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Hello everyone, I am trying to simulate the quasi-static deformation process of a structure. I am using Abaqus/explicit solver and notice that my model is suffering a stability problem. An annoying/interesting feature of this problem is that progressive damage occurs inside the structure during...

Thank you akabarten and Mustaine3. The connector damage option really solves the problem.

Hello everyone, I am a little confused about the force components in the CONNECTOR element definition. I hope to ‘tie’ two nodes and define a failure criterion for this connection. The failure criterion is that as long as the shear force between the two nodes exceeds a threshold value, the...