Hello everybody,
I need your advise regarding the modelling of hyperelastic materials with spring elements. It sounds strange, but I was asked to model the behavior of foam rubbers using spring elements (!!!). My first question is whether this is possible!
Using already known deviatoric...
Thanks for your reply Rob !! I made it work !!! The pre-stress of the rubber seal can also be calculated using the interference fit options. It works with "Automatic shrink fit" after specifying a damping factor during the Step-1.
My best regards,
Harry Varelis
Hello everybody, I am a new Abaqus user and I have the following problem to solve. I have to define contact conditions between a car rubber seal gasket and the side part of a car. The geometry I want to define contact contains two intersecting parts, as the picture shows (seal gasket and side...
