Weekly Presentation

ABAQUS Tutorial
Bing Ye
February 23, 2006
 Outline

¾ ABAQUS Scope
¾ ABAQUS Problem-Solving Steps
¾ ABAQUS Drawing
¾ ABAQUS Meshing
¾ ABAQUS HOWTO
¾ Summary
 ABAQUS Scope
This world is non-linear.
9Perform meaningful linear and nonlinear
analysis.
9Typical cases:
o Large motion of an elastic-plastic pipe hitting a rigid wall;
o Inelastic buckling collapse of a thin-walled elbow
o Explosive loading of an elastic, viscoplastic thin ring
o Consolidation under a footing
o Buckling of a composite shell with a hole
o Deep drawing of a metal sheet
o ……
 ABAQUS Problem Solving Steps
Preprocessing
ABAQUS/CAE or other
generate

Input File:
job & inp
Submit Job
Simulation with
Standard or Explicit Module

Output Files
accessed by Python
Model Tree
Postprocessing
Visualization
ABAQUS Startup Image
 ABAQUS Drawing
1. Point Module name

2. Line Sketch
Select 2D
3. Area plane as Part
reference to
Operate
expand
and modify
Assembly
Forming 3D Volume

Individual part can be duplicated and then Forming your final

modify to form new part.
modeling object

Operate: Assembly
Note: Different parts in
1. Extrude assembly have NO
1. Individual part: Translate, rotate
interaction even they are
2. Revolve
2. Two part: Face to face, coaxial, physically contacted.
3. Sweep edge to edge, ….
 Workout Example

100 cube with a 50 radius 1/8 ball

How to draw this in AutoCAD or SolidWorks?

We draw with ABAQUS/CAE
Sketch Part I
Sketch Part I --- cont’d

Adjust
length
Sketch Part I --- cont’d
Sketch Part I --- cont’d

Need: Extrude from the Top

Select Plane for Part II
Sketch Part II
Sketch Part II --- cont’d
Part II for Extrude
Finished Part

Easy !!!
 Interaction --- Parts Relations
Interaction is to tell ABAQUS about how the parts and parts
interact and self-interact.
 Workout Example
In contact, many times it is hard to choose the contact plane from the
assembled part. Î Define the surfaces in the assembly by showing
one part at a time.

Part

Assembled with two parts

Want these two parts tied together by two planes in the middle.
Define Surface
Define Surface --- cont’d
Define Surface --- cont’d
Define Surface --- cont’d
Define Interactions
Define Interactions --- cont’d
Define Interactions --- cont’d
Select Master and Slave planes
Define Interactions --- cont’d
Define Interactions --- cont’d
 Define Interactions --- Summary

¾ Since ABAQUS only checks the nodes of the

slave planes, we selected the planes with large
deformation as slave planes.
¾ From material point of view, we usually choose
soft material (finer meshing) as slave planes
(regions).
¾ Same material does not matter.
 An Example
Same material different meshing

Displacement contour
von-Mises stress contour
Meshing --- Partition to Form Simple Part

How Simple is called Simple?

Color is Green. Color Orange --- Too Complex.
 Meshing Steps
Try to turn everything into green by cutting parts (virtually because
they are still connected and cutting is just for meshing).

Using
these
tools
Meshed Part
 Summary
¾ ABAQUS is user-friendly and easy.
¾ ABAQUS HOWTO: learn two examples in
Appendixes B and C of book “Getting
Started with ABAQUS”.
¾ Hope all of us start to rock-and-roll with
ABAQUS.