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Hi,

I am working a long time on using cohesive elements in ABAQUS but up to now my efforts have be unsucessful.

I want to use of cohesive elements with the following paramters:

Damage initiation: Normal stres= 1.9 MPa, shear stress= 6.2 MPa 

Damage evolution:  Mode I fracture energy= 0.5307, Mode II farcture energy= 0.6623

Could any body kindly let me know that what would be my model E/Knn, E/Kss parameters?

Thank you,

Parisa

I was hoping to see Abaqus or Ansys as the top words. Instead I see help, thanks, stress and incident.

Hi all,

I am trying to replicate an analysis done in Abaqus by using LS Dyna. I've an input(inp) file of the abaqus model on which the analysis has been performed.

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im trying to  model interface delamination in ansys. i use inter204 or 205 for interface element.the problem is that as the stress in interface riches the yield value, the solution doesnt converge.

i tried to increase  the number of substeps or decrease the size of element, but the problem still exists.

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