SOLVED:
Finally got to manually editing the input file and realized that although the ABAQUS keyword manual states that the *Equation needs to be nested within the *Part, *Part Instance, or *Assembly keywords, for a substructure one can simply put it below the model geometry descriptions...
Dear All,
I am currently looking to implement a substructure for which I would like to employ periodic boundary conditions; the problem is that I'm not sure that I can use the *Equation keyword, which one would typically use for periodic boundary conditions, since I don't have a *Part or...
tmillar,
If I am understanding your problem correctly, you have a 3D problem in which you are using brick elements, but want to know the areas of elements on a particular face (perhaps on a surface) and therefore need to calculate the respective areas of of the element faces on this surface...
Go with MechIrl and deyentl's suggestions and add the appropriate field output variables; I didn't know those were there, thanks everyone! This helps me too :)
Chris
Dear all:
I just found out how to do this from the manual and am posting the solution.
In ABAQUS 6.10,
Go to Results -> Options -> Computation -> Averaging -> Average element output at nodes -> Use region boundaries ->(Drop Down selection) ODB Regions
Change the ODB Regions to "Element...
tmillar,
I have had the need to perform a similar operation and used python scripting to calculate the areas based on nodal reference locations (easy, since I was doing a 2-d problem with triangular elements).
I am sure you want the deformed areas though, which I stopped short of calculating...
Dear all,
I am currently doing cohesive zone modeling and want to know if I can do the following in the visualization module.
In a simple Mode I example, I want the visualization module to show me only the stresses in the cohesive elements, because when I view the contour results for the...
