ME455/555IntrotoFiniteElementAnalysisWinter10Abaqus/CAEVibrationstutorial

Abaqus/CAE(ver.6.9)VibrationsTutorial
ProblemDescription

Thetwodimensionalbridgestructure,whichconsistsofsteelTsections,issimplysupportedatitslowercorners.
Determinethefirst10eigenvaluesandnaturalfrequencies.

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AnalysisSteps
1. StartAbaqusandchoosetocreateanewmodeldatabase
2. InthemodeltreedoubleclickonthePartsnode(orrightclickonpartsandselectCreate)

3. IntheCreatePartdialogbox(shownabove)namethepartand
a. Select2DPlanar
b. SelectDeformable
c. SelectWire
d. Setapproximatesize=20
e. ClickContinue
4. Createthegeometryshownbelow(notdiscussedhere)

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5. DoubleclickontheMaterialsnodeinthemodeltree

a. Namethenewmaterialandgiveitadescription
b. ClickontheMechanicaltabElasticityElastic
c. DefineYoungsModulusandPoissonsRatio(useSIunits)
i. WARNING:TherearenopredefinedsystemofunitswithinAbaqus,sotheuserisresponsible
forensuringthatthecorrectvaluesarespecified

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d. ClickontheGeneraltabDensity
e. Density=7800
f. ClickOK
6. DoubleclickontheProfilesnodeinthemodeltree
a. NametheprofileandselectTfortheshape
i. NotethattheTshapeisoneofseveralpredefinedcrosssections
b. ClickContinue
c. Enterthevaluesfortheprofileshownbelow
d. ClickOK

7. DoubleclickontheSectionsnodeinthemodeltree
a. NamethesectionBeamPropertiesandselectBeamforboththecategoryandthetype
b. ClickContinue
c. LeavethesectionintegrationsettoDuringAnalysis
d. Selecttheprofilecreatedabove(TSection)
e. Selectthematerialcreatedabove(Steel)
f. ClickOK

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8. ExpandthePartsnodeinthemodeltree,expandthenodeofthepartjustcreated,anddoubleclickon
SectionAssignments
a. Selecttheentiregeometryintheviewport
b. Selectthesectioncreatedabove(BeamProperties)
c. ClickOK

9. ExpandtheAssemblynodeinthemodeltreeandthendoubleclickonInstances
a. SelectDependentfortheinstancetype
b. ClickOK

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10. DoubleclickontheStepsnodeinthemodeltree
a. Namethestep,settheproceduretoLinearperturbation,andselectFrequency
b. ClickContinue
c. Givethestepadescription
d. SelecttheradiobuttonValueunderNumberofeigenvaluesrequestedandenter10
e. ClickOK

11. DoubleclickontheBCsnodeinthemodeltree
a. NametheboundaryconditionedPinnedandselectDisplacement/Rotationforthetype
b. ClickContinue
c. SelectthelowerleftvertexofthegeometryandpressDoneinthepromptarea
d. ChecktheU1andU2displacementsandsetthemto0
e. ClickOK

f.

Repeatforthelowerrightvertex,butmodelarollerrestraint(onlyU2fixed)instead

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12. InthemodeltreedoubleclickonMeshfortheBridgepart,andinthetoolboxareaclickontheAssign
ElementTypeicon
a. SelectStandardforelementtype
b. SelectLinearforgeometricorder
c. SelectBeamforfamily
d. Notethatthenameoftheelement(B21)anditsdescriptionaregivenbelowtheelementcontrols
e. ClickOK

13. InthetoolboxareaclickontheSeedEdge:ByNumbericon(holddownicontobringuptheotheroptions)

a. SelecttheentiregeometryandclickDoneinthepromptarea

b. Definethenumberofelementsalongtheedgesas5
14. InthetoolboxareaclickontheMeshParticon
a. ClickYesinthepromptarea

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15. InthemenubarselectViewPartDisplayOptions
a. ChecktheRenderbeamprofilesoption
b. ClickOK

16. ChangetheModuletoProperty
a. ClickontheAssignBeamOrientationicon
b. Selecttheentiregeometryfromtheviewport
c. ClickDoneinthepromptarea
d. Acceptthedefaultvalueoftheapproximaten1direction

17. Notethatthepreviewshowsthatthebeamcrosssectionsarenotallorientatedasdesired(seeProblem
Description)

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18. InthetoolboxareaclickontheAssignBeam/TrussTangenticon
a. Clickonthesectionsofthegeometrythatareoffby180degrees

19. InthemodeltreedoubleclickontheJobnode
a. NamethejobBridge
b. ClickContinue
c. Givethejobadescription
d. ClickOK

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20. Inthemodeltreerightclickonthejobjustcreated(Bridge)andselectSubmit
a. WhileAbaqusissolvingtheproblemrightclickonthejobsubmitted(Bridge),andselectMonitor

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b. IntheMonitorwindowcheckthattherearenoerrorsorwarnings
i. Ifthereareerrors,investigatethecause(s)beforeresolving
ii. Iftherearewarnings,determineifthewarningsarerelevant,somewarningscanbesafely
ignored

21. Inthemodeltreerightclickonthesubmittedandsuccessfullycompletedjob(Bridge),andselectResults

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22. InthemenubarclickonViewportViewportAnnotationsOptions
a. UnchecktheShowcompassoption
b. ThelocationsofviewportitemscanbespecifiedonthecorrespondingtabintheViewportAnnotations
Options
c. ClickOK

23. Displaythedeformedcontouroverlaidwiththeundeformedgeometry
a. Inthetoolboxareaclickonthefollowingicons
i. PlotContoursonDeformedShape
ii. AllowMultiplePlotStates
iii. PlotUndeformedShape

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24. InthetoolboxareaclickontheCommonPlotOptionsicon
a. NotethattheDeformationScaleFactorcanbesetontheBasictab
b. OntheLabelstabchecktheshownodesymbolsicon
c. ClickOK

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25. InthemenubarclickonResultsStep/Frame
a. ChangethemodebydoubleclickingintheFrameportionofthewindow
b. Observetheeigenvaluesandfrequencies
c. ClickOK

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26. InthetoolboxareaclickonAnimationOptions
a. ChangetheModetoSwing
b. ClickOK
c. AnimatebyclickingonAnimate:ScaleFactoriconinthetoolboxarea
d. Stoptheanimationbyclickingontheiconagain

27. ClickontheNextarrowonthecontextbartochangethemode

28. ExpandtheBridge.odbnodeintheresulttree,expandtheHistoryOutputnode,andrightclickon
Eigenfrequency:
a. SelectSaveAs
b. Name=Frequencies

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c. RepeatforEigenvalue
d. ObservetheXYDatanodesintheresulttree

29. InthemenubarclickonReportXY

a.
b.
c.
d.
e.
f.
g.
h.

Selectfrom=AllXYdata
HighlightEigenvalues
ClickontheSetuptab
ClickSelectandspecifythedesirednameandlocationofthereport
ClickApply
ClickontheXYDatatab
HighlightFrequencies
ClickOK

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30. Openthereport(.rptfile)withanytexteditor

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