Sources for Learning Abacus
I need to learn Abacus for modeling impact dynamics of ductile plates. Can anyone recommend some tutorials, books, or courses that would be helpful?
Thanks,
CS
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Lamb wave simulation - Problem with high Frequencies
Hi
I have prepared a very simple model in abaqus which is an Aluminum beam under A0 lamb wave. It wors perfectly with low frequencies andthe amplitude plot shows a clear one in various control points.
But when I increase the frequency to 200khz that nice and neat plot is not obtained. I have attached two plots 1-excitation wave 2- amplitude on control point
could you please advise as to why this happens on high frequencies and what is the solution to this ?
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As many othes, I find myself in the position that my funding agency mandates some form of parallel publishing (or preferably OpenAccess) (as well as an Open Access policy from my university itself).
I've been reading through what author rights i retain with different publishers, and among the big ones very little rights are retained.
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