Concrete failure point in Abaqus 1

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Hi all! There is an optional feature in Abaqus to define a concrete failure point by going to 'edit keywords' and adding '*concrete failure' for concrete damage plasticity model. Can anyone please explain it to me what will happen if this concrete failure point is added and what if it's not added? I know it is also essential to trigger element deletion but looks like it's inclusion is changing the output results not only the visualization.

 

[FEA way]

This feature is described in the documentation chapter Materials --> Inelastic Mechanical Properties --> Concrete --> Concrete Damaged Plasticity (chapter "Defining Material Failure Criteria in Abaqus/Explicit"). Check it first.

 

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Thank you but I couldn't locate chapter 'Defining Material Failure Criteria in Abaqus/Explicit". Can you please copy the link in the comment?

 

[FEA way]

Current Abaqus documentation requires an account on the Dassault Systemes website. You won't find it in older versions of the documentation because this feature was added in Abaqus 2019.

 

[compe_ad]

Thank you! It helped.