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Vectorial rapresentaton of State Variable in ABAQUS

Submitted by mattia.bacca on
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Hello,

 

I qould like to represent a State Variable of my Abaqus UMAT with a vector field. Is it possible to do that? How do I proceed?

Thank you in advance!

Regars,

Mattia, UCSB

COHESIVE ZONE MODELLING - EXISTENCE AND CONVERGENCE OF SOLUTIONS

Submitted by nizanth on

Hi all , 

    Cohesive zone model is being widely used for capturing delaminations and crack propagation.  I needed a proof which prove that an unique solution exist for the problems which incorporate CZM. Also how can I prove that when the material is  in the softening part of a traction separation law, the  ellipticity of the problem is not spoiled and the convergence is guaranteed. If any text books/journals talk abt this? 

Thanks in advance

Nizanth

ANSYS Bilayered diaphragms .A parylene layer (viscoelastic material) to protect the diaphragm of a sensor

Submitted by Rogelio Hernandez on
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Dear Colleagues,
I am working in the design of one packaging for pressure sensor (piezoresistive), this packaging should be really cheap, I want to use a layer of parylene to cover the surface of the Silicon Pressure sensor, which include the diaphragm with the piezoresistive materials, I am using ANSYS to select the optimal thickness of the layer of parylene.

Composite orthogonal cutting - contact problem

Submitted by Alessandro Abena on

Hello to everybody,

I am trying to simulate the orthogonal cutting of carbon fiber reinforced polymer composite using Abaqus v6.13 software. In my 2D model, Fiber and Matrix are represented as different phases. Damage models for fiber and matrix are implemented.

I have tried to use two different approaches:

how to determine stiffness matrix of transversely isotropic material

Submitted by yzhou on

Dear all, I am an applied mathematician and I  have been stucked by the this general question for a while, i.e.,  to determine the stiffness matrix of transversely isotropic material from known strain and stress tensors.  The definition of transversely isotropic tells us that the stiffness matrix can be defined by 5 constants, see attached figure. C44 is easy to determine, so we can focus on the remaining 4 constants. I attempted to establish 4 linear equations for these 4 constants with the known strain and stress components.

how to determine stiffness matrix of transversely isotropic material

Submitted by yzhou on

Dear all, I am an applied mathematician and I  have been stucked by the this general question for a while, i.e.,  to determine the stiffness matrix of transversely isotropic material from known strain and stress tensors.  The definition of transversely isotropic tells us that the stiffness matrix can be defined by 5 constants, see attached figure. C44 is easy to determine, so we can focus on the remaining 4 constants. I attempted to establish 4 linear equations for these 4 constants with the known strain and stress components.