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A question about of indenter shape

A question about of indenter shape

A question about of indenter shape

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I am a newcomer to Abaqus and recently I am trying to set up a 3D model for nanoindention on nanoline structures. One question is about the model of indenter shape. The indenter shape is like a cone with a round tip. For the consideration of simplicity, I used "rigid body" in the model and only want to model a quarter of the indenter. I searched the manual and found I can define the shape with
"surface, type=revolution, name=indenter". But how could I only rotate the line profile for 90 degree in the revolution control to get only a quarter of the indenter? Thank you very much for any help. I really appreciate your help.

RE: A question about of indenter shape

I don't use Abaqus. Perhaps in the Help manual there is something called 'surface of revolution'? I found numerous mentions of 'surface of revolution' with ABAQUS references on the Internet. This doesn't help you figure out how to do it, but it does suggest 'surface of revolution' is one way ABAQUS uses to make a surface.
www.fe-net.org/downloads/FENet_Meetings/Copenhagen_Denmark_Feb_2002/FENET_Copenhagen_Feb2002_DLE_Konter.pdf

Ideally then you would create a curve which defines the shape of the cross section of the surface of the indenter, also create a vertical line you will use as the axis of rotation. Pick the indenter curve, then the vertical line axis.

RE: A question about of indenter shape

(OP)
Thank you very much for your information. I searched the manual again and I know something about your suggestion. Thanks again for your help.

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