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2D corotational beam

Submitted by mjalilych1 on

hello Dear friends

I am phd student in mechanical engineering. I want to compare field consistent total lagrangian 

and corotational formulation for geometrically nonlinear 2D beam analysis. I wrote

a code for total lagrangian approach and my results are exct but in corotational

I have some difficulties in coding. if someone has a sample corotational code please

contact with me.

 

 

 

Symposium on Architected Materials at Mach 2015

Submitted by Jamie Guest on

We are pleased to announce the symposium "Design, Fabrication and Characterization of Architected Materials" at the upcoming 2015 Mach Conference (http://machconference.org).  A full description of the symposium is provided below. Abstracts are due December 5, though please let us know if you are interested in participating but need additional time to prepare the abstract. 

VUMAT Error

Submitted by iitd.mani on

I have VUMAT code for visco-plasticty material.

When I use this code for abaqus 6.10 input file it works fine.

If i create same problem(one element check) in abaqus 6.13 and run in cluster with abaqus 6.11 it is not working. 

Getting error like below.

***ERROR: Floating Point Exception detected in increment 2722.  Job exiting.

 

     2722  6.904E-03 6.904E-03  00:00:00 7.536E-04           0 NaN        NaN

ABAQUS - Jointed material model

Submitted by damuschett on

Hello all:

I have bee trying to run the benchmarks problems, but for some reason I'm unable to obtain the expected results. I'm trying the built the strength envelope that is presented in the manual. The envelope defines different maximum axial stress depending on the orientation of the discontinuities with respect of the loading direction.

 

confusion between UMAT and UEL

Submitted by akshay patil on

My Masters thesis work is on fatigue crack growth analysis on microalloy steel using cohesive zone model for mode-I crack growth.I had seen papers
on cohesive zone model which is attached here,in that damage based cohesive model is implemented. I would like to know how can we implement
damage mechanisms in ABAQUS,means whether it is necessary to write UMAT​ or UEL for the same?
can any one give me some suggestions?
Looking forward to your reply.
thank you very much.



Washington Research Foundation Innovation Fellows Program in Clean Energy

Submitted by jiangyuli on

We are pleased to announce the Washington Research Foundation Innovation Fellows Program in Clean Energy (http://www.cei.washington.edu/innovation). With the generous support of the WRF, we have been able to establish a competitive program that will help us recruit some of the most talented clean energy researchers to the UW.  Here are some of the program highlights:

Faculty Positions - Mechanical Engineering

Submitted by JobElephant on



Faculty Positions
Mechanical Engineering

The Physical Sciences and Engineering (PSE) Division at King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST) (http://pse.kaust.edu.sa) invites qualified applicants to apply for faculty positions at all ranks (Assistant, Associate and Full Professor) in the Mechanical Engineering program.

matlab code to create cohesive elements (or UMAT) in any 2D mesh

Submitted by lls on

To use cohesive elements, normally user can add a layer of elements between neighbouring node pairs. This matlab code can help you to process that especially your FE mesh is irregular. The code, the initial .inp file and corresponding out put files are attached for a better illustration. The new generated cohesive elements won't cause any trouble in the element number. Also you can apply this code to generate new UMAT elements in mesh.