## Transverse shear stiffness of beam in ABAQUS

Calculation of transverse shear stiffness Definition The effective transverse shear stiffness of the section of a shear flexible beam is defined in Abaqus as ${\overline K _{\alpha 3}} = f_p^\alpha {K_{\alpha 3}}$ where $${\overline K _{\alpha 3}}$$ is the section shear stiffness in the $$\alpha$$-direction;  $${K_{\alpha 3}}$$ is the actual shear stiffness of the section having…

## Beam elements in ABAQUS

Beam elements in ABAQUS make me a little confused, especially about the shear stiffness and elements for open sections. In this post, I want to make a summary of the elements in ABAQUS and give an example about the settings of beam elements. Beam element library Beam elements in a plane only have active degrees…

## Basic concepts of engineering analysis

Analysis of discrete systems The essence of a lumped-parameter mathematical model is that the state of the system can be described directly with adequate precision by the magnitudes of a finite (and usually small) number of state variables. The solution requires the following steps: System idealization: the actual system is idealized as an assemblage of…

## Finite Element Procedures – Matrix, Vectors, Tensors

Special Matrix symmetric matrix identity matrix / unite matrix symmetric banded matrix the following matrix is a symmetric banded matrix of order 5 and the half-bandwidth is 2. ${\rm{A}} = \left[ {\begin{array}{*{20}{c}} 3&2&1&0&0\\ 2&3&4&1&0\\ 1&4&5&6&1\\ 0&1&6&7&4\\ 0&0&1&4&3 \end{array}} \right]$ diagonal matrix: nonzero elements only on the diagonal of the matrix upper half of the matrix…

## Examples of extracting matrices from ABAQUS

2D frame This is a plane steel frame with box sections subjected to a point load at one node figured as below. An dynamic implicit analysis step was defined and the following lines were added at the end of input file. ***STEP*MATRIX GENERATE, STIFFNESS, MASS, LOAD, Structural Damping,Viscous Damping*MATRIX OUTPUT, STIFFNESS, MASS, LOAD, Structural Damping,Viscous…

## Time and Amplitude in ABAQUS

I am recently using the dynamic analysis in Abaqus, so I decided to summarize the understanding of time and amplitude in it so that I can refer to this article later if needed. Time Step Time: the time period in *STEP definition. Total Time: the sum of all the Step Time. Natural time: actual time…