Sharanya Dulasiraman

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Can anyone recommend a source for failure properties of Ammonium Perchlorate?

I've been trying to get the failure parameters such as fracture toughness or fracture energy of Ammonium Perchlorate but I haven't found any source yet. Could someone assist me with one? Is it...

02 April 2015 9,687 5 View

Can anyone assist me with Von mises stress field ambiguity in Abaqus XFEM crack modelling?

I am trying to model an edge crack in an Aluminium plate with thickness (400*400*200) on ABAQUS using XFEM. The crack opens fine (with a little ambiguity in the opening shape), however the Von...

24 March 2015 8,480 3 View

Can one create a centre crack using XFEM method in ABAQUS?

Can one create a centre crack using XFEM method in ABAQUS? I created an edge crack earlier and it worked perfectly. However, if I try to create a centre crack, it says, "failed to locate crack...

10 March 2015 4,387 2 View

Can someone help me with a "Zero pivot" error on Franc 2D?

I have a 2D plate with different material regions defined on it. When I try to run it, it says "Zero or negative pivot. Check for Rigid body modes". However, when I perform the same analysis on...

25 January 2015 9,740 7 View

How can I extract SIF values in XFEM method (ABAQUS) ?

Could someone tell me which ABAQUS subroutine would help extract SIF values of a crack in XFEM method? Do I have to use different subroutines for a stationary and propagating crack?

09 January 2015 7,223 4 View