Pure Traction BC's in Abaqus Help!!
Pure Traction BC's in Abaqus Help!!
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I have a simple square geometry. The material is homogeneous isotropic and linearly elastic. I am trying to do uniaxial tension test (in 1-1 direction) using pure traction BC's.
I have specified general traction on left surface with vector -1,0,0.
and on the right surface the same magnitude with vector 1,0,0.
I am having rigid body motion. Can anyone help me fix that. Do I need to specify some displacements or do something else?
Thanks
I have specified general traction on left surface with vector -1,0,0.
and on the right surface the same magnitude with vector 1,0,0.
I am having rigid body motion. Can anyone help me fix that. Do I need to specify some displacements or do something else?
Thanks





RE: Pure Traction BC's in Abaqus Help!!
Alternatively you could just use a displacement boundary condition at one end instead of the traction. Make sure you only constrain the motion in the axial direction, otherwise your specimen won';t be free to contract laterally.
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