Indeed it's a small research project on the side, where I'm trying to reproduce some experimental results using FEA. Attempts were made at the time with limited success, but from what I had read about Abaqus and the inclusion of crack-band/continuum damage models circa 6.8 I'm giving it another...
Thanks a lot for you reply, CompositeModeler. In addressing your suggestions,
A) Good point indeed. I had noticed some at times stress concentrations as a result of the BC's. When you refer to a centre node, I assume you are meaning the centre edge node?
B) Yes, just the externally applied...
Hi,
I'm currently seeking to model the failure of a carbon-epoxy plate with a circular cut-out in the centre under tensile loading, this is my first time working in Abaqus, I'm using v6.9, and use CAE.
Currently I've used S4R shells in /Explicit and one integration point per ply in the layup...
