Summary

An Abaqus input file was modified to make it compatible with Simulation Composite Analysis.

Four sections of the input file required modification:

  1. *Material
    • Replaced the elastic material definition with a user-defined material definition
    • Specified the user material constants and number of state variables
  2. *Solid Section
    • Changed the material names to match the name of the Simulation Composite Analysis material
    • Ran the xStiff utility to automate the calculation and insertion of extraneous stiffness parameters
  3. *Step
    • Adjusted the time incrementation
    • Modified the default nonlinear solution controls
  4. *Element Output
    • Requested state variable output to the database