Hi plus321,
the solution on the first contours are affected by the stress field ahead of the crack tip. To get the right one you must consider the SIF exclude the first contours.
Usually I consider the SIF's values from the fifth contour, where I get usually an error of about 1% or less...
Dear Abaqus comunity,
I want to use Abaqus to extend an orphan mesh by using the command generateMeshByOffset(...).
Unfortunately the result is quite different from what I expect. I would like a mesh extention what is projected in normal direction based on the source region. But the result is a...