ABAQUS FEA of aluminium profile bending: Which mesh type would be most ideal for this?
ABAQUS FEA of aluminium profile bending: Which mesh type would be most ideal for this?
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Hello,
I have just started using ABAQUS for the purpose of simulating the bending process of an aluminium profile. See attached image for typical profile section.
The bend radius is not severe, but defects(bulging etc. ) do occur in practical experiments. As I am used to a program called DEFORM from my studies(although 6-7 years ago I used it last time) ABAQUS is not my strength at present(working on it though). I was therefore wondering if anyone here could recommend a type of mesh for the die/tools and the profile itself? I Have stumbled upon C3D8I elements as suitable, but I am not quite sure.
hoping for some help here guys. It would be much appreciated.

-Andreas-
I have just started using ABAQUS for the purpose of simulating the bending process of an aluminium profile. See attached image for typical profile section.
The bend radius is not severe, but defects(bulging etc. ) do occur in practical experiments. As I am used to a program called DEFORM from my studies(although 6-7 years ago I used it last time) ABAQUS is not my strength at present(working on it though). I was therefore wondering if anyone here could recommend a type of mesh for the die/tools and the profile itself? I Have stumbled upon C3D8I elements as suitable, but I am not quite sure.
hoping for some help here guys. It would be much appreciated.

-Andreas-





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RE: ABAQUS FEA of aluminium profile bending: Which mesh type would be most ideal for this?
Thank you for advice.
-Andreas-
RE: ABAQUS FEA of aluminium profile bending: Which mesh type would be most ideal for this?
delivering pretty good meshes (a few links are provided below):
http://members.ozemail.com.au/~comecau/quad_build....
http://members.ozemail.com.au/~comecau/quad_gen.ht...
http://members.ozemail.com.au/~comecau/aniso_quad....