Hello,
I am trying to save the Von Mises Stress at each of the 8 integration points (for my hexahedral elements). Looking in the abaqus users manual tells me that *EL FILE has the SINV option for Von Mises stress.
My efforts at extracting the 8 values from the .fil using a fortran program...
In my vertebral model, I would like to apply different loading configurations to the top surface, which is complex and consisting of several rectangular patches.
My current approach is to use a centered reference point above the top surface, and attach it to various points along the top using...
I've imported an irregular shape (bone) using IGES, and finally managed to create a solvable model in CAE.
What I'd like to do now is to have the same object with a .5 mm shell around the border, with different material properties than the interior.
What's the best way to do this? (am a...