Strain Hardening effect in FEA
Strain Hardening effect in FEA
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HI
i want to do structural simulation where i want to include strain hardening effect when apply cyclic loading. how can i do that?
any guide or tutorial .. or some steps ..
i want to do structural simulation where i want to include strain hardening effect when apply cyclic loading. how can i do that?
any guide or tutorial .. or some steps ..





RE: Strain Hardening effect in FEA
You should consider:
- A non-linear analysis.
- A material which allows to define isotropic and kinematic hardening properties.
- The cyclic loading is normally defined in a standard loading card, you just need to know how to reapeat a cycle.
You can't have lots of cycles (fatigue) on a complete model. One (cyles or model) has to be small.But there are ways to couple "small cycle - big model" analysis with "big cycle - small model" analysis. Be aware that it's kind of technical if this is what you want
You should precise what sort of analysis you plan, and which software you have.
RE: Strain Hardening effect in FEA
RE: Strain Hardening effect in FEA
One tip: To do a Transient Nonlinear FEA to further do a Fatigue Analysis (using the e-N method) is extremelly time consuming :-/