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As CAE analysts, one of the most challenging aspects of our job is balancing the tradeoff between simulation accuracy and solver efficiency. What good is a simulation model that runs in five minutes but doesn’t mimic the real-world physics? Conversely, how valuable is a well-correlated methodology that takes weeks or months to solve? Although both

We hear it all the time, and most FEA codes spit it out as if it’s the holy grail of field outputs – but what actually is von Mises stress? Hopefully this post will help you understand that a little bit better, and to realize how constitutive FEA material models are taking some liberties with

It’s almost Christmas!!! And we’ve always wondered how those gifts stay in one piece after their fall down the chimney!? The Fidelis Fun Features series is aimed at taking a lighthearted approach to learning some of the more advanced features of ABAQUS in a fun and efficient way. In this video, we take you through

Have you ever found yourself wondering which Abaqus element formulation is most suitable for your analysis? With the vast options provided within Abaqus Standard and Abaqus Explicit, novice and experienced users alike often find themselves asking this very question, and for good reason: selecting the appropriate element type with respect to your simulation objectives is

It’s Turkeyday week! The Fidelis Fun Features series is aimed at taking a lighthearted approach to learning some of the more advanced features of ABAQUS in a fun and efficient way. In this video, we take you through the steps required to build geometry, define materials and prescribe necessary thermal interactions to virtually defrost and

Here’s the first in our Fidelis 5-Mintute Fix series, where we aim to provide punchy answers to some of the common (and not so common) questions we get asked as Abaqus support engineers In this installment, we go through the warnings and errors that you’ll see in the message file (.msg file) when you have

We’re smashing pumpkins! The Fidelis Fun Features series is aimed at taking a lighthearted approach to learning some of the more advanced features of ABAQUS in a fun and efficient way. In this video, we take you through the steps required to build geometry, define materials that include ductile damage parameters and prescribe necessary interactions,

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hMjNb01JApA The Fidelis Fun Features series is aimed at taking a lighthearted approach to learning some of the more advanced features of ABAQUS in a fun and efficient way. In this video, we take you through the steps required to build geometry, define SPH materials, convert mesh to particles and define necessary interactions, loads and

Have you ever found yourself wondering which Abaqus element formulation is most suitable for your analysis? With the vast options provided within Abaqus Standard and Abaqus Explicit, novice and experienced users alike often find themselves asking this very question, and for good reason: selecting the appropriate element type with respect to your simulation objectives is

This installment of the “Debugging 101” series focuses on the final, and perhaps most important, file when it comes to understanding exactly what Abaqus is doing – the .msg or message file. We’ve already been through the typical things you should look for when debugging an Abaqus model, as well as the ins and outs