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Department of Applied Mechanics

Indian Institute of Technology Madras
 Over view

 Steps in FE analysis
 Various FEA software
 Intro to Abaqus
 Simple fracture problem

Ashwath
Department of Applied Mechanics
Indian Institute of Technology Madras
 General Steps in FE Analysis
1. Pre-Processing
1. Creation of Geometry
2. Assigning Material property
3. Selection of Element Type
4. Discretisation of model

2. Analysis
1. Applying Boundary Conditions
2. Applying Load (Pressure/moment)
3. Submission for Solving.

3. Post-Processing

1. Selecting the type of Field Variable interested

2. Visualization of selected Variable.
3. Generation of Graphs/Plots

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Department of Applied Mechanics
Indian Institute of Technology Madras
Various FEA Softwares for Structural Analysis
1. Ansys
• Ansys Workbench
• Ansys - LS Dyna

2. Abaqus
• CAE
• Standard

• Explicit

3. MSc Products
• Patran
• Nastran
• Dytran

4. LS-Dyna
5. Hyper mesh, Ideas, Unigraphics, Pro-Mechanica, Adina, Cosmos,

Ashwath
Department of Applied Mechanics
Indian Institute of Technology Madras
 Overview of Main Window

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Department of Applied Mechanics
Indian Institute of Technology Madras
 Overview of Modules

• Modules
– Part
Model data
– Property
– Assembly
– Step
– Interaction
– Load
History data
– Mesh
– Job
– Visualization
– Sketch

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Department of Applied Mechanics
Indian Institute of Technology Madras
 Components of Tool Bar

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Department of Applied Mechanics
Indian Institute of Technology Madras
 Components of View Port
View port title

Legend

View orientation triad Status block Title block

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Department of Applied Mechanics
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 Tutorial Problem Description
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Module : Part Sketching Part

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Tool>partition>face>sketch>apply>define partition> done

Geometry Modeling part is done

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Department of Applied Mechanics
Indian Institute of Technology Madras
Module : Property Create Material properties

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Indian Institute of Technology Madras
Create Material Cont...

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Indian Institute of Technology Madras
Assign the material property to geometry

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Indian Institute of Technology Madras
Module : Assembly

• Assembly – In abaqus for crack problems

use independent mesh

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Department of Applied Mechanics
Indian Institute of Technology Madras
Module : Step Create Step

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Department of Applied Mechanics
Indian Institute of Technology Madras
Module : Interaction

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Indian Institute of Technology Madras
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Indian Institute of Technology Madras
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Indian Institute of Technology Madras
 section 20.1.10

Starting point
End point

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Indian Institute of Technology Madras
Crack is defined...!

End point

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Department of Applied Mechanics
Indian Institute of Technology Madras
Go back to Module : Step for defining history output

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Indian Institute of Technology Madras
Module : Load Define load

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Boundary Conditions

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Module : Mesh

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Indian Institute of Technology Madras
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Module : Job

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Department of Applied Mechanics
Indian Institute of Technology Madras
 Mises Stress contour

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Department of Applied Mechanics
Indian Institute of Technology Madras
Energy Release Rate

• Note the GC value

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Department of Applied Mechanics
Indian Institute of Technology Madras
Ashwath
Department of Applied Mechanics
Indian Institute of Technology Madras
Reference
ABAQUS ONLINE HELP
PART IV:ABAQUS HELP
Section 20.1”Modeling fracture mechanics”
Section 7.10.2“Contour integral evaluation”
Few ANSYS, ABAQUS - e-books & manuals
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Department of Applied Mechanics
Indian Institute of Technology Madras
Ashwath
Department of Applied Mechanics
Indian Institute of Technology Madras