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  1. ladykin

    Tie Constraint surfaces

    Hi There, I am trying to model contact of indenting a circular embryo with a rigid indenter. The embryo has a outer layer and inner matter. I used solid elements for the inner matter and shell elements for the outer layer. I need to constrain the inner matter follow the outer layer indentation...
  2. ladykin

    How to get rid of elements with very small, negative or zero dimension

    Hi There, I'm trying to use a rigid indenter on a deformable body. I have gotten an error with my job saying that : 2 elements have very small, negative or zero dimension/s. The elements have been identified in element set ErrElemDimSmallNegZero. Does anyone have any idea how to get rid of...
  3. ladykin

    How to use shell elements?

    Hi there, I am a new user of Abaqus. I have model a zebrafish embryo penetration process. I used solid elements for both the inner matter and the outer layer. I have been told that shell elements is preferable for the outer layer of the embryo since the outer layer is very thin, it can easily...

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