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XFEM modelling in ABAQUS

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on

Hi

I am modelling the crack propagation in metals. I can do all the modelling but only adding the enrichment function in ABAQUS is an issue. I have defined the initial crack(for the CT speciemn), which starts at the node, but when I submitt the job it does not separate at that node. I think it because I did not define the enrichment functions.

I would  like to know how to add enrichment function in abaqus when modelling the crack propagation. Any suggestion would be appreciated.

 

Thanks in advance

Oscar