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Hello everyone,
I have created a UMAT code for J2 elasto-plasticity with isotropic hardening for 3D solid elements.
At this point I would like to support also plane stress shell elements. What changes in the code are
suggested? The already implemented code, takes as input the strain tensor at time tn and the strain
increment tensor and updates the stress at time tn+1 and calculates the material Jacobian and
achieve quadratic convergence. The stress and strain tensors are manipulated as 6x1 vectors and the
Hi,
I have the two following INP files for Abaqus where the only difference is that in one case I'm using a CAX4R element on the other case, I'm using a CAX4RT element. Solver has been changed from one case to the other one.
This is the only difference between both cases.
Simulation time is small, so that conduction is negligible.
BUT: results in terms of Strains, Stresses and Temperatures differs.
T = 164.1°C for CX4R
T = 323.9°C for CAX4RT
The difference is Huge, what's Wrong ?
Olivier
Topic
Machine learning-based approaches for modeling and numerical simulation of advanced materials.
Preferred background
Bachelor and/or Master Degrees in Mechanics and/or Material Science.
Strong multidisciplinary background with interest and experience in:
Machine learning, Artificial intelligence, Deep learning;
Material characterization, Microstructure analysis, Mechanics of materials;
Computer programming, Parallel and/or distributed computing.
To apply
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