Abaqus/CAE(ver.6.

8)VibrationsTutorial
ProblemDescription

Thetwodimensionalbridgestructure,whichconsistsofsteelTsections,issimplysupportedatitslowercorners. Determinethefirst10eigenvaluesandnaturalfrequencies.

AnalysisSteps
1. StartAbaqusandchoosetocreateanewmodeldatabase 2. InthemodeltreedoubleclickonthePartsnode(orrightclickonpartsandselectCreate)

3. IntheCreatePartdialogbox(shownabove)namethepartand a. Select2DPlanar b. SelectDeformable c. SelectWire d. Setapproximatesize=20 e. ClickContinue 4. Createthegeometryshownbelow(notdiscussedhere)

5. DoubleclickontheMaterialsnodeinthemodeltree

a. Namethenewmaterialandgiveitadescription b. ClickontheMechanicaltabElasticityElastic c. DefineYoungsModulusandPoissonsRatio(useSIunits) i. WARNING:TherearenopredefinedsystemofunitswithinAbaqus,sotheuserisresponsible forensuringthatthecorrectvaluesarespecified

d. ClickontheGeneraltabDensity e. Density=7800 f. ClickOK

6. DoubleclickontheProfilesnodeinthemodeltree a. NametheprofileandselectTfortheshape i. NotethattheTshapeisoneofseveralpredefinedcrosssections b. ClickContinue c. Enterthevaluesfortheprofileshownbelow d. ClickOK

7. DoubleclickontheSectionsnodeinthemodeltree a. NamethesectionBeamPropertiesandselectBeamforboththecategoryandthetype b. ClickContinue c. LeavethesectionintegrationsettoDuringAnalysis d. Selecttheprofilecreatedabove(TSection) e. Selectthematerialcreatedabove(Steel) f. ClickOK

8. ExpandthePartsnodeinthemodeltree,expandthenodeofthepartjustcreated,anddoubleclickon SectionAssignments a. Selecttheentiregeometryintheviewport b. Selectthesectioncreatedabove(BeamProperties) c. ClickOK

9. ExpandtheAssemblynodeinthemodeltreeandthendoubleclickonInstances a. SelectDependentfortheinstancetype b. ClickOK

10. DoubleclickontheStepsnodeinthemodeltree a. Namethestep,settheproceduretoLinearperturbation,andselectFrequency b. ClickContinue c. Givethestepadescription d. SelecttheradiobuttonValueunderNumberofeigenvaluesrequestedandenter10 e. ClickOK

11. DoubleclickontheBCsnodeinthemodeltree a. NametheboundaryconditionedPinnedandselectDisplacement/Rotationforthetype b. ClickContinue c. SelectthelowerleftvertexofthegeometryandpressDoneinthepromptarea d. ChecktheU1andU2displacementsandsetthemto0 e. ClickOK

f.

Repeatforthelowerrightvertex,butmodelarollerrestraint(onlyU2fixed)instead

12. InthemodeltreedoubleclickonMeshfortheBridgepart,andinthetoolboxareaclickontheAssign ElementTypeicon a. SelectStandardforelementtype b. SelectLinearforgeometricorder c. SelectBeamforfamily d. Notethatthenameoftheelement(B21)anditsdescriptionaregivenbelowtheelementcontrols e. ClickOK

13. InthetoolboxareaclickontheSeedEdge:ByNumbericon(holddownicontobringuptheotheroptions)

a. SelecttheentiregeometryandclickDoneinthepromptarea b. Definethenumberofelementsalongtheedgesas5 14. InthetoolboxareaclickontheMeshParticon a. ClickYesinthepromptarea

15. InthemenubarselectViewPartDisplayOptions a. ChecktheRenderbeamprofilesoption b. ClickOK

16. ChangetheModuletoProperty a. ClickontheAssignBeamOrientationicon b. Selecttheentiregeometryfromtheviewport c. ClickDoneinthepromptarea d. Acceptthedefaultvalueoftheapproximaten1direction

17. Notethatthepreviewshowsthatthebeamcrosssectionsarenotallorientatedasdesired(seeProblem Description)

 18. InthetoolboxareaclickontheAssignBeam/TrussTangenticon a. Clickonthesectionsofthegeometrythatareoffby180degrees

19. InthemodeltreedoubleclickontheJobnode a. NamethejobBridge b. ClickContinue c. Givethejobadescription d. ClickOK

20. Inthemodeltreerightclickonthejobjustcreated(Bridge)andselectSubmit a. WhileAbaqusissolvingtheproblemrightclickonthejobsubmitted(Bridge),andselectMonitor

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b. IntheMonitorwindowcheckthattherearenoerrorsorwarnings i. Ifthereareerrors,investigatethecause(s)beforeresolving ii. Iftherearewarnings,determineifthewarningsarerelevant,somewarningscanbesafely ignored

21. Inthemodeltreerightclickonthesubmittedandsuccessfullycompletedjob(Bridge),andselectResults

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22. InthemenubarclickonViewportViewportAnnotationsOptions a. UnchecktheShowcompassoption b. ThelocationsofviewportitemscanbespecifiedonthecorrespondingtabintheViewportAnnotations Options c. ClickOK

23. Displaythedeformedcontouroverlaidwiththeundeformedgeometry a. Inthetoolboxareaclickonthefollowingicons i. PlotContoursonDeformedShape ii. AllowMultiplePlotStates iii. PlotUndeformedShape

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24. InthetoolboxareaclickontheCommonPlotOptionsicon a. NotethattheDeformationScaleFactorcanbesetontheBasictab b. OntheLabelstabchecktheshownodesymbolsicon c. ClickOK

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25. InthemenubarclickonResultsStep/Frame a. ChangethemodebydoubleclickingintheFrameportionofthewindow b. Observetheeigenvaluesandfrequencies c. ClickOK

26. InthetoolboxareaclickonAnimationOptions a. ChangetheModetoSwing b. ClickOK c. AnimatebyclickingonAnimate:ScaleFactoriconinthetoolboxarea d. Stoptheanimationbyclickingontheiconagain

27. ClickontheNextarrowonthecontextbartochangethemode

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28. ExpandtheBridge.odbnodeintheresulttree,expandtheHistoryOutputnode,andrightclickon Eigenfrequency: a. SelectSaveAs b. Name=Frequencies

c. RepeatforEigenvalue d. ObservetheXYDatanodesintheresulttree

29. InthemenubarclickonReportXY

a. b. c. d. e. f. g. h. Selectfrom=AllXYdata HighlightEigenvalues ClickontheSetuptab ClickSelectandspecifythedesirednameandlocationofthereport ClickApply ClickontheXYDatatab HighlightFrequencies ClickOK

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 30. Openthereport(.rptfile)withanytexteditor

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