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  1. soildynamics

    What does (dW/dt) =0 ( where W is the external work) indicate.?

    Please read my explaination and give me your physical opinion I have total load applied on a mixture porous medium (Soil solid matrix and water), which is partially drained. Initially, when the dW/dt>0, the total load is being carried by both the solid matrix and water. However, most of that...
  2. soildynamics

    What does (dW/dt) =0 ( where W is the external work) indicate.?

    I am running ElastoPlastic analysis. With application of the load, the external work of the whole model at a specific time reaches a peack and starts to become a decreasing function of time, although the load is increasing. After that the external work becomes a decreasing function of time. I...
  3. soildynamics

    Observation on the external work result

    not really ... but what is observed is interesting decreasing the external work while the applied load is increasing could means that the applied load on the porous medium is not producing work any more... can you physically interpret that..? does that flag failure..?
  4. soildynamics

    Observation on the external work result

    -I am running ElastoPlastic analysis. With application of the load, the external work of the whole model(History Output) at a specific step reaches a peack and starts to become a decreasing function of time, although the load is increasing. In the following steps the external work becomes a...
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    On Max Number of DOFs

    Thanks I already got convincing answer regarding this thread
  6. soildynamics

    On Max Number of DOFs

    thanks Martin FLAC can handle 3D.. please review your info Both can handle the features of my model but (Large Defo, Elastoplastic and others) But I am saying which is better when the size of the problem becomes very large
  7. soildynamics

    On Max Number of DOFs

    What is the maximum number of DOFs that can be handled by ABAQUS ? Is there any minimum machine memory requirement related to this number? Are there any computational ramifications (other than long computational time) that can be expected from using huge number of elements? As far as this point...
  8. soildynamics

    Avoiding Material Failure in ABAQUS(Implicit)

    No it is not as I have a porous media that is not supported by Explicit
  9. soildynamics

    Avoiding Material Failure in ABAQUS(Implicit)

    I am using ABAQUS standard (Implicit) to model elastoplastic materials. However, because I have materials failure (plasticity cannot converge at some points) the model cannot converge. What should I do in this case
  10. soildynamics

    non-Positive definite stiffness matrix

    If the determinant of a matrix is positive , does that mean that the matrix must be positive definite
  11. soildynamics

    Estimating Field void ratio to meet the targeted Degree of Compaction

    VAd and theCorkster : thanks for your valuable refernces By the way I just put 90% as an example numbetr. My actual required RD that is reportedly acceptable for precluding liquefaction of the materials I have is 65 %.
  12. soildynamics

    (?1??3)max Vs (??1/??3)max

    Please see thread274-194593
  13. soildynamics

    Failure Criterion: (Sigma1- Sigma3)max Vs (Sigma1/Sigma3)max

    Which should be our failure criterion (Sigma1- Sigma3)max or (Sigma1/Sigma3)max they do not coincide when having undrained case Please refeer me to specialized paperes or texts if you can
  14. soildynamics

    (?1??3)max Vs (??1/??3)max

    Which should be our failure criterion (?1??3)max or (??1/??3)max they do not coincide when having undrained case Please refeer me to specialized paperes or texts if you can
  15. soildynamics

    On plane stress loading case

    Replying to rb1957 and GBor "if the panel is thick there will be 2D strain (at the mid-plane of the plate)" why 2D strain only... if;e.g, you subject a cube to the stresses SigmaX and SigmaY and left the faces normal to Z axis free of Stresses (this is biaxial loading/BC case.. is not it?)...
  16. soildynamics

    On plane stress loading case

    What is the difference between biaxial loading case and plane stress loading case? Thanks
  17. soildynamics

    Estimating Field void ratio to meet the targeted Degree of Compaction

    fattdad I cannot do lab tests. I am a PhD researcher performing analytical and numerical works. I want to estimate e(min) and e(max) from specific gravity and grain size distribution of the sands. Please see: http://cat.inist.fr/?aModele=afficheN&cpsidt=14481030 However it is not easy to get...
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