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Abaqus warning

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Tinni1

Civil/Environmental
Sep 27, 2021
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Hi,
I am performing a post-buckling analysis of cold-formed steel stud and track assembly in Abaqus. As per the real-world scenario, the stud is connected with the track by a 5.5 mm diameter tek screw on both sides.
In order to model the tek screws, I have created a 5.5 mm diameter hole in both the stud and track section.
At the centerline of the hole, I have created a reference point and tied the reference point with coupling constraint(continuum distribution type with mm diameter influence radius) with the perimeter of the hole. Following that, I have connected the two reference points(located at the center of the holes in the stud and track section) with wire type connector(Planner type, I have also specified the calculated connector stiffness).

I have attached a screenshot of the part of the model, for better understanding.
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When I ran the analysis I got the below warning:

Abaqus ASSUMES A UNIFORM THICKNESS ALONG A SHELL EDGE TO COMPUTE THE DISTRIBUTING WEIGHT FACTORS. IN THIS CASE THE DISTRIBUTING WEIGHT FACTORS ARE BASED ON THE TRIBUTARY EDGE LENGTH AND NOT THE CROSS-SECTIONAL AREA. INTERPRET RESULTS WITH CAUTION WHEN A NON-UNIFORM SHELL THICKNESS IS USED.

My question is:
1. Is this because I have modeled the hole?
3. How to fix this warning?

Could anyone provide any direction here?
 
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Not all warnings in Abaqus indicate problems. This one just warns you about the non-standard computational approach being used due to the characteristics of the model. As long as the results look correct, there’s no need to worry about this warning message. To make sure you can verify the results on a test model created from a small segment of your structure where this coupling is located.
 
Great! Many thanks for your response.
 
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