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    How to model the seabed

    Hi can you post your input file up melody
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    QUERY SOFT CONTACT ( SEABED AND PIPE)

    Hi I have a query about using a soft contact for the interaction betweem the seabed and the pipe. *SURFACE BEHAVIOR, PRESSURE-OVERCLOSURE=LINEAR <Stiff_Linear> Does this mean the pipe has a finite degree of penetration into the seabed surface and the stiffness of which increases linearly as...
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    PYTHON; 'invalid literal for float&lt;&gt;: &quot;X&quot; ERROR ???

    Hi Xerf thank you for your help I made the changes you suggested, which resolved the problem. I have another error message further down the script, ",line 39,in? ycoordjs=newList[j][0][1][1] TypeError:unscriptable object" how can I go about resolving this . . . melody
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    PYTHON; 'invalid literal for float&lt;&gt;: &quot;X&quot; ERROR ???

    Hi Xerf thank you for your help, I deleted the X,Y,Z line from the source file I have another problem further down the script . . . "line 31, in <module> tempList.append (i+1,textLines[i]) TypeError:append() takes exactly one argument (2 given)" any help would be appeciated melody
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    Using cohesive elements

    Hi WOW . . . I was modelling blast loading of a sandwich panel for my dissertation last year using cohesive elements.I had a skin,resin,core,resin,skin configuration. I created a 3-D part for the skin, resin and core.Cohesive elements were assigned to the resin section.I tied the skin to the...
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    PYTHON; 'invalid literal for float&lt;&gt;: &quot;X&quot; ERROR ???

    Hi there I am a newbie to python.I have attached a link to the script and the input file which it uses.When I run the script in abaqus command, I get the following error :File"nodes-els.py",line 9,in? textlines.append<map<string.atof,string.split<line,','>>> file "python/lib/string.py"line...

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