Concrete smeared cracking

This problem contains basic test cases for one or more Abaqus elements and features.

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Elements tested

C3D8

C3D8H

C3D8R

CPS4

CPS4R

T3D2

Elasticity

Young's modulus, E = 4.65E6

Poisson's ratio, $ν$ = 0.18

Plasticity

Biaxial/uniaxial compression stress ratio = 1.18

Uniaxial tension/compression stress ratio = 0.1

Biaxial/uniaxial compression plastic strain ratio = 1.25

Tensile cracking stress/compression stress ratio = 0.2

Hardening curve:

Cracking tensile stress decreases linearly to reach zero at strain = 5.0E−4.

For constant fracture energy cracking cases (mcou0o[1/2/3]hut.inp) cracking tensile stress decreases linearly to reach zero at displacement = 6.0E−4.

(The units are not important.)

The results agree well with exact analytical or approximate solutions.

mcoooo3euc.inp: Uniaxial compression, C3D8 elements.
mcoooo2euc.inp: Uniaxial compression, CPS4 elements.
mcoooo3fbc.inp: Biaxial compression, C3D8 elements.
mcoooo2fbc.inp: Biaxial compression, CPS4 elements.
mcoooo3gsh.inp: Shear, C3D8 elements.
mcoooo3hut.inp: Uniaxial tension, C3D8 elements.
mcoooo2hut.inp: Uniaxial tension, CPS4 elements.
mcoooo1hut.inp: Uniaxial tension, T3D2 elements.
mcoooo3ibt.inp: Biaxial tension, C3D8H elements.
mcoooo2ibt.inp: Biaxial tension, CPS4 elements.
mcoooo3jht.inp: Hydrostatic tension, C3D8H elements.
mcoooo3kct.inp: Compression tension, C3D8 elements.
mcooot3euc.inp: Uniaxial compression, C3D8 elements, temperature dependence.
mcoood3fbc.inp: Biaxial compression, C3D8 elements, field variable dependence.
mcooob3hut.inp: Uniaxial tension, C3D8 elements, temperature and field variable dependence.
mcou0o3hut.inp: Uniaxial tension, C3D8R elements, constant fracture energy cracking.
mcou0o2hut.inp: Uniaxial tension, CPS4R elements, constant fracture energy cracking.
mcou0o1hut.inp: Uniaxial tension, T3D2 elements, constant fracture energy cracking.
mcoooo3vlp.inp: Perturbation step with LOAD CASE, uniaxial tension, C3D8 elements.
mcooot3vlp.inp: Linear perturbation uniaxial compression, C3D8 elements, temperature dependence.