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Issue With Mesh For Three Point Bending Test
Thank you! I tried both of those approaches and it seems to work: To go into more detail, first I unchecked the reduced integration box in assign element type, which I assume leads to full integration. This removed the hourglassing as you called it, but there was still a large drop in the...- person123
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- Forum: DASSAULT: ABAQUS FEA Solver
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Issue With Mesh For Three Point Bending Test
Hi. I'm attempting to model a three point test for a beam. I'm using a 2D planar model with two vertically restrained boundary conditions on the bottom corners and a concentrated load on the middle of the top side. A crack is also modelled in the beam. As you can see in the image, the vertical...- person123
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- Forum: DASSAULT: ABAQUS FEA Solver
