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Communication between Matlab and Nastran

Submitted by jadav.das on

Hi All,

 Could you please tell me how I can make communication between Matlab and Nastran? Actually I want to send some force data from Simulink to a deformable object in Nastran and then I will read the deformation of the object in Simulink. After that I will recalculate the forces and send it back to Nastran till some desired criteria is made. Can anybody help me to figure out this? Could you please pass it to me if you have any source code?

Thanks in advance

Jadav

R C Beams

Submitted by Reza Mousavi on

I am a novice user of abaqus and trying to model crack growth in rc beams with longitudinal reinforcement and stirrups under dynamic loads by try and error method

rebar layers are in shell element and i am using CDP for my concrete. i am trying to find out if i need to have many solid parts or one is enough and if mesh adaptivity is necessary or not because of crack growth . I appreciate any consulting in this field and i will share my knowledge with anybody that helps me

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New methods of analyzing indentation experiments on very thin films

Submitted by Li Han on

Abstract - Indentation experiments on very thin films are analyzed by employing a rigorous solution to model elastic substrate effects. Two cases are discussed: elastic indentations where film and substrate are anisotropic, and elasto-plastic indentations where significant material pile-up occurs. We demonstrate that the elastic modulus of a thin film can be accurately measured in both cases, even if there is significant elastic mismatch between film and substrate. 

This manuscript has been accepted for publication in Journal of Materials Research.  

Consistent linearized tangent moduli for hyperelastic materials... is it always a positive definite matrix?

Submitted by Mario Juha on

In order to obtain numerical solution of problemsthat involves a hyperelastic material model, we use what is known as incremental/iterative solution techniques of Newthon's type. The basic idea is to contruct a discrete system of nonlinear equation, KU=F, and solving it using a Newton's method or a modified version of it. As we know, its lead to a systematic linearization of the internal force vector and by the chain rule to the linearization of the material model.