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  1. fentasio

    contact problem with abaqus

    Hi all, I am studying a contact problem between two plates of steel under abaqus. I would like to know why results are better with using hexaedric elements than tetraedric and why linear elements are better for contact than quadratic elements. Then, to locate where crack could be, what should I...
  2. fentasio

    convergence problem with abaqus

    hi all, I am working with abaqus/cae 6.2. I have a model of two sheets of steel joined by clinching. One is fixed, the second one is pulled. I have added some contact with friction between the two sheets. I have some results but with a gross mesh. If I mesh with smaller elements, I have no...
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    mesh problem with abaqus

    hi, I am working on abaqus/cae 6.2 with tet and hex element. I have many warnings in the dat file telling me : NODE 901 ON SURFACE ASSEMBLY_CONTACTHAUT HAS FACETS WITH NORMAL VECTORS DIFFERING BY MORE THAN 30 DEGREES. CONVERGENCE DIFFICULTIES MAY OCCUR AT THIS NODE WITH FINITE-SLIDING CONTACT...
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    write data with abaqus

    hi I work with abaqus. I would like to write in the data file some elements results. I know how to do when I know the element numbers but now I need all elements of a part or of an instance. Is there an option like all to do that? thanx in advance. nick
  5. fentasio

    abaqus results

    hi how can I have a list of element results or node results with abaqus? I mean, I have several jobs and I would like to compare the results at the same node or element so I need to know the results for one node or element but the same at each job. thanks in advance for your help. nick
  6. fentasio

    inp file with abaqus

    hi I am a beginner with abaqus/cae 6.2. I have created my model save as a cae file. I would like to have now the inp file and then the py file with the python langage. is that possible? I mean is there an option with this software to translate all my model in a inp file? I hope I am...
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