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Shell Elements - Extracting Bending Moments

Thread starter aliasgere
Start date Jan 16, 2012

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Jan 16, 2012

aliasgere

Civil/Environmental

I have modelled, using Abaqus v6.11, a cylindrical laterally loaded pile of shell elements surrounded by a solid block of soil. Is there a way to obtain bending moments at the pile nodes using the program itself? I tried the CM output but all the values are reported to be zero.

Any assistance will be greatly appreciated.