How to see Crack pattern in .fil file
How to see Crack pattern in .fil file
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Currently I`m modeling a concrete structure behaviour using ABAQUS/Explicit with brittle cracking model and I don't know how to visualise the crack pattern. The output variable CRACK (crack orientations)can be written only in *.fil files. What to do with these files? How to show the crack patterns like in the ABAQUS Example Problems Manual, 1.1.5 Collapse of a concrete slab. I tried viewer,FEMAP and Hypermesh, but still cannot see the crack output. Please help. Thanks.





RE: How to see Crack pattern in .fil file
I wanted to know if it is possible to somehow extract and export the Global Stiffness Matrix 'K' and Right Hand side Vector 'F' (in [K]*{X}={F}) for a model that is setup in ABAQUS?
I need that information because I am looking to use my own fortran code to solve it.
I would greatly appreciate if someone with appropriate knowledge can provide some insight.
RE: How to see Crack pattern in .fil file
RE: How to see Crack pattern in .fil file
ABAQUS User's Manual -> 5.1 Accessing the results file
The crack orientations can be output in the .dat file also (according to the ABAQUS documentation), which is a text file.
I think it should be easier to
iterate over the text lines in the .dat file and identify and extract the information you need from there.