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9) Shell Tutorial
ProblemDescription
The aluminum arch shown below is completely clamped along the flat faces. The arch supports a downward pressure of 600 MPa.
In this example, we also practice how to mesh a portion of a geometry and how to avoid modeling unnecessary segments!
AnalysisSteps
1. StartAbaqusandchoosetocreateanewmodeldatabase 2. InthemodeltreedoubleclickonthePartsnode(orrightclickonpartsandselectCreate)
a. ClickDone
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6. DoubleclickontheSectionsnodeinthemodeltree a. NamethesectionShellPropertiesandselectShellforthecategoryandHomogeneousforthe type b. ClickContinue c. Selectthematerialcreatedabove(Steel)andsetthethicknessto0.1 d. Adjustthethicknessintegrationpointsifnecessary i. ForSimpsonintegrationthenumberofpointsmustbeoddandbetween3and15 ii. ForGaussintegrationthenumberofpointsmustbebetween2and15 e. ClickOK
g. SelectDone
b. SelecttheedgeshownbelowandclickDone
c. SelectENCASTREfortheboundaryconditionandclickOK
b. SelecttheedgeshownbelowandclickDone
c. SelectZSYMMfortheboundarycondition
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a. NametheloadPressureandselectPressureasthetype
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21. InthetoolboxareaclickontheSeedEdge:ByNumbericon
a. Selecttheportionofthegeometryassociatedwiththeboundaryconditionsandload b. SelectDone
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25. Inthemodeltreerightclickonthesubmittedandsuccessfullycompletedjob(Bracket),andselectResults
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b. ThelocationsofviewportitemscanbespecifiedonthecorrespondingtabintheViewport AnnotationsOptions
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29. Todeterminethestressvalues,fromthemenubarclickTools Query a. ChecktheboxeslabeledNodesandS,Mises b. Intheviewportmouseovertheelementofinterest c. NotethatAbaqusreportsstressvaluesfromtheintegrationpoints,whichmaydifferslightlyfromthe valuesdeterminedbyprojectingvaluesfromsurroundingintegrationpointstothenodes i. Theminimumandmaximumstressvaluescontainedinthelegendarefromthestresses projectedtothenodes d. ClickonanelementtostoreitintheSelectedProbeValuesportionofthedialoguebox
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