After some more looking, I think I can insert *IMPERFECTION into my Riks input file manually. I want to apply the buckling modes I found in the buckling analysis over the entire part in Riks analysis. In the manual it says:
*IMPERFECTION, FILE=results_file, STEP=step
Data lines specifying the...
I'm relatively new to Abaqus and have just started a cylindrical shell buckling analysis. I think that to get accurate results in a Riks analysis, I need to seed my model with imperfections derived from a Buckling analysis. I've looked at the User's Manual example cited in thread...
