Dassault Systemes Inc. Modeling Fracture and Failure with Abaqus

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Dassault official course notes on Modeling Fracture and Failure with Abaqus. Workshop notes are included.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 growthContents: 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 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) 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