5.1.9 *IMPERFECTION and *PARAMETER SHAPE VARIATION

Products: ABAQUS/Standard  ABAQUS/Explicit  

Elements tested

CAX4H    S4R    S4R5   

Features tested

Various methods of defining a geometric imperfection through the use of the *IMPERFECTION option are tested. The same problems are performed using the *PARAMETER SHAPE VARIATION option in ABAQUS/Standard.

Problem description

The verification problems contained in this section test the *IMPERFECTION and *PARAMETER SHAPE VARIATION options in ABAQUS. Simple geometries are used to test the various methods of defining an imperfection: specifying imperfection values, defining the imperfection as a linear superposition of eigenmodes, or using the results of a static analysis.

Results and discussion

The nodal coordinates of the perturbed geometry are verified to be correct.

Input files

ABAQUS/Standard analyses

ximpa.inp

Imperfection specified as perturbation values in the cylindrical coordinate system.

xpsva.inp

Shape variation specified as variation values in the cylindrical coordinate system.

ximpb1.inp

Eigenvalue analysis of cylindrical shell structure.

ximpb2.inp

Imperfection defined by linear superposition of eigenmodes obtained from ximpb1.inp.

xpsvb2.inp

Shape variation defined by linear superposition of eigenmodes obtained from ximpb1.inp.

ximpc1.inp

Static analysis of a contact problem.

ximpc2.inp

Imperfection defined from the static analysis of problem ximpc1.inp.

xpsvc2.inp

Shape variation defined from the static analysis of problem ximpc1.inp.

ximpd.inp

File containing node numbers and coordinate perturbations at those nodes.

ximpe.inp

Imperfection specified as perturbation values in cartesian coordinates read from the file ximpd.inp.

ximpf.inp

Imperfection specified on the data lines as perturbation values in a spherical coordinate system.

ABAQUS/Explicit analyses

imp_file1.inp

Static analysis performed with ABAQUS/Standard.

imp_file2.inp

Imperfection defined from the static analysis of problem imp_file1.inp.

imp_rect_data.inp

File containing node numbers and coordinate perturbations at those nodes.

imp_rect.inp

Imperfection specified as perturbation values in Cartesian coordinates read from the file imp_rect_data.inp.

imp_spher.inp

Imperfection specified on data lines as perturbation values in the spherical coordinate system.