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help in piezoelectric modelling in ABAQUS

Submitted by raghav1 on

Hi everyone,

 

I am new to Abaqus and need help to model a piezoelectric patch on a simple beam. The beam is harmonically excited at one end and correspondingly, i need the voltage response out of the piezo.

 I am facing problems in coupling the piezo to the beam - i am repeatedly getting the error

THREE FACTORIZATIONS IN A ROW FAILED. CHECK THE MODEL. IT IS POSSIBLE THAT THE MODEL CONTAINS THE KINEMATIC COUPLING DEFINITION SET UP IN A WAY THAT A DEGREE OF FREEDOM HAS NEITHER MASS NOR STIFFNESS.


Can somebody help. I can provide the file if needed.

 

Thanks

raghav