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ABAQUS XFEM crack propagation; Crack Growth; XFEM

Plotting Crack Propagation using XFEM

Submitted by IanLau on

Hi,

I am trying to understand Abaqus Benchmark example 1.19.2 - Crack proagation in a plate with a hole simulated using XFEM.

 

I ran the python script provided "crackprop_hole_lefm_xfem_cpe4.py" from the site: http://dsk.ippt.pan.pl/docs/abaqus/v6.13/books/bmk/default.htm?startat=…

I want to try and output figure 1.19.2 - 4.