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I am looking for this paper and I am putting this request since I cannot purchase this from the Journal website. They have papers available only from 1960s.

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Venkat

Aleck, B. J., "Thermal Stresses in a Rectangular Plate Clamped Along an Edge," ASME JOURNAL OF APPLIED MECHANICS, Solid-State Electronics, Vol. 16, June 1949, pp. 118-122.

How to calculate the fretting wear for flat surfaces.

Dear all

I would like to model two non-linear material as shown in the pictures in ABAQUS. But I can model it with its non-linearities. The model has been created with beam element. I used the classical elastic-plastic model using calibrations but because of elastic non-linearities the calculated plastic strain comes negative. please help me howI can model it

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1.  How to find G (energy release rate) using wnuk's equation? by considering the fracture process zone explaining the assumptions and concept involved??
2. can anyone explain about : Eshelby's basic assumption for finding the change of displacement after the crack tip has moved a distance x?
3. How is the general form(equation) for singular parts of the stresses in the plane of the crack  derived (explain the breif fundamentals) ?
   
   
   
   all these question are in reference to the book Micromechanics of defects in solids by toshio mura 

I am doing one project regarding simulation of modeling residual stress relaxation for AA2024-T351. I am having trouble in introducing cyclic loading for the material. what are the steps needed to do this simulation? i have attached the workpiece dimensions. 

Hello all,

What is the step and load arrangement you impose on an ABAQUS model to simulate a uniaxial compressive stress test similar to that regularly performed on a concrete cube? Is it done on ABAQUS Explicit or Standard?

I believe the load rate is 6000 N/s untill complete failure of the specimen.

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Hussam Nasreddin 

Hi,

What is the difference between the nodal force (NFORC) and Reaction force in abaqus. I applied some displacement in my model, when checking the Reaction and Nodal force at the same node, Nodal force is just half the reaction force. Then I did some experiment and applied some load on a node, after solution when i check the nodal force on the same node, it is half of the applied load. Why is it not  same as the load I applied? I am confused. Please help me.

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Anshul

Hi

I am working on Progressive failure of Composite Laminates. I am using Hashin failure criteria for this analysis and I gave all necessary required properties. I am using (45/-45/0/90) 2s composite conventional sell element (s4r5).

i m trying to model burnishing in ansys lsdyna.. i hav some prolem with contact.. even after defining  contact it s not recognised by parts. i tried many options .. but the same result.. wat to do..??