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ABAQUS XFEM 3D Penny Crack (Step by Step)

This document provides instructions for creating a 3D model of a penny-shaped crack in ABAQUS to simulate fracture. It describes how to generate the uncracked and cracked domains, apply materials properties, mesh the model, define the crack using XFEM, apply boundary conditions and loads, and view the results. The model is of an aluminum cube with dimensions of 4x4x4 mm containing a circular crack of radius 0.5 mm at the center plane. Pressure loads of -1 MPa are applied to the top and bottom faces while the sides and center are fixed.

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ABAQUS XFEM 3D Penny Crack (Step by Step)

This document provides instructions for creating a 3D model of a penny-shaped crack in ABAQUS to simulate fracture. It describes how to generate the uncracked and cracked domains, apply materials properties, mesh the model, define the crack using XFEM, apply boundary conditions and loads, and view the results. The model is of an aluminum cube with dimensions of 4x4x4 mm containing a circular crack of radius 0.5 mm at the center plane. Pressure loads of -1 MPa are applied to the top and bottom faces while the sides and center are fixed.

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ABAQUS XFEM Tutorial: 3D Penny Crack

Written By: Matthew Jon Pais, University of Florida (2010)


Website: www.matthewpais.com
Email: [email protected], [email protected]
Creating the Uncracked Domain
1. Open ABAQUS/CAE 6.9 or later.
2. Double click on Parts. Enter name as Solid, Modeling Space is 3D, Type is
Deformable, Base Feature is Solid and Approximate Size is 5. Click Continue.
3. Use the rectangle tool to draw a square from (-2,-2) to (2,2). Click Done. Enter 4 for
the depth. Click Ok.
4. Double click on Materials. Enter name as Aluminum. Click on Mechanical, then
Elasticity, then Elastic. Enter Young's modulus as 70 GPa and Poisson's ratio as 0.33.
Click on Mechanical, then Damage for Traction Separation laws, then Maxps Damage.
Enter a value of 500 MPa. From the Suboptions menu click on Damage Evolution. Enter
Displacement at Failure as 1. Click Ok. Click Ok.
5. Double click on Sections. Name as Main. Accept default settings by clicking Continue.
Select Aluminum as material. Click Ok.
6. Expand Parts then expand Solid. Double click on Section Assignments. Select the
domain. Click Done. Accept default settings. Click Ok.
7. Expand Solid. Double click on Mesh. From the top menu select Seed, then Edge By
Number. Select the Domain. Click Done. Enter 20 as Number of elements along the
edges. Hit Enter. Click Done.
8. From the top menu select Mesh, then Controls. Select Hex, Structured. Click Ok. From
the top menu select Mesh, then Part. Click Yes.
9. Expand Assembly. Double click on Instances. Select Plate. Accept default settings by
clicking Ok.
Creating the Cracked Domain
1. Double click on Parts. Enter name as Crack, Modeling Space is 3D, Type is
Deformable, Base Feature is Shell, Type is Planar and Approximate Size is 5. Click
Continue.
2. Draw a circle with center at (0,0) and radius of 0.5. Click Done.
3. Expand Assembly, then double click on Instances. Select Crack. Accept default settings
by clicking Ok.
4. Under the menu to the left of the viewport, click Translate Instance. Select the Crack.
Click Done. Initial vector is (0,0,0), second vector is (0,0,2). Click Ok.
5. Expand Assembly, then Instances. Right click on Crack, then suppress.
6. Double click Set. Name as Domain. Type is Element. Click Continue. Select all
elements. Click Done.
7. Expand Assembly, then Instances. Rick click on Crack, then Resume. Right click on
Solid, then Suppress.

8. Double click on Interactions. Click Cancel. From top menu click Special, then Crack,
then Create. Name as Penny, Type is XFEM. Click Continue. Select the previously
created set as the Crack Domain. On the menu which appears, Specify the Crack
Location by clicking on the planar segment corresponding to the crack. Click Ok.
9. Expand Assembly, then Instances. Right click on Solid, then Resume.
Create the Boundary Conditions and Loads
1. Double click on Steps. Enter Name as Loading. Accept default setting and click
Continue. Accept default settings and click Ok.
2. Double click on Loads. Enter name as TopPressure, Category is Mechanical, Type is
Pressure. Click Continue. Select the top edge of the domain. Click Done. Enter -1 as
Magnitude, other settings are default. Click Ok.
3. Repeat step 2 for the bottom edge of the domain, entering the name as BottomPressure.
4. Create three sets of boundary conditions. For an origin at the bottom center of the solid
the following points are fixed such that they are not allowed to move in the x-direction:
(2,0,4), (-2,0,4), (2,0,0) (-2,0,0), y-direction: (0,2,4), (0,-2,4), (0,2,0), (0,-2,0) and zdirection: (2,2,2), (2,-2,2), (-2,2,2), (-2,-2,0).
6. Expand Field Output Requests, double click on F-Output-1. Expand the
Failure/Fracture options and check the box next to PHILSM, Level set value phi. Click
Ok. This will allow you to view the level set function defining the crack.
Solving the System of Equations
1. Double click on Jobs. Enter name as Penny. Click Continue. Accept default settings by
clicking Ok.
2. Expand Jobs. Right click on Penny and click Submit.
3. Right click on Penny, click Results to view results.

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