Three-Point Bending Test
Three-Point Bending Test
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Hi everybody,
I am using Abaqus Standard and I have to simulate a 3-Point Bending Test. I have to generate a fine mesh which is to heavy for the working station I am working with.
So my idea is only to simulate the half of the model with only one roller(rigid body) on the left hand side and the half of the die(rigid body) on the right hand side. But whats about the BCs on the right hand side? How do I load the condition of the roller on the right hand side which does not exist anymore. Is there any mirror function for the boundary conditions available in Abaqus.Or maybe I shoud work with any constraint?
I am using Abaqus Standard and I have to simulate a 3-Point Bending Test. I have to generate a fine mesh which is to heavy for the working station I am working with.
So my idea is only to simulate the half of the model with only one roller(rigid body) on the left hand side and the half of the die(rigid body) on the right hand side. But whats about the BCs on the right hand side? How do I load the condition of the roller on the right hand side which does not exist anymore. Is there any mirror function for the boundary conditions available in Abaqus.Or maybe I shoud work with any constraint?





RE: Three-Point Bending Test
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first of all thank you for your answer. I think beam elements are not really appropriate for my model because I have to model a Sandwich structure like you see in the picture. I do not really understand as well how to measure stresses and strains over the thickness in the beam model because I only have Elements in one plane??( but I am really new in Abaqus:))
Can you tell me anything about how to find this mirror function. I already tried to find something in the manuals and on Google but without any results.I cannot imagine how I can tell the half of the model that there is a imaginare second roller in a distance of 200mm to the end of the model(the half model)
I have to use a very fine mesh because the layers a really thin. My model has more than a million elements so I want to split it and only simulate the half of it. The objective is to simulate a polyurethane foam with a homogeneous core and surface layers. Another idea is to put shell elements for the surface layers on the solid part.
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Brian
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