Tema:

Finite Element Analysis with Abaqus

Part 2: Examples
* Lectures prepared by Dr. Roman Arciniega for the course “Advanced Topics of Matrix Structural 1
Analysis”.
 Outline

o Cantilever plate strip

o Roll-up of a clamped plate strip
o Freezing of a square plate

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 1. Cantilever plate strip

L 10.0
4.0
b 1.0
3.5
L h 100
3.0
E 1.2 10 ,  6
0.0 2.5

2.0

1.5
3 2
q 1.0
4x1Q25 - Present
h 0.5
1 b
Sze et al.
0.0

0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
L Deflections at the tip

PL3
w
3EI 3

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 Steps to create and run the model

o Open command prompt and go to your home directory

o Go to the model tree and create a part and assign
dimensions (3D deformable shell).
o Create an elastic material with the specified Young
modulus and Poisson ratio.

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 o Create an homogeneous shell section.
o Define a section assignment with the given shell section.
Assign the thickness of the shell.

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 o Create a dependent instance with the Part-1 in the
assembly module. Create a set “end”.

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 o Create a “Static, General” step and toggle on “Nlgeom”
for geometrically nonlinear analysis. Assign an initial
increment size of 0.1

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 o Request field and history output.

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 o Specified loading “Concentrated force” at the first step of
the set “end” and apply a force 2.0

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 o Specified ENCASTRE boundary conditions.
o In the mesh module seed the part and create the mesh
with S4R elements (default).

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 o Create a job named “Job-1” and submit it. You can also
monitor the analysis within Abaqus/CAE.

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 Model and analysis tree:

6
Create a step
1
Create a part
7 Request history
output

4 Define a section
assignment
10
Mesh a part
2
Create a material
3 8
Create a section
Specify loads
9 Impose boundary
5 Define an independent conditions
instance

11 Create a job
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and open (.odb)
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 Displacements at the tip of the plate

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 Animation

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 2. Roll-up of a clamped plate strip

E 1.2 106 ,  0.0 1.0

L 12.0, b 1.0 0.8

u
h 0.1 3

0.6 u 1

M M max
0.4

0.2
3 2 8x1Q25 - Present
Exact solution
M 0.0
h
1 b
0 2 4 6 8 10 12 14 16 18 20
Deflections at the tip

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 o Follow the same procedure as the last example.
o Specified “Moment” at the first step of the set “end” and
apply a moment of -52.36

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 o Use S4R elements with ENCASTRE boundary
conditions. Run the problem and check results.

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 o Run the job and monitor solution progress. It does not
converge!!!

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 o Impose transverse boundary conditions to avoid
instabilities in the solution.

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 o The job runs smoothly.

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 Displacements at the tip of the plate

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 Animation

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 Post-processing: Results visualization

visualization toolbox
Types of plots (plot states)

• Model plots Undeformed shape

Deformed shape
• Results plots Contour field data
required
Tickmark plots
Symbol
Material orientations
• X–Y plots Results versus analysis time
Spatial variation (path plot) field or history data
Operate on results required

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 Post-processing: General Query
o In the main menu click on Tools > Query and then “Probe
values”

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 Geometrically linear analyis
o Toggle off the NLGEOM option in the “Step module”
and run the job again.

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 3. Freezing of a square plate

• Transient heat transfer

analysis.
• Stress effect neglected.
• Analyze quarter plate.

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 o Apply temperature boundary conditions using an
amplitude definition:

T /Tc

0.05 5.0 Time

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 Temperature distribution and animation

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 References

• Abaqus Manuals version 6.14

• J.N. Reddy, An Introduction to the Finite Element Method, McGraw-
Hill, 3rd edition, New York, 2005.
• J.N. Reddy, An Introduction to Nonlinear Finite Element Analysis,
Oxford University Press, New York, 2004.

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