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Tutorial0SkewPlate Tutorial1.1aThinConventionalShell
Tutorial1CompositeModelling
Tutorial1.1aThin
ConventionalShell
Tutorial1.2aThinSolidShell Contents
Tutorial1.2cThickSolidShell
Tutorial1.3cThickSolidC3D 1Prerequisites
InstallABAQUSonUbuntu10.04 2CreatingPart&Conditions
64bit 3SelectingOutputVariables&Launching
ProjectBlog theJob
Files 4Results
ToDos 5Links&References

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Notes
fig.representationoftheitemyouwillrealisewiththistutorial:3D

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view.Rememberthatinthistutorial1.1youwillnotdesignthethickness
becauseitisaconventionalshell(2Dmodel).

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Inthistutorialyouwillanalyzethethinplate(S=100)usingaconventionalshellmodel.

Prerequisites

ItisnecessarytohaveabasicknowledgeofABAQUSinordertocreateapart.
Theseknowledgesshouldhadbeenacquiredindevelopingthetutorial#0andthenotions
specifiedinthetutorial#1mainpage.

CreatingPart&Conditions

StartAbaqus/CAE,andcreateathreedimensionaldeformableplanarshell,withanapproximate
sizevalueof0.2.
CreatearectangularbodywhichdimensionsareL=0.14m,W=0.001m.
Considerthelengthinthexaxisdirectionandthewidthinyaxisdirection.

Createamaterialaslaminawhichelasticproprietiesaretheassigned:
E1=172.4GPa,E2=6.9GPa, 12= 13= 23=0.25,G12=G13=3.45GPa,G23=1.38GPa.
RememberthatyouhavetoconsiderthepressuremeasurementsinPatobecoherent(1Gpais109
Pa).
AssigntothematerialtheFailStresscharacteristicsintheSuboptionsmenuasfollowings:
Xt=207kPa,Xc=82.8kPa,Yt=3.45kPa,Yc=10.3kPa,S=6.89kPa(1kPais103Pa).

Createashellcompositesection,with8pliesofthecreatedmaterial.Eachplythicknessist=0,175
mm(expressthisvalueinmeterstobecoherentwithothermeasurementsinABAQUS)andthe
orientationanglessequenceis0,90,45,45,45,45,90,0.

YouhavenowtoseparatethepartinthemiddleusingthePartitionFace:UseShortestPath
Between2Pointbutton inthePartitionFacemenubutton .Selectthetwocentralpoint
andclickonCreatePartitioninthepromptarea,thenDone.
CreatealocalCSYSinthebottomleftcornerofthepart,followingtheglobalCSYSdirections.
Thesestepsarenecessarytoassignaboundaryconditiontothemiddleandtheload.

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AssignthematerialorientationtothewholepartusingtheglobalCSYSandthenassignthecreated
sectiontothewholepartatthemiddlesurface.

Generateanindependentinstance,thengotothemeshmoduleandcustomizetheseedof
instanceApproximateglobalsizevalueto0.001(thatisthewidthoftheplate).Thenmeshthe
instance.

Assignthreedisplacement/rotationboundaryconditionslockingtheU2andU3directionsattheleft
andrightedgesandtheU1directioninthemiddleedge.

Createanewstatic/generalstepfortheloadandthencreateapressureloadonthetopfaceofthe
wholepart.CreateacustomizedDistributionusingtheexpressionsin(pi*X/0.14)specifying
thecreatedCSYSinthebottomleftcorner.UseMagnitude1andthecreatedDistribution.

SelectingOutputVariables&LaunchingtheJob

Createajobsettingacustomizedname.

Toobtainthedesiredplots,itisnecessarytoselectthevariablesthatyouwanttoanalyse.
Inordertodothis,inthemainmenu,expandtheFieldOutputRequestsanditssubmenus.A
voicewhosenameistheassignedonetocreatedstepwillappear.DoubleclickonitandtheEdit
FieldOutputRequestsdialogboxwillappear.

Selectthefollowingvariablesantickingtheotherones.
Stress:TSHR
Displacement/Velocity/Acceleration:U
Failure/Fracture:CFAILURE

inthesamedialogboxwindowsyouhavetoselecttheOutputatshell,beam,andlayered
sectionpointsspecifyingmanuallythreepointsforeachply,soyouhavetowriteintheSpecify
module:
1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12,13,14,15,16,17,18,19,20,21,22,23,24
thenclickOK.

AddtheOutputintoa.datfile.

Itisalsopossibletoobtainsomeselectedoutputvariablesinatableformatwhichcanbefurther
utilizedintoathirdpartpostprocessorsoftware(suchasMatlab,Excel,Spreadsheetorothers..),
e.g.forplottingandanalyzingresults.Thiscanbedonebythe*ElPrintcommand,whichwrites
theselectedoutputvariablesintothe.datfileofthejob.Sincethisadditionaloutputcannotbe
definedwithinthegraphicalinterfaceofABAQUS/CAE,amanualmodificationoftheinputfileis
necessary.

So,firstaninputfileforthejobshouldbecreatedandsubsequentlymodifiedwithinanexternal
editorbyincludingthe*ElPrintcommand.Themodifiedinputfilecanbedirectlysubmittedfor
analysis,oranewjobmaybecreatedwithinABAQUS/CAEandthensubmittedfromthegraphical
interface.

Inthefollowing,amodificationoftheinputfileisproposedinordertoobtainthestrainandstress
fieldsaswellasthefailuremeasurevariables(collectedinCFAILURE)atthemidpointofthebent
plate.

Theinputfilecanbewrittenbyclickingwiththerightbuttononthecreatedjob(jobname)and
selectingWriteInput.Thennavigateintheworkingdirectoryandlookforthefilejobname.inp.
Openthisfile,gototheendoffileandaddthefollowingboldrowsinthecorrectposition:

*ElementOutput,directions=YES
1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12,13,14,15,16
CFAILURE,TSHR

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*ElementOutput,directions=YES
17,18,19,20,21,22,23,24
CFAILURE,TSHR
*elprint,POSITION=AVERAGEDATNODES,ELSET=1
1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12,13,14,15,16
CFAILURE,TSHR
*elprint,POSITION=AVERAGEDATNODES,ELSET=1
17,18,19,20,21,22,23,24
CFAILURE,TSHR
**
**HISTORYOUTPUT:HOutput1
**
*Output,history,variable=PRESELECT
*EndStep

YouwillusetheAVERAGEDATNODESaspositionoptioninordertohaveonlyonevalueofthe
variablesforthemidpointnode(anevennumberofelementsisusedalongthelength,sothemid
pointoftheplateiscoincidentwithanode).
TheELSEToptionallowstheanalysisonlyontheselectedelements.Toknowthecentralelement
label,inABAQUS,selectthemeshviewandgototheViewmenuselecting
AssemblyDisplayOptions.IntheMeshdialogboxtickShowelementslabelsandShow
nodallabels.Inthiscasetheelementslabelis1.

Next,themodifiedinputfilewillbeusedtocreateanotherjobwhichwillbelaunchedbythe
graphicalinterface.Todoso,savewithanothernamethefile.inp(e.g.,jobnamemod.inp)andexit
thetexteditor.ReturninABAQUS,clickwithrightbuttononJobsthenselectCreate.Inthedialog
boxthatwillappear,setaNameandselectInputfileasSource,selectthemodifiedinputfileyou
havecreatedandclickContinue.

OncefinishedyoucanlaunchtheDatacheckandSubmittheJob.

Results

OnceterminatedthejobyoucanseetheresultsofanalysisbyclickingonResultsintheright
buttonmenuofthesubmittedjob.

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fig.1ATZZITSAIHILLPlotting. fig.2Veryenlargedparticularoffig.1.

Thelaststepthatyouhavetodoistheresultsplotingraphs.
GototheToolsmenuandselectXYDatathenCreate.ChoseThicknessasSourceand
Continue.
SelectElementNodalasPositionandchoseavariablefromthelist(e.g.,AZZIT)thenshiftto
theElementsboxandsetthevalueto1(isthelabelofconsideredelement)selectingElements
labelsasMethod.ClickPlot.

Itwillbeplottedagraphforeachnodeoftheselectedelement.Inthiscase,thegraphsforeach
nodearesosimilarthattheyseemoverplottedeachother.Anyway,enlargingthegraphitis
possibletoseetwodifferentplots(fig.1/2node144graphinblue,node2graphinpurple).The
nodes1graphisbehindnode2oneandnode7graphbehindnode144one.Infactthereisno
differenceinyaxisdirection.

NowcreatetheotherplotsselectingallthevariablesexceptAZZIT.Selecttheelementoneinthe
elementboxandclickPlot,thenDismiss.
Youhavenowplottedallthegraphs,butyouareinterestedonlyinwhathappensatthemiddleof
theplate,soyoucanselectthenode1graphsonlyintheManagerbox,selectingXYDatafrom
menuTools.
Selectanddeleteherethenode2,7and144rows,thenselectoneormoreoftheremaininglines
andclickPlottoviewtheirgraphs.

Inthefiguresfrom3to8willbeshownthedifferentresultsplots.

fig.3AZZITAzziTsaiHillfailuremeasureplotfornode1. fig.4MSTRS:MaxStressfailuremeasureplotfornode1.

fig.5TSAIH:TsaiHillfailuremeasureplotfornode1. fig.6TSAIW:TsaiWufailuremeasureplotfornode1.

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fig.7TSHR13:Transverseshearstress13plotfornode1. fig.8TSHR13:Transverseshearstress23plotfornode1.

fig.9Comparisonofallthefailuremeasuresplotsfornode1.

Links&References

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