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Finite Element Analysis II Todays Lecturer: Johan Clausen Department of Civil Engineering Email: jc@civil.aau.dk
Abaqus
A general purpose commercial finite element code Can model many types of problems linear and non-linear Structural, heat, flow, conduction, magnetism, dynamic.... The users own materials, elements, etc. can be programmed into Abaqus Conclusion: VERY versatile and market leader in advanced FE-analysis (mostly in academia) Drawback 1: Somewhat harder to learn to use compared to other commercial FE-programs Drawback 2: Commercial licenses are very expensive (Cowi has one license in Denmark)
Plate elements
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The options under SteelThing can be seen by expanding the model tree
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Specify the element type. For example: Structural or heat conduction. Linear or 2nd degree shape functions. Integration point rule (Gauss order)
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2 elements 1 element
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Important: Abaqus does not check units in any way! As the dimensions of our model was entered in mm the all stress terms (e.g. E and loads) must be entered in MPa to be dimensionally consistent. If we had entered the dimensions in m the stress terms should have been in Pa. If in doubt, always use the basic SI-units, then you never go wrong. (i.e. length in m, force in N, stress in Pa, and so on)
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If, later on, you are going to include large displacements in you calculations, this is where you do it, by setting Nlgeom to on Also, if you are to perform nonlinear analyses you should enter the Incrementation flag and change the settings found here
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Note that we select a Pressure load and not a line load. The line load is used for beam elements Note that the load is applied in the LoadStep step and not in the Inititial step.
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Note that pressure is given as a negative number. This is due to the fact that a positive pressure always acts towards the surface on which it is applied.
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By expanding the Job flag you should now see your job
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Non-linear analyses
von Mises plasticity Large displacements
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Use of symmetry
We make use of symmetry to reduce the number of elements
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