Custom profile section for beam

[BrianD_3]

Hello,

Is there a way to create a custom profile section (for example an extruded bosch profile) for a beam in Abaqus?
I know there is an option to create a generalized profile, but I was wondering if could draw a sketch of the cross-section and assign it to a wire.

 

[Mustaine3]

Abaqus in general can pre-analyze a cross section and then reuse the results, but it is not supported by A/CAE.

See the Manual:
Abaqus > Analysis > Analysis Techniques > Modeling Abstractions > Meshed beam cross-sections

 

[Erik Panos Kostson]

If you were using Strand7 only. It is very simple. Sketch the cross section, mesh it, needed for solving the underlying equations that will generate the cross section properties (often FEA software use this method, so nothing new). Then use this cross section+properties in an analysis. Furthermore the mesh is used for nonlinear calculations on the cross section when material plasticity is considered. Finally the profile and stresses are fully 3D rendered, which is always nice to have.

You will probably need to do a similar thing in abaqus (the above process is fairly common), providing the 2D mesh of the cross section so it can generate the section properties, and perhaps something that will be used for nonlinear analysis (as far as I can see this is not possible with a user defined cross section). Then use this information and assign to beams. You can fully render say total fibre stresses on a the section.