Abaqus

CAE (ver. 6.12) Impact tutorial

Problem Description

Analuminumpartisdroppedontoarigidsurface.Theobjectiveistoinvestigatethestressanddeformationsduring theimpact.

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Analysis Steps
1. StartAbaqusandchoosetocreateanewmodeldatabase 2. InthemodeltreedoubleclickonthePartsnode(orrightclickonpartsandselectCreate)

3. IntheCreatePartdialogbox(shownabove)namethepartBracket a. Select3D b. SelectDeformable c. SelectSolid d. Setapproximatesize=200 e. ClickContinue 4. Createthegeometryshownbelow(notdiscussedhere).Dimensionsareinmillimeters. a. Extrudetheshapetoadepthof20.

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5. IntheCreatePartdialogbox(shownabove)namethepartRigid a. Select3D b. SelectAnalyticalrigid c. Setapproximatesize=200 d. ClickContinue 6. Createthegeometryshownbelow(notdiscussedhere).Dimensionsareinmillimeters.

a. Settheextrusiondepthto200mm.

7. Createadatumpointatthecenteroftheplate(midwaybetweendiagonalpoints).

8. FromthemenubarselectToolsReferencePoint

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a. Selectthedatumpointjustcreated. b. Thereferencepointwillbecreatedas shown.

9. Createasurfaceontherigidplate. a. ClickontheToolsSurfaceCreate b. Selecttherigidplate. c. Youwillbepromptedtopickasideforinternalfaces.Pickthecolorthatis likelycandidateastheimpactsurface.Inthisexample,Brownhasbeenselected. 10. DoubleclickontheMaterialsnodeinthemodeltree

a. NamethenewmaterialAluminumandgiveitadescription b. ClickontheMechanicaltabElasticityElastic c. DefineYoungsModulusandthePoissonsRatio(useSI(mm)units) i. Youngsmodulus=70e3,Poissonsratio=0.33 d. Sincethisisanexplicitmodel,materialdensitymustalsobedefined e. ClickontheGeneraltabDensity i. Density=2.6e6 f. ClickOK

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11. DoubleclickontheSectionsnodeinthemodeltree a. Namethesectionbracket_secandselectSolidforthecategoryandHomogeneousforthetype b. ClickContinue c. Selectthematerialcreatedabove(Aluminum)andClickOK 12. ExpandthePartsnodeinthemodeltree,expandthenodeofthepartBracket,anddoubleclickon SectionAssignments a. SelecttheentiregeometryintheviewportandpressDoneinthepromptarea b. Selectthesectioncreatedabove(bracket_sec) c. ClickOK

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13. ExpandtheAssemblynodeinthemodeltreeandthendoubleclickonInstances a. SelectDependentfortheinstancetype b. Selecttheparts:Bracketandrigid c. SelectAutooffsetfromotherinstances d. ClickOK

14. Now,rotatethebracketsothattheimpactwilloccuratthelowerrightcorner.Thiswillba accomplishedbyrotatingtheobjectfirstwithrespecttothezaxisfollowedbyrotationaboutxaxis. a. SelectRotateInstanceicon. b. SelecttheBracket c. Acceptthedefaultvaluesofstartingpoint(0,0,0)bypressingEnter d. Enter(0,0,1)fortheendpointofrotationaxis. e. Enter15(degrees)forAngleofRotation. Theassemblyshouldlooksimilartothescreenshot below.Besuretoconfirmthefinalrotatedposition byclickingonOKatthepromptregion!

15. Now,rotatethebracketaboutthexaxis. a. SelectRotateInstanceicon. b. SelecttheBracket c. Acceptthedefaultvaluesofstartingpoint(0,0,0)bypressingEnter d. Enter(1,0,0)fortheendpointofrotationaxis. e. Enter15(degrees)forAngleofRotation.Besuretoconfirmthefinalrotatedpositionby clickingonOKatthepromptregion!

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Theassemblyshouldlooksimilartothescreenshotbelow.

16. InthetoolboxareaclickontheTranslateInstanceicon a. SelecttheBracketgeometry,clickDone b. Selectthebottomcornerofthebracketasshown. c. SelectthereferencepointontheRigidmemberastheendpoint. d.

ClickOk

e. Thecompletedassemblyshouldnowlooklikeisshownbelow.

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17. DoubleclickontheStepsnodeinthemodeltree a. Namethestep,settheproceduretoGeneral,selectDynamic, Explicit,andclickContinue b. OntheEditSteppageundertheBasictab,setthetime periodto0.02seconds.

18. DoubleclickontheBCsnodeinthemodeltree a. Nametheboundaryconditionfix_rigid_plateandselect Symmetry/Antisymmetry/Encastreforthetype. b. SelectthereferencepointonthebracketgeometryandclickDone c. SelectENCASTREfortheboundaryconditionandclickOK

19. OpenFieldOutputRequestsnodeinthemodeltree a. DoubleclickontheFOutput1. b. ChangethevalueofIntervalto100.Thisallowsfor capturingofmoreoutputincrementssothatimpact canbebettervisualized. c. YoumaywishtoalsochangetheHistoryoutput Requeststoallowforbetterresolutionofhistory outputplots.

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 20. SelecttheCreatePredefinedFieldiconundertheLoadmodule. a. Namethepredefinedfield. b. PullldownInitialstepundertheStepselection(seefigure). c. SettheCategorytoMechanicalandbesureVelocityisselected. d. Notethepromptregionasksyoutoselecttheregions. e. Rotatetheimageonthescreensothatthebracketcanbehighlighted.Be suretherigidplateisnotselected! f. ClickDoneinthepromptregion. g. Whenprompted,Enter500[mm/s]intheV2fieldoftheEditPredefinedFieldwindow.The velocityvectorsshouldnowbedisplayedonthescreen.

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21. DoubleclickontheInteractionPropertiesnodeinthemodeltree a. NametheinteractionpropertiesandselectContactforthetype,clickContinue

b. OntheMechanicaltabSelectTangentialBehavior i. SetthefrictionformulationtoPenalty ii. SetFrictionCoefficientto0.5 c. OntheMechanicaltabSelectNormalBehavior d. Acceptdefaults, ClickOK

22. DoubleclickontheInteractionsnodeinthemodeltree a. Nametheinteraction,selectGeneralContact(Explicit) (Explicit)andclickContinue b. SelectAll*withselfontheEditInteractionsWindow. c. Besuretoassigntheappropriateinteractionpropertyunder GlobalPropertyassignmentintheContactPropertiestabof thewindow. d. Changethecontactinteractionpropertiestotheonecreated above(ifnotalreadydone) e. ClickOK

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23. OpentheFieldOuput1andchangetheIntervalfortheoutputrequestto100.

24. InthemodeltreedoubleclickonMeshfortheBracketpart,orusetheModulesectionoftheiconpanelas shown. a. SelectExplicitforelementtype b. SelectQuadraticforgeometricorder c. Select3DStressforfamily d. SelectTettabandbesuretheelementisC3D10M e. SelectOK

YoumaychecktheMeshControltobesureonlyTETelements arebeingusedinmeshing. 25. InthetoolboxareaclickontheSeedParticon a. UnderSizingControlssetApproximateglobalsizeto2,ClickOK

26. InthetoolboxareaclickontheMeshParticon

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a. ClickYes

Caution:Themeshwillexceedtheabilityofstudentversionofthe softwaretosolve.YouneedtouseeitherAcademicversionorthe Researchversiontobeabletorunthejob. 27. InthemodeltreedoubleclickontheJobnode a. Namethejob b. Givethejobadescription,clickContinue c. Acceptdefaults,clickOK

28. InthemodeltreerightclickonthejobjustcreatedandselectSubmit a. WhileAbaqusissolvingtheproblemrightclickonthejobsubmitted,andselectMonitor b. IntheMonitorwindowcheckthattherearenoerrorsorwarnings i. Ifthereareerrors,investigatethecause(s)beforeresolving ii. Iftherearewarnings,determineifthewarningsarerelevant,somewarningscanbesafely ignored.Anexampleisinformationwarningmessagebelow:

Theoption*boundary,type=displacementhasbeenused;checkstatusfilebetweenstepsforwarnings onanyjumpsprescribedacrossthestepsindisplacementvaluesoftranslationaldof.Forrotationaldof makesurethattherearenosuchjumps.Alljumpsindisplacementsacrossstepsareignored

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29. Inthemodeltreerightclickonthesubmittedandsuccessfullycompletedjob,andselectResults 30. 31. Toseetheeffectofimpact,youcaneitheranimatethedeformedshape,orstepthrougheachtimestepof thesolution.Herethestepbystepmethodisdiscussed. a. Inthetoolboxareaclickonthefollowingicons i. PlotContoursonDeformedShape ii. SwitchtotheFirststepofthesolution. iii. ClickontheNextstep. iv. Repeatafewtimesandobservethechangeinthestresscontours,and alsobesurethecontactdoesnotextendintotherigidsurface.Youallalsonoticethatthe Bracketwillstarttoseparatefromtherigidplate!

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32. Youmayalsowishtoseethebehaviorofthesystemenergy,specificallymakingsuretheartificialstrain energyisnotasubstantialpercentageoftheoverall(Internal)energyofthesystem. a. ClickontheCreateXYDataicon. b. BesuretheSourceisODB Historyoutputthenclick Continue c. HoldtheCTRLkeyandselectthe energytermsyouwishtoplot.IN theexample belowInternalandArtificalenergy termshave beenselected.

YoullnotethatArtificialEnergyisaverysmallportionoftheoverallInternalEnergy,thusthemodel seemstobevalid,atleastfromthestandpointofelementbehaviorandpossibilityoferrorsdueto meshing.

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