an318is
Mechanical
- Oct 22, 2009
- 11
Hello everyone,
Just wondering is someone can provide me with some direction on a problem I am trying to solve. In short, I would basically like to know if there is a way to turn on an element, in particular a fastener, at a specific step in the simulation using Abaqus Explicit. I know this can be accomplished with *MODEL CHANGE in standard. However, it is a complex contact problem that works relativly quickly in explicit.
I have not been able to get the problem to solve at all in standard, static or dynamic. It has issues with convergence. So if there is a way for me to turn a fastener element on in a step in explicit, or any other way to get around this, it would be extremely helpful.
Thank you in advance.
Just wondering is someone can provide me with some direction on a problem I am trying to solve. In short, I would basically like to know if there is a way to turn on an element, in particular a fastener, at a specific step in the simulation using Abaqus Explicit. I know this can be accomplished with *MODEL CHANGE in standard. However, it is a complex contact problem that works relativly quickly in explicit.
I have not been able to get the problem to solve at all in standard, static or dynamic. It has issues with convergence. So if there is a way for me to turn a fastener element on in a step in explicit, or any other way to get around this, it would be extremely helpful.
Thank you in advance.