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Home > Forums > Engineering Computer Programs > General Engineering Programs > ABAQUS: ABAQUS FEA Solver Forum

crack propagation_fracture length time criterion

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onsing (Materials)

8 Apr 12 7:54

hi,
i'm trying to test crack propagation with a 2D model.I use a fracture length time criterion. The displacement is applied through one step( AMPLITUDE=TABULAR)..
there are two error messages that i don't undrestand:

*surface behavior, pressure-overclosure=hard may be used if *initial condition,type=contact is specified

*surface behavior,augmented lagrange keyword cannot be used if *initial condition,type=contact is specified

can anyone help me please?
Regards

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