8.2 Connector functions: ABAQUS/CAE support

Product: ABAQUS/CAE

Benefits: The addition of connector functions for coupled connector behavior to ABAQUS/CAE increases the coverage of ABAQUS analysis product functionality.

Description: You can define connector derived components and connector potentials for coupled connector behavior in ABAQUS/CAE. Connector derived components are user-specified component definitions based on a function of intrinsic connector component values. Connector potentials are user-defined mathematical functions that represent yield surfaces, limiting surfaces, or magnitude measures in the space spanned by the components of relative motion in the connector. Figure 8–1 and Figure 8–2 show the editors for specifying terms in connector functions.

Figure 8–1 Specifying a connector derived component term.

Figure 8–2 Specifying a connector potential term.

ABAQUS/CAE Usage:

Interaction module: 
   ConnectorSectionCreate: choose connection type:
      AddFriction: Friction model: User-defined, Contact Force, specify derived component
      AddFriction: Friction model: User-defined, Slip direction: Compute using force potential, 
      Force Potential, specify potential contribution and derived component
      AddPlasticity: Coupling: Coupled, Force Potential, specify potential contribution and 
      derived component
      AddDamage: Coupling: Coupled, Initiation Potential or Evolution Potential, specify 
      potential contribution and derived component

References:

ABAQUS/CAE User's Manual