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    Using Measured Damping as Input to Mechanical Abaqus Model

    Whoops, I have to make an edit. I am using the Direct Damping option in the Modal Dynamics step.
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    Using Measured Damping as Input to Mechanical Abaqus Model

    Good morning everyone. I was hoping I could get some help using damping in Abaqus. A little background is appropriate first I assume. I have a fairly basic model. It's a cantilever beam enclosed in a box frame. The entire system is excited at the base using a shaker, which causes the beam...
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    Piezoelectric Modeling of Cantilever Energy Harvester

    Hello everyone. New to the forum here trying to get some help. I'm working as a graduate assistant at Penn State researching energy harvesting utilizing single crystal piezoelectric materials. I need some help modeling the piezoelectric effects in ABAQUS. I have a fully-working and validated...

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