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Abaqus Plastic Deformation
Abaqus Plastic Deformation
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Geometry Import
2.
Now define a new steel material with plastic properties define the elastic
properties as before but now include a second plastic behaviour and include yield
and strain properties. Name this Steel_NonLinear
Now create two sections one called Steel_linear and one called
Steel_NonLinear
Assign the section to the relevant parts the bar should be non-linear and the
other parts linear.
3.
Create a static general step and include Nlgeom and automatic stabilisation.
4.
Contacts are defined by individually selecting faces for the master and slave
surfaces as shown below.
5.
Since we know the distance which we want to load application part to travel we
shall apply a displacement to its top face. This becomes particularly useful when
trying to determine the force required to assemble two latching parts or the force
required to cause a certain amount of deflection or travel on a component.
Apply a 35mm displacement to the top face of the central part in the vertical
direction. This will be applied as a linear increment as the analysis progresses.
6.
Meshing
The assembly was instanced as dependant and therefore the model needs to be
meshed by part.
Seed the beam with 2mm hex elements and the remaining parts 3mm hex. Mesh
each part.
The model should now look like this...
It is assumed that anyone working through this tutorial will already be familiar with
the meshing approached adopted by Abaqus CAE. If this isnt the case then
work through tutorials 1 and 2. In this model there is no need to change the
meshing approach from the default hex option.
Mesh seeding button
Meshing button
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8.
Plot the displacement and check whether the central component has displaced
by 35mm as specified.
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9.
We can add another analysis step and use the same settings as in the first step.
We can use this to define the unloading phase of the simulation.
Create a new step after Step-1. Remember to include Nlgeom and automatic
stabilisation and define the time increments - Initial: 0.01, Max: 0.05. All the other
loads/restraints/interactions etc. are propagated from the previous step.
To unload the component we need to modify the displacement that loaded the
model in Step-1. Open the boundary condition and modify the 35mm
displacement to 0mm.
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Once the analysis has completed we can animate the model to see the unloading
step take place.
The plot here shows the model reflected in two symmetry planes. This is done by
selecting mirror planes in the odb display options dialog box.
Define mirror
planes here
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