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ABACUS CAE Tutorials, Getting Started Book, Help Files, etc.

This document does not list all of the resources available in our collection just the most important

ones. The "importance" is ranked based on the types of analyses and associated commands that areneeded for homework assignments. There is considerable information on the web from ABAQUS

and various universities. The primary ABAQUS portal for information ishttp://abaqus.custhelp.com/cgi-bin/abaqus.cfg/php/enduser/home.phpYou will probably want to create your own account at this portal.

1. Getting Started with ABAQUSbook and Help Files.

The first step is to get a feel for the analysis environment. Read Chapters 1 & 2 in the Getting

Started with ABAQUSbook and go through the static and dynamic analysis of an overhead hoist.

This is available online (as part of the installation of ABAQUS).

To find the book, you can first start ABAQUS. On the 6th-floor computers, go to startAllProgramsABAQUS 6.6-1ABAQUE CAE. Once the program starts, you will see a

window called Start Session. This gives you 4 options: Create Model Database, OpenDatabase, Run Script, and Start Tutorial. If you click on Start Tutorial, this will open a webbrowser window which has a link to the Getting Started with ABAQUS book. Alternately,

you can click on Create Model Database, then Help - Search and Browse Manuals. There

you will see also a link to the Getting Started book.

Or, you can skip opening ABAQUS and go directly to the help files at:http://aeweb.tamu.edu/v6.6/index.html

and the Getting Started book at: http://aeweb.tamu.edu/v6.6/books/gsa/default.htm

2. There are several ABAQUS Examples/Tutorials for you to practice with.There are several 2-D plane stress examples that you should do which will give you a starting

working knowledge of how to create a model with ABAQUS, solve the problem, and then view theresults. These include an aluminum bracket, a plate with hole in it and a plate with a non-circularcutout. Two of these are attached. It is suggested that you work the bracket problem first. (files =

2D_Aluminum Bracket.pdf, plate_with_Hole.doc, non-Circular_Cut_out.doc). The solution for the

buckling modes of a plate is also available if you are interested in looking at this problem (file =plateBuckling.doc)

Assignment:

Complete the reading of the Getting Started book chapters. Then do the tutorial for the analysis of an

aluminum bracket. Provide the following ABAQUS results:

completed model, page 14 stress results for S. Mises, S11, S22, and S12. (pages 17-18)

displacement result for u1 and u2.

1 page discussion of you results and what they mean to you (i.e., your interpretation of the

results from an engineering viewpoint).

DUE: Monday, October 29.

Note: I will be handing out another ABAQUS assignment next Friday, Oct. 26 which will be due

Friday, Nov. 2. Therefore it would be to your advantage to complete the first assignment early.

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