PLM Tech Talk Blog
Contact Enhancements Since 2018 release, contact algorithm has seen many valuable functionality enhancements both for standard and explicit. This year has somewhat similar stories as well. So here we go: Feature Edge Enhancements: This feature has been introduced in earlier release for explicit. The prior default was to consider only perimeter and beam edges for active contacts that was modified
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The greatest value of Abaqus lies in its non-linear functionalities so it is obvious that new developments would revolve around these features. The 2021x has gone through a very exhaustive feature upgrade process. It may not be possible to cover all of it in a blog article but I have tried my best to include major enhancements. Element Technology enhancement:
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This is our second blog on What’s new series of 2021 and it primarily talks about solver contact and constraints enhancements. Foams enhancements: This is a big achievement in foams modeling. Foams always had a problem of penetrations due to large deformation. The explicit solver has been modified to address these penetrations. First lets understand why penetrations tend to be
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