Open FEA-eng opened 6 months ago
I've noticed that while EVOL is updated when elements are removed using *MODEL CHANGE, it doesn't account for deformation. In the simple example below, EVOL stays at 1000 mm^3 while it should be 512 mm^3, according to Abaqus.
*Node 1, 0.00000000E+000, 0.00000000E+000, 1.00000000E+001 2, 0.00000000E+000, 1.00000000E+001, 1.00000000E+001 3, 1.00000000E+001, 0.00000000E+000, 1.00000000E+001 4, 1.00000000E+001, 1.00000000E+001, 1.00000000E+001 5, 0.00000000E+000, 0.00000000E+000, 0.00000000E+000 6, 0.00000000E+000, 1.00000000E+001, 0.00000000E+000 7, 1.00000000E+001, 0.00000000E+000, 0.00000000E+000 8, 1.00000000E+001, 1.00000000E+001, 0.00000000E+000 *Element, Type=C3D8, Elset=Solid_part-1 1, 1, 2, 4, 3, 5, 6, 8, 7 *Nset, Nset=Internal_Selection-1_Displacement_Rotation-1 3, 4, 7, 8 *Nset, Nset=Internal_Selection-1_Displacement_Rotation-2 1, 2, 3, 4 *Nset, Nset=Internal_Selection-1_Displacement_Rotation-3 2, 4, 6, 8 *Nset, Nset=Internal_Selection-1_Displacement_Rotation-4 5, 6, 7, 8 *Nset, Nset=Internal_Selection-1_Displacement_Rotation-5 1, 2, 5, 6 *Nset, Nset=Internal_Selection-1_Displacement_Rotation-6 1, 3, 5, 7 *Elset, Elset=Internal_Selection-1_Solid_Section-1 Solid_part-1 *Elset, Elset=Internal_Selection-1_EH_Output-1 1 *Material, Name=Material-1 *Elastic 210000, 0.3 *Solid section, Elset=Internal_Selection-1_Solid_Section-1, Material=Material-1 *Step, Nlgeom *Static *Boundary Internal_Selection-1_Displacement_Rotation-1, 1, 1, -1 *Boundary Internal_Selection-1_Displacement_Rotation-2, 3, 3, -1 *Boundary Internal_Selection-1_Displacement_Rotation-3, 2, 2, -1 *Boundary Internal_Selection-1_Displacement_Rotation-4, 3, 3, 1 *Boundary Internal_Selection-1_Displacement_Rotation-5, 1, 1, 1 *Boundary Internal_Selection-1_Displacement_Rotation-6, 2, 2, 1 *El print, Elset=Internal_Selection-1_EH_Output-1, Totals=Only EVOL *Node file RF, U *El file S, E, NOE *End step
I've noticed that while EVOL is updated when elements are removed using *MODEL CHANGE, it doesn't account for deformation. In the simple example below, EVOL stays at 1000 mm^3 while it should be 512 mm^3, according to Abaqus.