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Abaqus .odb file format

Submitted by mweka007 on
Dear All,
 
I'm working on molecular mechanics and FEM, I got abaqus x.odb file and I want to extract eigenvector for every single mode which will help me in next step to compute protein B-factor (Boltzman factor).
 
I order to do that, I need to know the .odb file format which will be helpfull for me to write a code to extract the mode.
 
Thank you in adavance for your response.
 

Extract Eigenvector for each mode (3Nx3N)

Submitted by mweka007 on
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Any idea how to extract eigenvector for each mode in .odb file?
I have the Eigenvalue, Freq and generalized mass.
The problem is I need to extract the eigenvector (3Nx3N) which mean that the first 6 should be zero of all mode which will be use to calculate the Boltzman factor (B-Factor) for my protein.

Regards,

Christian

User subroutine for Calculix explicit

Submitted by prammod on
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Hello,

I want to use Calculix explicit for large deformation problem. I want to use a user subroutine similar to vuhard (in ABAQUS) to model the material behaviour. Calculix documentation metions uhardening, but there is nothing similiar to vuhard.

Is there a way to do this?

Export Mass Matrices in Abaqus

Submitted by augustus on

Hello,

 

I have to export stiffness and mass matrices from Abaqus (dynamical simulation)

and I have been using the commands *Matrix Generate and *Matrix Output

 

I need to export the matrices for different  instants of time  (time intervals) and I have noticed that the entries

of the MASS matrices are not equal at different  time points.

 

Tricky!!! How to read CPRESS(contact pressure) in a subroutine

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I want to set the contact pressure as a input in the routine but I don't know if there is a subroutine allows reading the contact pressure.

Thanks a lot for answering the question!!!

Fast Python ODB Access in Abaqus

Submitted by Korgen on

Hi Guys, 

I have a number of SDV values that I integrate over the volume of a specimen for each time increment. The simulations I'm running can have a few hundred time increments and the arrays for each SDV value has about 0.5 million elements. I utilize numPy for all calculations, which is fast, but most of the script time is taken up reading values from odb to numpy arrays. Slice array transfers aren't supported for odb access, so I am currious if anyone has found an efficient method of reading large amounts of data from odb to arrays?

How to mesh , a solid/ shell hemisphere , hexdominant either by sweep or mapped meshing in ANSYS APDL ?

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Can anyone guide me how to mesh solid and shell 3d hemisphere with hex dominant approach in ansys mechanical APDL?

I found no such verification manual for 3d hemispherical meshing in ansys. What method should be applied and what element should be chosen appropriately to mesh this structure?

I have attached screen shot for your understanding of my problem.

Your response will be highly appreciated.

MSC.Marc Subroutine

Submitted by ap2008 on
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Greetings,

I wrote the following subroutine to extract nodal stress values. It perfectly writes down the nodal stresses in MSC.Marc installed for Linux; however, when I try to implement this subroutine in MSC.Marc installed for Windows using intel(R) Visual Fortran compiler, error "forrt1: severe <157>: Program Exception - access violation" occurs.

The subroutine is:

      subroutine impd(lnode,dd,td,xord,stnod,f,v,a)