Ghaith Alshamsi

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Writing the .msg file from VUEL?

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Geometric Imperfections in ABAQUS?

Hey everyone, I'm modeling a CFS steel shear wall assembly made from back to back columns and a thin steel sheet. I'm using S4R elements and mesh independent fasteners to simulate the screws....

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Analysis does not converge after introducing plastic material properties (ABAQUS - Elastic Plastic)?

Hello, I am performing a monotonic pushover simulation on a steel shear wall configuration. The instances (columns, sheet, and beams) are modeled using S4R elements with a relatively fine quad...

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Tie constraint or Contact Interaction?

Hello, I am trying to model a steel shear wall system. The system comprises of 4 boundary columns (two back-to-back on each end), 4 beams (2 back-to-back, 1 pair on top and the other on the...

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