1.2.6 Buckling of a column with general contact

Product: ABAQUS/Explicit  

Problem description

Results and discussion

Input files

Figures

Figure 1.2.6–1 Initial configuration of the column.

Figure 1.2.6–2 Deformed shape at 3.5 msec.

Figure 1.2.6–3 Deformed shape at 7.0 msec.

Figure 1.2.6–4 Time histories of the total kinetic energy, work done on the model, and internal energy.

Figure 1.2.6–5 Magnitude of the vertical reaction forces on the rigid platens.

Figure 1.2.6–6 Magnitude of the reaction moments about the y-axis on the rigid platens.

Figure 1.2.6–7 Deformed shape at 7.0 msec for the model with material failure and surface erosion.

Figure 1.2.6–8 Deformed shape with 10% imperfection at 3.5 msec.

Figure 1.2.6–9 Deformed shape with 10% imperfection at 7.0 msec.

Figure 1.2.6–10 Time histories of external work for the column without any imperfection and for the column with imperfections of 1%, 10%, and 100% of shell thickness.