Finite Element Analysis (FEA)

Tutorial
Project: Impact Loading using the
Johnson-Cook Plasticity-Damage
Model

Problem
Analyze the impact loading of an object on
aluminum plates using FEA tool ABAQUS
Plate Dimensions:
t= 26.3 mm
w=304 mm
L= 304 mm

Projectile Dimensions:
d= 12.9 mm
lp= 88.9 mm

lp
L=304 mm

Determine:
Plot

d
t= 26.3 mm

Preprocessing

Creating The Geometry

Open ABAQUS/CAE and create a new parts:
Aluminum Plate
Projectile

Creating The Geometry

Aluminum Plate

Creating The Geometry

Projectile

Material Properties
Aluminum Plate and Projectile
Model Part

Young
Modulus
(MPa)

Poisson
Ratio

Density
(Tonne/mm^3)

Aluminum Plate

69000

0.35

2.7E-009

Projectile

202000

0.3

8.6E-009

Material Properties
Aluminum Plate and Projectile Plastic Data
m

Johnson-Cook
Plasticity

A
[Mpa]

B
[Mpa]

Aluminum Plate

262

162.1

0.2783

1.34

Projectile

1430

2545

0.7

1.03

0.014

15.0

[1/s]

Material Properties
Aluminum Plate Johnson-Cook Dynamic
Failure Model
Material

d1

d2

d3

d4

d5

Melting
Temperature
(C)

Transition
Temperature
(C)

Reference
Strain Rate
1/s

Aluminum
Plate

-0.77

1.45

0.47

1.6

651.85

20.05

ABAQUS Material Definition

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ABAQUS Material Definition

Add Damage Evolution

Set the displacement at

failure to 0.9

Creating an Assembly
Double click on instances

Set the projectile 100 mm

from the origin (center of
the plate )

Interactions properties
Double click in interaction properties, select
contact. Select Mechanical, Normal Behavior

Interaction properties continued

Select the default set
and click OK

Interactions
Double click on Interactions, General Contact,
All with self and add the created IntProp-1 in
individual property assignment

Creating Mesh (partitioning)

Aluminum Plate
Create a Partition of the plate
Seed edges and select the partition lines

Creating Mesh (Continued)

Repeat the procedure in the opposite directions

for the rest of the internal lines

Creating Mesh

Creating Mesh Projectile

Create a Partition of the projectile
Select an the approximate global size

Creating Mesh
From Mesh
Element Type Select Element
Deletion for the Plate and the projectile

Creating a Step
Double click Steps under Model tree and
Create step window will pop up
This time you will modify the time period

Field Output Request

Select SDEG scalar Stiffness degradation and
Status as output variables

Boundary Conditions

Results with v3 =-700000 and

displacement at failure 0.9
Time t0

Time t2

Time t1

Time t3

Results
Time t4

Time t6

Time t5

Time t7

Results
Time t8

Time t9

Time t10

Time t11

Results

Rebound of the projectile

Change the value of predefined velocity field
Delete the damage evolution in Materials
Aluminum Plate

Boundary Conditions

Delete the Damage Evolution

Results
Time t0

Time t2

Conduct simulations
Change the values of displacements at failure
from 0.1 to 0.9 and keep damage evolution.
Comment on the results for Von Mises stress,
the morphology of the plate and the hole, the
trajectory of the projectile and the velocity
Improve the model using your favorite
meshing technique to refine the center of the
plate or reduce the geometry to the half or a
quarter.

Notes
By modifying the velocity from 100, 000 mm/s
to 1,000 000 mm/s consider the time that you
need to input on step-time period.