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A large number of experimental in-vitro pre-clinical testing devices have been used in the evaluation of new implant designs for total knee replacement, but it is time-consuming and cost prohibitive to evaluate hundreds of design variations during design phase. In-silico knee simulator has provided an efficient way to perform component design evaluations under a variety of dynamic loadings, while it remains a challenge to evaluate the predictive accuracy due to the lack of in-vivo verification. The commercial software Abaqus, Isight and a specialized tool Abaqus Knee Simulator have been widely used to predict implanted knee mechanics. In the paper, a systematical in-vivo experimental evaluation has been carried out in Abaqus Knee Simulator with calibrated soft-tissue properties for gait cycle.

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Large uncertainties exist in the current methods of fatigue life evolution for nuclear components due to the overdependence on approaches that use empirical stress/strain-life (S~N) curves. Argonne National Laboratory (ANL), under the sponsorship of Department of Energy's Light Water Reactor sustainability (LWRS) program, seeks to develop a fully mechanistic approach for more accurate fatigue life estimation of nuclear components. To this end, ANL has developed evolutionary cyclic plasticity models for reactor steels based on uniaxial fatigue tests to capture the material aging behavior such as stress hardening/softening. In this paper, we introduce an implementation of the evolutionary cyclic plasticity model within the commercial finite element software ABAQUS through the use of an in-house developed user material subroutine.

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Submarine hatches are complicated mechanical systems with many moving parts and interfaces. As a mission-critical system, they currently require shock qualification with explosive testing: the hatch must not be damaged beyond the point of operability. This approach is expensive, complex, and can only address a small set of conditions. Abaqus is used to predict posttest operational effectiveness in lieu of test results, but the complexity of the system makes the process too time-consuming to positively affect the design process. As such, ATA Engineering is developing a methodology to reduce solve times for these complex systems and hence enable design guidance earlier in the design cycle.

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Composites occupy a noticeable place in the materials industry. Their characterization during the forming process as well as during their life cycle in different industrial fields impose an advanced knowledge of their mechanical and thermal behavior. A presentation of material parameters calibration using Isight coupled with Abaqus illustrates how the two tools can be joined together to solve the classical identification problems associated with new materials or non-linear constative laws. Tosca structure Bead optimization capabilities are shown through the optimization based on natural frequencies. Fatigue analysis has been performed using Fe-safe and shows the fatigue life contours.

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Metal Big Area Additive Manufacturing (mBAAM) is a new additive manufacturing (AM) technology based on the metal arc welding. A continuously fed metal wire is melted by an electric arc that forms between the wire and the substrate, and deposited in the form of a bead of molten metal along the predetermined path. Objects are manufactured one layer at a time starting from the base plate. The final properties of the manufactured object are dependent on its geometry and the metal deposition path, in addition to depending on the basic welding process parameters. Computational modeling can be used to accelerate the development of the mBAAM technology as well as a design and optimization tool for the actual manufacturing process.

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A motorcycle fuel tank is regarded as important safety-related part containing flammable fluids. It may lead to life threatening situation if the fluid leaks. Thus apart from general dynamic simulation, the fuel tank should be subjected to lateral impact test. The physics of fluid-structure impact are complex, and modeling of such events requires proper understanding of both fluid dynamics and structural mechanics. The fluid-structure interaction was achieved through arbitrary Lagrangian-Eulerian (ALE) approach in Abaqus. A good correlation was achieved between the deformation of fuel tank in testing and simulation. The focus was to verify whether the fuel tank ruptures under the impact or due to contact with surrounding frame parts.

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Bioresorbable poly(L-lactic acid) (PLLA) stents present a clinically attractive treatment for coronary heart disease, providing a temporary scaffold that resorbs once the artery has healed. Polymeric stents are often mechanically inferior to their permanent metallic counterparts. However, their mechanical properties can be tailored through stretch-blow molding (SBM); a process that induces crystallinity and molecular orientation, subsequently altering the mechanical response of the polymer. This study aims to quantify the variation in mechanical properties of PLLA as a result of the SBM procedure and investigate the functionality of a stent constructed from this polymer.

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In typical engineering applications, mixed convection is simulated using an assumed convection Heat Transfer Coefficient (HTC); but in reality, the HTC depends on various parameters like the orientation of geometry, the flow regimes, the temperature of the body, and the properties of the fluid. This paper describes in detail how to calculate the temperature dependent HTC using FILM subroutine and the simulation results comparison with conjugate heat transfer analysis carried out in Abaqus.

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This paper describes the behavior and subsequent constitutive modelling of a Hytrel thermoplastic elastomer (TPC-ET) for a so-called Jounce bumper, which is a part of the vehicle’s shock absorber system. This component is subjected to large deformations (up to 100% strain) with significant permanent set and loss of stiffness. The objective of the analysis is to predict the component behavior after cyclic loading to obtain the load-displacement response curve of the Jounce bumper in operational conditions. The possibilities and limitations of the hyper-elastic model, including permanent-set and Mullins’ effect are discussed and numerical results compared to the test data from an actual component.

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Bushings are anti‐vibration components used in vehicle suspension systems. They are typically made of rubber between two concentric metallic cylinders. Their analysis requires characterising their complex impedance (dynamic stiffness and phase angle). Their behaviour is often difficult to predict without testing a prototype. The rubber undergoes large strains, usually involving strain stiffening and Mullins effect, time dependency and, possibly, plasticity. Thus the behaviour depends on the loading frequency and amplitude, as well as the preload. To tackle the problem a methodology has been developed that combines Abaqus and Isight.

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COUPLED EULERIAN-LAGRANGIAN ANALYSIS OF NEEDLE INSERTION INTO BIOLOGICAL SOFT TISSUE ACCOUNTING FOR MATERIAL RUPTURE

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Two example nonparametric optimization cases for AM using TOSCA and ABAQUS are presented. For the first case, we optimized a disc brake caliper, where loading conditions were driven by the master cylinder, the contact areas of the disc rotor, and the envelope limitations within the wheel. The objective function, design constraints, and the targeted design response drove the outer topology of the caliper casting. TOSCA’s topology optimization established the primary geometry, and subsequent validation of the parametric reconstruction was performed in ABAQUS. The resulting optimized geometry removed 62% the caliper bridge volume from areas of low stress and replaced it (as needed) in high stress areas.

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