The amount of heat generated during curing depends on the type of polymer you’ll be modeling. Ideally, this data can be obtained from the manufacturer or another reliable source. However, this is not always the case and there are several methods that can be used to determine this quantity...
That reply cleared up a lot of confusion about STATEV, thanks again for your help. I tried everything and it worked wonderfully. As for using svar in HETVAL, it was indeed a typo, one that I believe I gained from looking at another person’s old subroutine. I had it there for so long that I...
Thanks for your reply, the SDVINI subroutine was definitely what I was looking for. As far as I can tell, the only part of the subroutine I require is the noel portion. However, there must be still something that I am doing wrong since, after running a test, all the SDV values remained zero...
I'm modeling the curing of a composite rod with exothermic epoxy. For this application, I've been working with the HETVAL user subroutine. For the heat generation, I'd like to have a counter imbedded into each element to record how heat is released; once this counter reaches a specific value...
