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Cohesive zone modeling
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I am trying to use cohesive zone modeling for bimaterial fracture in ANSYS, but I have some problem while inputing the data. Can anybody suggest how to use cohesive zone modeling in ANSYS.
Constant Stress across a Beam
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End Notched Flexure Problem
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I want to model an End Notched Flexure (ENF) specimen in ABAQUS for
studying the mode II fracture behaviour in laminated composites.
I have modeled the problem using shell elements and continuum shell
elements.
To prevent the two legs from penetration, I have examined almost all
of connector types (in ABAQUS/CAE) and also contact types but the
results have not been satisfactory.
ABAQUS ( viscoelastic material model)
Does any one know how to implement other viscoelastic material models, like Burgers' model, in ABAQUS? To my knowledge only Prony series can be used to model visoelastic materials in ABAQUS/standard.
thanks,
Milliyon
Non-conformability in Mesh-free Methods
Can any one please tell me where to find some mathematical proof (or justification) of the non-conformability arises due to misalignment of background cell and the support domain in mesh-free methods based on Galerkin formulation.
Amit
Open Source Publishing
I am putting together a proposal in response to NSF's Engineering Virtual Organizations solicitation regarding what I call Open Source Publishing. The proposal can be found (and edited if you setup an account) here. I would encourage you to register and edit if you're interested. All revisions are saved so there is no risk of messing something up. The proposal is fairly unstructured at this point and consists
Discrete Fractal Fracture Mechanics
This paper extends the recently developed theories of fracture
mechanics with finite growth (mainly the work of Pugno and Ruoff, 2004
on quantized fracture mechanics) to fractal cracks. One interesting
result is the prediction of crack roughening for fractal cracks.
Self-healing materials with microvascular networks
Kathleen S. Toohey, Nancy R. Sottos, Jennifer A. Lewis, Jeffrey S. Moore, and Scott R. White