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Finite Element Analysis Using Abaqus

This document provides an overview of using the finite element analysis software ABAQUS. It describes the different analysis methods in ABAQUS including the interactive mode, Python scripting, and manually creating an input file. It also outlines the typical components of an ABAQUS model and provides an example input file for analyzing an overhead hoist frame. Key steps for preprocessing, running, and postprocessing an ABAQUS analysis are summarized.

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Finite Element Analysis Using Abaqus

This document provides an overview of using the finite element analysis software ABAQUS. It describes the different analysis methods in ABAQUS including the interactive mode, Python scripting, and manually creating an input file. It also outlines the typical components of an ABAQUS model and provides an example input file for analyzing an overhead hoist frame. Key steps for preprocessing, running, and postprocessing an ABAQUS analysis are summarized.

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Finite Element Analysis

Using ABAQUS

EGM 6352 (Fall 2008)


Instructor: Nam-Ho Kim ([email protected])
Office Hour: MW 4:15 ² 5:30
Web: http://www.mae.ufl.edu/nkim/egm6352

Methods of Analysis in ABAQUS


‡ Interactive mode
² Create analysis model and procedure using GUI
² Advantage: No need to remember commands
² Disadvantage: No automatic procedure for changing model or
parameters
‡ Python script
² All GUI user actions will be saved as Python script
² Advantage: User can repeat the same command procedure
² Disadvantage: Need to learn Python language
‡ Analysis input file
² At the end, ABAQUS generates analysis input file (text file)
² ABAQUS solver reads analysis input file
² It is possible to manually create analysis input file
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Components in ABAQUS Model
‡ Creating nodes and elements (discretized geometry)
‡ Element section properties (area, moment of inertia, etc)
‡ Material data (linear/nonlinear, elastic/plastic,
isotropic/orthotropic, etc)
‡ Loads and boundary conditions (nodal force, pressure,
gravity, fixed displacement, joint, relation, etc)
‡ Analysis type (linear/nonlinear, static/dynamic, etc)
‡ Output requests

Example: Overhead Hoist

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Input File: frame.inp
*HEADING
Two-dimensional overhead hoist frame **
SI units (kg, m, s, N) ** History data
1-axis horizontal, 2-axis vertical **
*PREPRINT, ECHO=YES, MODEL=YES, HISTORY=YES *STEP, PERTURBATION
** 10kN central load
** Model definition *STATIC
** *BOUNDARY
*NODE, NSET=NALL 101, ENCASTRE
101, 0., 0., 0. 103, 2
102, 1., 0., 0. *CLOAD
103, 2., 0., 0. 102, 2, -10.E3
104, 0.5, 0.866, 0. *NODE PRINT
105, 1.5, 0.866, 0. U,
*ELEMENT, TYPE=T2D2, ELSET=FRAME RF,
11, 101, 102 *EL PRINT
12, 102, 103 S,
13, 101, 104 **********************************
14, 102, 104 ** OUTPUT FOR ABAQUS QA PURPOSES
15, 102, 105 **********************************
16, 103, 105 *EL FILE
17, 104, 105 S,
*SOLID SECTION, ELSET=FRAME, MATERIAL=STEEL *NODE FILE
** diameter = 5mm --> area = 1.963E-5 m^2 U, RF
1.963E-5, *END STEP
*MATERIAL, NAME=STEEL
*ELASTIC
200.E9, 0.3
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Format of Input File


‡ Model data section
² Information required to define the structure being analyzed
‡ History data section
² Type of simulation (static, dynamics, etc)
² The sequence of loading or events for which the response of the
structure is required
² Divided into a sequence of steps
² Output request
‡ Input file
² Composed of a number of option blocks (describing a part of the
model)
² Each option block begins with a keyword line (starting with *),
which is usually followed by one or more data lines.
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Format of Input File cont.
‡ Keyword line
² *ELEMENT, TYPE = T2D2, ELSET = FRAME
‡ Element set FRAME is 2-dimensional truss element
² *NODE, NSET=PART1
‡ All nodes below belong to a set PART1
² *ELEMENT, TYPE = T2D2,
ELSET = FRAME
‡ Maximum 256 characters per line

‡ Data line - Keyword line usually followed by data lines


*NODE
101, 0., 0., 0.
102, 1., 0., 0.
103, 2., 0., 0.
104, 0.5, 0.866, 0.
105, 1.5, 0.866, 0.
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Format of Input File cont.


‡ Model data
‡ Heading
² The first option in any Abaqus input file must be *HEADING
² Description of the problem
*HEADING
Two-dimensional overhead hoist frame
SI units (kg, m, s, N)
1-axis horizontal, 2-axis vertical

‡ Data file printing options


² Input file echo
*PREPRINT, ECHO=YES, MODEL=YES, HISTORY=YES

‡ Comments
**
** Model definition
**
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Format of Input File cont.
‡ Element connectivity
² Keyword *ELEMENT specifies element type, element set
*ELEMENT, TYPE=T2D2, ELSET=FRAME
11, 101, 102
12, 102, 103
13, 101, 104
14, 102, 104
15, 102, 105
16, 103, 105
17, 104, 105

‡ Section properties
² Keyword *SOLID SECTION specifies area, I, etc
*SOLID SECTION, ELSET=FRAME, MATERIAL=STEEL
** diameter = 5mm --> area = 1.963E-5 m^2
1.963E-5,

Format of Input File cont.


‡ Material properties
² Keyword *MATERIAL followed by various suboptions
*MATERIAL, NAME=STEEL
*ELASTIC
200.E9, 0.3

‡ History data
² Starts with keyword *STEP, followed by the title of the step
*STEP, PERTURBATION
10kN central load

‡ Analysis procedure
² Use *STATIC immediately after *STEP

‡ Boundary conditions
² Keyword *BOUNDARY
² (UX, UY, UZ, UR1, UR2, URS) = (1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
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Format of Input File cont.
‡ Boundary conditions cont.
² Format: Node number, first dof, last dof, displ value
103, 2,2, 0.0
103, 2,2
103, 2
101, 1
101, 2

² Built in constraints
‡ ENCASTRE: Constraint on all displacements and rotations at a node
‡ PINNED: Constraint on all translational degrees of freedom
‡ XSYMM: Symmetry constraint about a plane of constant
‡ YSYMM: Symmetry constraint about a plane of constant
‡ ZSYMM: Symmetry constraint about a plane of constant
‡ XASYMM: Antisymmetry constraint about a plane of constant
‡ YASYMM: Antisymmetry constraint about a plane of constant
‡ ZASYMM: Antisymmetry constraint about a plane of constant

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Format of Input File cont.


‡ Applied loads
² concentrated loads, pressure loads, distributed traction loads,
distributed edge loads and moment on shells, nonzero boundary
conditions, body loads, and temperature
*CLOAD
102, 2, -10.E3

‡ Output request
² neutral binary file (.odb), printed text file (.dat), restart file
(.res), binary result file (.fil)
*NODE PRINT
U,
RF,
*EL PRINT
S,

‡ End of step
*END STEP
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Run ABAQUS
‡ Data check
abaqus job=frame datacheck interactive
² Show frame.dat file
² Check for **ERROR ot **WARNING
‡ Solving the problem
abaqus job=frame continue interactive
‡ Show frame.dat file

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Postprocessing
‡ Graphical postprocessing
abaqus viewer
² open frame.odb
² Show labels using Options> Common> Labels
² Plot> Deformed shape
² Change deformation scale factor using Options> Common> Basic

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Nonlinear Analysis Using ABAQUS
‡ Geometric nonlinearity only (St. Vernant-Kirchhoff
material)
*STEP, NLGEOM=YES, INC=150
² Large deformation on, maximum No. of increments = 150
‡ Time control
*STATIC
0.1, 1.0, 0.0001, 1.5
² initial time increment, final time, min increment, max increment

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