Initial conditions for stresses and node deflections

[cali]

Hi,

I am modeling the deck casting sequence of a bridge. I am using several concatenated models, but I need to define some initial conditions for stresses and for the new positions of the nodes which correspond to the previous analysis.

I appreciate any help.

Thanks,

NGC

 

[gurmeet2003]

You can import deformed shape from the odb file into a new model.

Gurmeet

 

[cali]

thanks for your recommendation. Could you please let me know the keyword that you use for this task?

 

[gurmeet2003]

cali,

Sorry, I can not provide you the keyword. I normally use ABAQUS CAE.

Gurmeet