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Abaqus Standard /General contact with penetration

Submitted by chen1164 on
Dear Colleague, 
 
I am running Abaqus Examle Problems Manual 1.1.18 - The self contact on rubber gasket.  
 
I tried to convert the self contact and surface contact definition to a general contact definition. However, the rigid surface just penatrate the model like this shown below.
 
Left image is the result for the inp from manual. The right one is the result for compuation with general contact.
 
Does somebody here want to discuss or maybe explain this for me ?
 
Thank you in advance. 
 

Shape Functions of a Constant Strain Tetrahedron

Submitted by mohammedlamine on

Hello,

I have developped a New Method to Compute Numerically the Shape Functions of a Constant Strain Tetrahedron from the Geometrical Information of its Vertices using the Planes' Equations Defining the Barycentric Coordinates versus the Cartesian Coordinates. The Algorithm for Solving the Linear Systems of Equations has been Implemented Efficiently with the Partial Pivoting Gauss LU Method for any arbitrary Shaped and Non-Degenerated Element.

References: FEOFS2013, CanCNSM2013 and FDM2013.

 

Best Regards.

 

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Postdoctoral Position Opening at University of Western Ontario, Canada

Submitted by Zhi Yan on

Position is available (starting from January 2014) for a postdoctoral fellow to carry out an industry sponsored project on carbon fiber composite modeling. The contract is initiated for one year, with possible extension if work progresses satisfactorily. The research will focus on (1) micromechanics modeling of elastic and viscoplastic behavior of injection molded carbon fiber composites; (2) homogenization techniques and constitutive model development for vibration, strength and impact simulations of carbon fiber composites.

[ Position Filled ] Post-doc position in Computational Mechanics: Crash Modeling and Simulation

Submitted by HowieFang on

Post-doc position in computational mechanics at the Department of Mechanical Engineering & Engineering Science, The University of North Carolina at Charlotte.

One-year contract starting on January 1, 2014 and possible extension to August 2015 depending on performance.