Abaus mesh elements
Abaus mesh elements
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Hi everybody. I'm doing a shear test of a pin. Today I stumbled upon an something interesting. With C3D20 elements, I get a stress of 710 MPa and with C3D8 elements I get 370 MPa. Even if I use finer C3D8 elements it will not get as high as 710 MPa. Anyone know a reason for this?
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Thanks in advance :)
Pictures:
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Thanks in advance :)





RE: Abaus mesh elements
See Getting Started 4.1 Element formulation and integration
Try C3D8I elements.
RE: Abaus mesh elements
RE: Abaus mesh elements