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    Multiple Processors

    I'm running a job and tried to utilize multiple processors. The job I ran was a smaller one compared to others I have but the number of processors use, from 1-4, didn't seem to change the total time it took to run through 20 increments. They both took around 28 minutes. I have a larger...
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    Static, Riks question and rebar question

    I am running a model of a slab, fixed on one end and i displace it on the other end vertically. In the analysis, when the deflection is about 2 inches out of 20 inches I input, the model starts to rebound and rebounds until the deflection is 1.5 inches in the other direction. Does anyone know...
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    creating an x-y plot

    I want to create a plot in Abaqus/CAE and I want to plot Force vs Displacement of the model I just ran. Whenever I try to set up a plot it plots both variables as the Y-variable and the x-variable as arc length. How do I change it?
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    Concrete Failure

    I'm using the concrete damage plasticity model and when my beam should begin cracking (stress equals modulus of rupture) then the model stops running. Any clues on how to get it to keep running through that point, I added rebar and it as the same problem.
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    Job Errors

    I'm running a model of a concrete beam in contact with a cap beam and road deck. When displacing one end of the beam (the other 2 pieces not included in the analysis) the model runs and I get an error "Time increment required is less than the minimum specified" When I run the model with all...
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    Concrete Tension Inputs

    I'm using Concrete Damage Plasticity model and am trying to figure out how to define the tension effects properly. Right now, the stress goes to my defined ultimate tensile stress (400 psi) and then all strains after that will keep the stress at 400. What am I missing to have the stress go...
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    Contact Interaction

    I get too many attempts to on this increment error. I noticed if I don't include a plastic response, then I'm fine, but if I include a plastic response (concrete damage plasticity) then it'll give me that error as soon as the model tries to displace.
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    Contact Interaction

    Thanks for the file, it helped out some. I can get my model to separate if my young's modulus is less than 1,000,000 psi, but I'm using concrete and mine is around 3,600,000. I changed my interaction properties to be the same as that file but it won't run with my young's modulus value. Any...
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    Contact Interaction

    I'm trying to model two blocks sitting on top of each other (learning before I use it on the real model) and want to establish an interaction so when one block displaces into the other, it makes contact it makes the second displace and form stresses. But when I try to move the first block away...

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