Abaqus/Explicit: Advanced Topics

Day 1

• Lecture 1 Overview of Abaqus/Explicit

• Workshop 1 Conditional Stability of Abaqus/Explicit
• Lecture 2 Elements
• Lecture 3 Contact Modeling
• Workshop 2 Impact of a Dodge Caravan Bumper Against a Rigid
Barrier
• Lecture 4 Quasi-Static Analyses

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Day 2

• Lecture 5 Adaptive Meshing and Distortion Control

• Workshop 3 Quasi-static Analysis of a Rubber Bushing
• Lecture 6 Constraints and Connections
• Lecture 7 Impact and Postbuckling Analyses
• Workshop 4 Crushing of a Tube
• Lecture 8 Material Damage and Failure

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Day 3

• Lecture 9 Managing Large Models: Part 1

• Lecture 10 Managing Large Models: Part 2
• Lecture 11 Output Filtering
• Lecture 12 Importing and Transferring Results
• Workshop 5 Bird Strike Simulation

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Additional Material

• Appendix 1 Explicit Dynamics Algorithm

• Appendix 2 Features of General Contact and Contact Pairs
• Appendix 3 Advanced Adaptive Meshing
• Appendix 4 VUMAT
• Appendix 5 Abaqus/Standard to Abaqus/Explicit
Co-simulation
• Workshop 6 Beam Impact Co-simulation

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 Overview of Abaqus/Explicit
Lecture 1

L1.2

Overview of Abaqus/Explicit

• What is Explicit Dynamics?

• Abaqus/Explicit vs. Abaqus/Standard
• Some Challenging Problems
• Defining an Abaqus/Explicit Procedure
• Stable Time Increment
• Bulk Viscosity Damping
• Energy Balance
• Monitoring Diagnostic Messages
• Output

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 Elements
Lecture 2

L2.2

Overview

• Introduction
• Element Types Overview
• Hourglassing and Locking
• Second-order Accuracy

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 Contact Modeling
Lecture 3

L3.2

Overview

• Contact in Abaqus/Explicit
• Defining General Contact
• General Contact Output
• Limitations of General Contact

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 Quasi-Static Analyses
Lecture 4

L4.2

Overview

• Introduction
• Quasi-Static Simulations Using Explicit Dynamics
• Loading Rates
• Energy Balance in Quasi-Static Analyses
• Mass Scaling
• Viscous Pressure
• Summary

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Adaptive Meshing and Distortion Control
Lecture 5

L5.2

Overview

• Lagrangian and Eulerian Descriptions

• Arbitrary Lagrangian-Eulerian (ALE) Method
• Lagrangian Adaptive Mesh Domains
• Element Distortion Control

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 Constraints and Connections
Lecture 6

L6.2

Overview

• Introduction
• Surface-Based Coupling Constraints
• Connector Elements
• Surface-Based Ties
• Mesh-Independent Fasteners
• Cohesive Connections
• Virtual Crack Closure Technique
• Tips

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 Impact and Postbuckling Analyses
Lecture 7

L7.2

Overview

• Impact Analysis
• Geometric Imperfections for Postbuckling Analyses

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 Material Damage and Failure
Lecture 8

L8.2

Overview

• Progressive Damage and Failure

• Damage Initiation
• Damage Evolution
• Element Removal
• Failure in Fasteners

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 Managing Large Models: Part 1
Lecture 9

L9.2

Overview

• Introduction
• Simplifying the Model
• Parallel Execution
• Techniques for Reducing CPU Time
• Tips

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 Managing Large Models: Part 2
Lecture 10

L10.2

Overview

• Submodeling
• Restart
• Parts and Assemblies

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 Output Filtering
Lecture 11

L11.2

Overview

• Introduction
• What is aliasing?
• Preventing aliasing
• Abaqus/Viewer postprocessing filters
• Filter options
• Filter distortions
• References

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 Importing and Transferring Results
Lecture 12

L12.2

Overview

• Introduction
• Import from Abaqus/Explicit to Abaqus/Standard
• Import from Abaqus/Standard to Abaqus/Explicit
• Additional Import Modeling Issues
• Limitations
• Import from Abaqus/Explicit to Abaqus/Explicit
• Demonstration

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 Explicit Dynamics Algorithm
Appendix 1

A1.2

Overview

• Explicit Dynamics Algorithm

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 Features of General Contact
and Contact Pairs
Appendix 2

A2.2

Overview

• Features of General Contact

• Contact Pairs

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 Advanced Adaptive Meshing
Appendix 3

LA3.2

Overview

• Eulerian Adaptive Mesh Domains for Steady-State Analyses

• Adaptive Meshing Output and Diagnostics
• Additional Features of Adaptive Meshing

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 Writing a VUMAT
Appendix 4

A4.2

Overview

• Introduction
• Motivation
• Steps Required in Writing a VUMAT
• VUMAT Interface
• Example: VUMAT for Kinematic Hardening Plasticity

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 Abaqus/Standard to Abaqus/Explicit
Co-simulation
Appendix 5

A5.2

Overview

• Introduction
• Examples
• Co-simulation modeling
• Postprocessing
• Substructuring
• Technology notes

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