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In an increasingly competitive world the optimization processes play an important role in the industry. The continuous development of technology to help these processes make it possible to achieve integration for one of the most important objectives—to reduce costs. In most cases, the optimization is performed with outdated methods and even trial and error which do not always achieve the objectives and are processes that take a long time to be done. The key aspect of the optimization process is the ability to integrate different analysis models such as: injection, structural, thermal, modal, thus gathering as much information as possible to achieve our goal.

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Assembly process of a bearing considered in this paper includes: Shrink fit cooling sleeve into bearing housing with different initial interferences at upper and lower portions of the interface. Attaching the cooling sleeve to the bearing housing at two ends using welds. Shrink fit bearing sleeve into the assembly of cooling sleeve and bearing housing. Once the bearing is assembled, temperature and pressure loads at desired regions can then be applied. Simulation techniques used in present work include shrink fits at various analysis steps, model change (removal and reactivation of parts) at different analysis steps. This will demonstrate the capability of Abaqus in simulating reality of a complex bearing assembly and further stress analysis for different loading conditions.

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High cycle fatigue cracks may develop in large two stroke diesel engines used in ships and stationary power plants as the engines run at a constant cyclic loading for most of their lifetime. The dimension of the failed structure does in general exclude replacement and a repair solution is needed. The best repair solution can be found from a given quantity of solutions by relative comparison of calculated stress amplitudes and mean stress levels. The singular nature of the weld geometry does however complicate the absolute evaluation of the final welded design with the linear analysis giving unphysical high stress level at the welds. This paper demonstrates and discusses how a real case of fatigue crack growth in a large diesel engine can be analyzed by the use of the XFEM in Abaqus.

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Stamping process of deep drawn components involves consideration of various parameters such as material properties, blank holding pressures, punch velocity and their effect on forming quality parameters like wrinkling, tearing, spring-back etc. Simulation of stamping is a highly nonlinear phenomenon involving elastic-plastic material modeling and contact predictions. An Abaqus based stamping process template has been developed with an objective to achieve desired quality of deep-drawn components. This study demonstrates how to arrive at optimum values of forming process parameters viz. blank size and blank holding force. Stamping simulation of front side automotive panel made of high strength steel has been performed in Abaqus.

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In this study finite element computations are conducted using Abaqus to simulate indentation of transversely isotropic materials. Indentation simulation is carried out both perpendicular and parallel to the plane of isotropy using a 70.3 degree cone half-angle indenter. Using dimensional analysis dimensionless functions are constructed to establish a frame of relations between the materials properties and the indentation parameters. The dimensionless functions are verified for their validity and robustness. Finally an analysis is carried out to determine the sensitivity of the relations to slight errors in input values.

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This paper examines the performance characteristics of Abaqus 6.11 release for the latest GPU computing technology. The results are provided for finite element models with material, geometric and boundary nonlinearities relevant to current practice in the oil and gas industry, on workstation configurations, including a network of workstations. The motivation for these studies is to quantify the parallel performance benefits of Abaqus for the latest generation of GPUs from NVIDIA, the Tesla 20-series (codenamed Fermi) for implicit finite element models with multi-million DOFs involving plastic deformation, large strain and contact.

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Manufacturing companies use CAE simulations for validation tools in the early product design stage in order to shorten product development cycle. But engineering simulations are considered to be usable by only experts. This is why Hankook Tire has implemented a lot of task automation regarding CAE simulations. Consequently these automations help Hankook Tire to improve tire design with better qualities, less physical tests and reduce product costs. This report will describe the initial objectives, the implementation experience and the results obtained.

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A coupled MBS-FEM-simulation approach is presented. The used programs are Adams and Abaqus. MpCCI (Multi-Physics Code Coupling Interface) is used for a copled simulation. As example passing of a road hole by the left front wheel is considered. The corresponding tire is modelled with FEM approach. Position as boundary condition is provided by multibody model of a car in MSC.Adams. Both programs simulate parallel and communicate with MpCCI server for exchange of data.

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This paper reviews, from the author’s particular perspective, the history of the application of finite element analysis in geotechnical engineering for the offshore over the past 30 years, with emphasis on the unique and dominant role of Abaqus analysis in that history. The paper covers foundation performance issues and applications for pile-founded, gravity base, and deep water structures. Applications to both exploration and production structures are treated. Many of the significant applications were complemented by extensive experimental test programs to confirm or validate the analyses.

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The problems being addressed involve the dynamic interaction of solids (structure and foundation) with a liquid (water). Various numerical procedures are reviewed and employed to solve the problem of establishing the expected response of a structure subjected to seismic excitations while duly accounting for those interactions. The methodology is applied to the analysis of dams, lock gates, and large storage tanks, incorporating in some cases a comparison with the results produced by means of simplified analytical procedures.

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When gears engage, high stress occurs on gear teeth surface if edge contact occurs on the tooth surface. To minimize this stress, it is crucial for gear designers to consider crowning on gear teeth. To determine the most advantageous crowning, it is very important to accurately evaluate surface stress for all phases of engagement. An innovative method with employing Abaqus user subroutine to allow trace history was developed for this application. In this paper, an analytical example of this innovative technique will be presented on one of Nabtesco Corporation (“Nabtesco” hereinafter)’s products.

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Fluoropolymers is an import class of thermoplastics that is used in many different applications, e.g. seals, insulators, vascular grafts, coatings, etc. Fluoropolymers, as well as other thermoplastics, exhibit a complicated non-linear response when subjected to external loads. At small deformations, the material response is linear viscoelastic. At larger strains, the material undergoes distributed yielding, unrecoverable deformation, viscoplastic flow, and finally, gradual material stiffening at large deformations until ultimate failure occurs. In this presentation I will demonstrate how all of the experimentally observed behaviors of this important material can be accurately simulated using Abaqus. Particular emphasis will be placed on the material model selection and calibration.

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