Modeling Fracture and Failure with Abaqus
2017
About this Course
Course objectives
Upon completion of this course you will be able to:
Use proper modeling techniques for capturing crack-tip singularities in fracture mechanics problems
Use Abaqus/CAE to create meshes appropriate for fracture studies
Calculate stress intensity factors and contour integrals around a crack tip
Simulate material damage and failure
Simulate crack growth using cohesive behavior, VCCT, and XFEM
Simulate low-cycle fatigue crack growth
Targeted audience
Simulation Analysts
Prerequisites
This course is recommended for engineers with experience using Abaqus
3 days
Day 1
Lecture 1 Basic Concepts of Fracture Mechanics
Lecture 2 Modeling Cracks
Lecture 3 Fracture Analysis
Workshop 1 Crack in a Three-point Bend Specimen
Workshop 2 Crack in a Helicopter Airframe Component
Day 2
Lecture 4 Material Failure and Wear
Lecture 5 Element-based Cohesive Behavior
Workshop 3 Crack Growth in a Three-point Bend Specimen using Cohesive Connections (Part 1)
Workshop 4 Crack Growth in a Helicopter Airframe Component using Cohesive Elements
Lecture 6 Surface-based Cohesive Behavior
Workshop 3 Crack Growth in a Three-point Bend Specimen using Cohesive Connections (Part 2)
Day 3
Lecture 7 Virtual Crack Closure Technology (VCCT)
Workshop 5 Crack Growth in a Three-point Bend Specimen using VCCT
Lecture 8 Low-cycle Fatigue
Lecture 9 Mesh-independent Fracture Modeling (XFEM)
Workshop 6 Crack Growth in a Three-point Bend Specimen using XFEM
Workshop 7 Modeling Crack Propagation in a Pressure Vessel with Abaqus using XFEM
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Revision Status
Lecture 1 11/16 Updated for Abaqus 2017
Lecture 2 11/16 Updated for Abaqus 2017
Lecture 3 11/16 Updated for Abaqus 2017
Lecture 4 11/16 Updated for Abaqus 2017
Lecture 5 11/16 Updated for Abaqus 2017
Lecture 6 11/16 Updated for Abaqus 2017
Lecture 7 11/16 Updated for Abaqus 2017
Lecture 8 11/16 Updated for Abaqus 2017
Lecture 9 11/16 Updated for Abaqus 2017
Workshop 1 11/16 Updated for Abaqus 2017
Workshop 2 11/16 Updated for Abaqus 2017
Workshop 3 11/16 Updated for Abaqus 2017
Workshop 4 11/16 Updated for Abaqus 2017
Workshop 5 11/16 Updated for Abaqus 2017
Workshop 6 11/16 Updated for Abaqus 2017
Workshop 7 11/16 Updated for Abaqus 2017
L1.1
Lesson 1: Basic Concepts of Fracture Mechanics
Lesson content:
Overview
Introduction
Fracture Mechanisms
Linear Elastic Fracture Mechanics
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Small Scale Yielding
Energy Considerations
The J-integral
Nonlinear Fracture Mechanics
Mixed-Mode Fracture
Interfacial Fracture
Creep Fracture
Fatigue
1.5 hours
L2.1
Lesson 2: Modeling Cracks
Lesson content:
Crack Modeling Overview
Modeling Sharp Cracks in Two Dimensions
Modeling Sharp Cracks in Three Dimensions
Finite-Strain Analysis of Crack Tips
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Limitations Of 3D Swept Meshing For Fracture
Modeling Cracks with Keyword Options
1.5 hours
L3.1
Lesson 3: Fracture Analysis
Lesson content:
Calculation of Contour Integrals
Examples
Penny-shaped crack in an infinite space
Conical crack in a half-space
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Compact Tension Specimen
Nodal Normals in Contour Integral Calculations
J-Integrals at Multiple Crack Tips
Through Cracks in Shells
Mixed-Mode Fracture
Material Discontinuities
Numerical Calculations with Elastic-Plastic Materials
Residual Stresses
Workshop Preliminaries
Workshop 1: Crack in a Three-point Bend Specimen
Workshop 2: Crack in a Helicopter Airframe Component
3 hours
L4.1
Lesson 4: Material Failure and Wear
Lesson content:
Progressive Damage and Failure
Damage Initiation Criteria for Ductile Metals
Damage Evolution
Element Removal
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Damage in Fiber-Reinforced Composite Materials
Damage in Fasteners
Material Wear and Ablation
2 hours
L5.1
Lesson 5: Element-based Cohesive Behavior
Lesson content:
Overview
Introduction
Element Technology
Constitutive Response
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Viscous Regularization
Modeling Techniques
Examples
Workshop 3: Crack Growth in a Three-point Bend Specimen using Cohesive Connections
(Part 1)
Workshop 4: Crack Growth in a Helicopter Airframe Component using Cohesive Elements
3 hours
L6.1
Lesson 6: Surface-based Cohesive Behavior
Lesson content:
Surface-based Cohesive Behavior
Element- vs. Surface-based Cohesive Behavior
Workshop 3: Crack Growth in a Three-point Bend Specimen using Cohesive Connections
(Part 2)
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1.5 hours
L7.1
Lesson 7: Virtual Crack Closure Technique (VCCT)
Lesson content:
Introduction
VCCT Criterion
LEFM Example using Abaqus/Standard
LEFM Example using Abaqus/Explicit
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Output
Ductile Fracture with VCCT
VCCT Plug-in
Comparison with Cohesive Behavior
Examples
Workshop 5: Crack Growth in a Three-point Bend Specimen using VCCT
2 hours
L8.1
Lesson 8: Low-cycle Fatigue
Lesson content:
Introduction
Low-cycle Fatigue in Bulk Materials
Low-cycle Fatigue at Material Interfaces
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1 hour
L9.1
Lesson 9: Mesh-independent Fracture Modeling (XFEM)
Lesson content:
Introduction Example 7 Pressure Penetration
Basic XFEM Concepts Modeling Tips
Contact Modeling with XFEM Limitations
Damage Modeling Workshop 6: Crack Growth in a Three-point Bend
Specimen using XFEM
Cohesive Damage Modeling
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Workshop 7: Modeling Crack Propagation in a
LEFM-based Damage Modeling
Pressure Vessel with Abaqus using XFEM
Creating an XFEM Fracture Model
Example 1 Crack Initiation and Propagation using
Cohesive Damage
Example 2 Crack Initiation and Propagation using
LEFM
Example 3 Low Cycle Fatigue
Example 4 Propagation of an Existing Crack
Example 5 Delamination and Through-thickness
Crack Propagation
Example 6 Contour Integrals
3 hours
