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  1. louisa

    Abaqus System Error Code 5

    Dear All, Hope you are all having a wonderful summer! I am running the python code in CAE. My simulation involves a lot of iterations, and in every iteration, I change the material properties and run a job. But after every 10 iterations, I will get the error message saying that simulation...
  2. louisa

    How to constrain the surface to be traction free?

    Hi Everyone, I want to specify certain stress components to be zero at some surfaces. So I tried Loads -> Surface traction -> Magnitude=0 in the Edit Load dialog box. I got the error message "Load must be created with a non-zero magnitudes unless utilizing a user subroutine". Is there any...
  3. louisa

    Zero, small, or negative element area?

    Hello Everyone, I received the following error message while running the simulation. "Error in job try: The area of 505 elements is zero, small, or negative. Check coordinates or node numbering, or modify the mesh seed. The elements have been identified in element set ErrElemAreaSmallNegZero."...
  4. louisa

    Input: planar or 3D elastic constants?

    Hi everyone, I want to assign material properties to plane strain elements. As the elastic constants for plane strain condition are different from 3D values, should the Abaqus input be the planar values or 3D values? Thank you very much!
  5. louisa

    How to constrain side edges to remain flat?

    Dear All, I am simulating a simple uniaxial tensile test on a 2D square in 2 direction. How to constrain the left and right side edges to keep flat during the deformation? I tried tie. It doesn't work. It seems that tie is for two overlapping surfaces, but not for two surfaces that only...
  6. louisa

    Plane Strain

    Hi All, I'm a new user of abaqus, and I want to model a plane strain response. I cannot find script example of 2D problem in abaqus document. How should I do it? (1) create a 3D solid with very large thickness or (2) 2D planar (what does "Base feature: shell" mean in this case), and then...

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