with XFEM in ABAQUS using a simple maximum principal strain as damage initiation. However, the system aborted and gave me the following error:

***ERROR: THE PENALTY STIFFNESS HAS TO BE PROVIDED BY USING *SURFACE

BEHAVIOR,PRESSURE-OVERCLOSURE=LINEAR OR *SURFACE BEHAVIOR,AUGMENTED LAGRANGE WHEN USER MATERIAL IS USED FOR A CRACK PROPAGATION ANALYSIS WITH XFEM"

I thank you if you share your thoughts with me in this regard. Any help is appreciated in advance.

Regards,

Mehdi

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