Replaceable shear link under cyclic loading in Abaqus

Product Overview

In this example, we intend to simulate a Replaceable Shear Link under cyclic loading in the Abaqus software.

The numerical model is developed to investigate the cyclic behavior and hysteretic response of the replaceable shear link.

Cyclic Loading

In this problem, cyclic loading is applied to the model in order to investigate the hysteretic behavior of the replaceable shear link.

The loading history is defined in Abaqus using the corresponding amplitude data.

Moment-Rotation Hysteresis Diagram

After applying the cyclic loading, the Moment-Rotation hysteresis diagram is obtained from the Abaqus results.

As you observe in the picture, the Moment-Rotation hysteresis diagram obtained from the Abaqus software is compared with the experimental results.

Deformation Comparison

The deformation obtained from the Abaqus software is compared with the deformation observed in the experimental test.

As you observe in the picture, the deformation pattern obtained from the numerical model is in good agreement with the experimental results.

Validation

This project has been validated, which means that the results obtained from the Abaqus software are similar to the results reported in the reference article.

In other words, this project is based on the reference article, and the numerical model has been developed to reproduce the experimental behavior of the replaceable shear link under cyclic loading.

What You Will Learn

• How to model a replaceable shear link in Abaqus.
• How to define the material properties.
• How to define the boundary conditions.
• How to apply cyclic loading.
• How to define the cyclic loading amplitude.
• How to obtain the Rotation-Moment hysteresis diagram.
• How to extract the rotation and moment results from Abaqus.
• How to compare the Abaqus hysteresis diagram with experimental results.
• How to investigate the deformation of the replaceable shear link.
• How to compare the numerical deformation with experimental results.
• How to validate the numerical model using the reference article.

Key Features

• Replaceable Shear Link modeling in Abaqus.
• Cyclic loading analysis.
• Rotation-Moment hysteresis analysis.
• Comparison between Abaqus and experimental hysteresis results.
• Comparison of numerical and experimental deformation.
• Validation against the reference article.
• Complete Abaqus CAE file.
• Abaqus INP file.
• Excel file (Amplitude Loading).
• Excel file (Results).
• Reference research paper.
• Step-by-step video tutorial.

Reference

This project is based on the reference research article. The paper is included with the project files and can be used to review the experimental model, cyclic loading protocol, and reported results.