Modeling Fracture and Failure with Abaqus

Abaqus 2020
About this Course

Course objectives
Upon completion of this course you will be able to:

Use proper modeling techniques to capture crack-tip singularities in fracture mechanics problems
Use Abaqus/CAE to create meshes appropriate for fracture studies
Calculate stress intensity factors and contour integrals around a crack tip
Simulate material damage and failure
Simulate crack growth using cohesive behavior, VCCT, and XFEM
Simulate fatigue crack growth

Targeted audience
Simulation Analysts

Prerequisites
This course is recommended for engineers with experience using Abaqus

3 days
Day 1

Lesson 1 Basic Concepts of Fracture Mechanics

Lesson 2 Fracture Analysis of Sharp Cracks

Workshop 1 Crack in a Three-point Bend Specimen

Lesson 3 General Fracture Analysis

Workshop 2 Crack in a Helicopter Airframe Component

Day 2

Lesson 4 Material Failure and Wear

Lesson 5 Element-based Cohesive Behavior

Workshop 3 Crack Growth in a Three-point Bend Specimen using Cohesive Connections (Part 1)

Workshop 4 Crack Growth in a Helicopter Airframe Component using Cohesive Elements

Lesson 6 Surface-based Cohesive Behavior

Workshop 3 Crack Growth in a Three-point Bend Specimen using Cohesive Connections (Part 2)
Day 3

Lesson 7 Virtual Crack Closure Technology (VCCT)

Workshop 5 Crack Growth in a Three-point Bend Specimen using VCCT

Lesson 8 Fatigue Crack Growth

Lesson 9 Mesh-independent Fracture Modeling (XFEM)

Workshop 6 Crack Growth in a Three-point Bend Specimen using XFEM

Workshop 7 Modeling Crack Propagation in a Pressure Vessel with Abaqus using XFEM
Additional Material

Appendix 1 Other Fracture Mechanics Techniques

Appendix 2 Focused Mesh with Keywords

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Revision Status

Lesson 1 11/19 Updated for Abaqus 2020

Lesson 2 11/19 Updated for Abaqus 2020
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 L1.1
Lesson 1: Basic Concepts of Fracture Mechanics

Lesson content:

Introduction
Fracture Mechanisms
Linear Elastic Fracture Mechanics
Small Scale Yielding
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Energy Considerations
The J-integral
Mixed-Mode Fracture
Fatigue
Other Techniques

1 hour
 L2.1
Lesson 2: Fracture Analysis of Sharp Cracks

Lesson content:

Crack Modeling Overview

Modeling Sharp Cracks in Two Dimensions
Modeling Sharp Cracks in Three Dimensions
Calculation of Contour Integrals
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Examples
Penny-shaped crack in an infinite space
Conical crack in a half-space
Compact Tension Specimen
Workshop Preliminaries
Workshop 1: Crack in a Three-point Bend Specimen

2.5 hours
 L3.1
Lesson 3: General Fracture Analysis

Lesson content:

Finite-Strain Analysis of Crack Tips

Limitations of 3D Swept Meshing for Fracture
Modeling Cracks with Keyword Options
Nodal Normals in Contour Integral Calculations
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J-Integrals at Multiple Crack Tips

Through Cracks in Shells
Mixed-Mode Fracture
Material Discontinuities
Numerical Calculations with Elastic-Plastic Materials
Residual Stresses
Workshop 2: Crack in a Helicopter Airframe Component

2 hours
 L4.1
Lesson 4: Material Failure and Wear

Lesson content:

Progressive Damage and Failure

Damage Initiation Criteria for Ductile Metals
Damage Evolution
Element Removal
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Damage in Fiber-Reinforced Composite Materials

Damage in Fasteners
Material Wear and Ablation

2 hours
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Lesson 5: Element-based Cohesive Behavior

Lesson content:

Overview
Introduction
Element Technology
Constitutive Response
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Viscous Regularization
Modeling Techniques
Examples
Workshop 3: Crack Growth in a Three-point Bend Specimen using Cohesive Connections
(Part 1)
Workshop 4: Crack Growth in a Helicopter Airframe Component using Cohesive Elements

3 hours
 L6.1
Lesson 6: Surface-based Cohesive Behavior

Lesson content:

Surface-based Cohesive Behavior

Element-based vs. Surface-based Cohesive Behavior
Workshop 3: Crack Growth in a Three-point Bend Specimen using Cohesive Connections
(Part 2)
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1.5 hours
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Lesson 7: Virtual Crack Closure Technique (VCCT)

Lesson content:

Introduction
VCCT Criterion
LEFM Example using Abaqus/Standard
LEFM Example using Abaqus/Explicit
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Output
Ductile Fracture with VCCT
VCCT Plug-in
Comparison with Cohesive Behavior
Examples
Workshop 5: Crack Growth in a Three-point Bend Specimen using VCCT

2 hours
 L8.1
Lesson 8: Fatigue Crack Growth

Lesson content:

Introduction
Low-cycle Fatigue in Bulk Ductile Materials
Linear Elastic Fatigue Crack Growth Analysis Procedure
Fatigue Crack Growth Criterion
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Fatigue Crack Growth at Material Interfaces

Fatigue Crack Growth in Bulk Brittle Materials
Improving Crack Front Smoothness
Summary

1 hour
 L9.1
Lesson 9: Mesh-independent Fracture Modeling (XFEM)

Lesson content:

Introduction Example 7 – Pressure Penetration

Basic XFEM Concepts Modeling Tips
Contact Modeling with XFEM Limitations
Damage Modeling Workshop 6: Crack Growth in a Three-point Bend
Specimen using XFEM
Cohesive Damage Modeling
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Workshop 7: Modeling Crack Propagation in a

LEFM-based Damage Modeling
Pressure Vessel with Abaqus using XFEM
Creating an XFEM Fracture Model
Example 1 – Crack Initiation and Propagation using
Cohesive Damage
Example 2 – Crack Initiation and Propagation using
LEFM
Example 3 – Fatigue
Example 4 – Propagation of an Existing Crack
Example 5 – Delamination and Through-thickness
Crack Propagation
Example 6 – Contour Integrals

3 hours
 A1.1
Appendix 1: Other Fracture Mechanics Techniques

Appendix content:

Nonlinear Fracture Mechanics

Creep Fracture
Interfacial Fracture
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0.5 hours
 A2.1
Appendix 2: Focused Mesh with Keywords

Appendix content:

Generate a Focused Mesh with Keyword Options

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15 minutes