How to describe the load shown in the attached image?
How to describe the load shown in the attached image?
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Dear Abaqus experts,
I'm a novice user of Abaqus CAE.
I want to load a piece with the kind of load shown in the attachment, but I don't know how to do it. Any suggestions?
Thank U!
I'm a novice user of Abaqus CAE.
I want to load a piece with the kind of load shown in the attachment, but I don't know how to do it. Any suggestions?
Thank U!





RE: How to describe the load shown in the attached image?
Or work out an equivalent pressure load and use the hydrostatic function?
RE: How to describe the load shown in the attached image?
2. Create an analytical field (Tools-Analytical Field-Create...)
3. Type in an expression describing your distribution. In this case it is quite trivial ==> X*100/a where a is the length of your block. (Note that "x" is not the same as "X") Make sure you have a local csys (appropriately located at the "origin of your load) that you can reference for the expression.
4. Create a pressure load, choose the analytical field that you just created as the "distribution" (there is a pull down combo box)
Have a look at the attached image.
As you get more familiar with python expressions, you can get quite creative with these...
RE: How to describe the load shown in the attached image?
I'm using Abaqus version 6.5, and I can't find the option "analytical field": just "temperature field", "velocity field" and "initial state field" are available.
Should I use a subroutine? How? I have never done it.
Please help!
RE: How to describe the load shown in the attached image?
RE: How to describe the load shown in the attached image?
You cna also define a User Defined pressure in the same options of the pressure load using a subroutine. A subroutine is fairly easy to do if you have a fortran comiler available. There are examples in the manual that you can follow. For this case you'd use DLOAD and set the variable F=a.COORD(?)+b, whatver a an b would be for you geometry and for whatever direction the COORD was in. The rest of the subroutine, declaration of variables etc., just copy and paste from an example. When you run the job just set job=.... user=fred where fred is the fortran source code for the subroutine.
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