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defining failure model

Thread starter giacomoc
Start date Apr 28, 2010

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Apr 28, 2010

giacomoc

Mechanical

hi, i'm an italian engineering..i'm using abaqus to simulate a crash test on a chassis.
i get an error about ecxessive rotations on some elements of an aluminium sheet...i think the problem is that i haven't a failure model on the material...how can i define one?