Hysteresis analysis of Steel ring (yielding damper) Abaqus

Product Overview

In this example, we intend to simulate the hysteresis behavior of a steel ring yielding damper in the Abaqus software.

Cyclic Loading

A cyclic loading is applied to the steel ring in order to investigate its behavior under repeated loading cycles.

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

Comparison of Abaqus and Experimental Results

In this picture, the force-displacement hysteresis diagram obtained from the Abaqus software is compared with the experimental results.

This comparison is used to evaluate the accuracy of the numerical model and its ability to reproduce the experimental behavior of the steel ring yielding damper.

Validation

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

In other words, this project is based on the reference article and the numerical model has been developed to reproduce the hysteresis behavior of the steel ring yielding damper.

What You Will Learn

• How to model a steel ring yielding damper in Abaqus.
• How to define the material properties of the steel ring.
• How to assemble the complete model.
• How to define the boundary conditions.
• How to apply cyclic loading to the steel ring.
• How to define the cyclic loading amplitude.
• How to obtain the hysteresis diagram from Abaqus.
• How to compare the Abaqus results with experimental results.
• How to validate the numerical model using the reference article.

Key Features

• Steel ring yielding damper modeling in Abaqus.
• Cyclic loading analysis.
• Cyclic loading amplitude definition.
• Hysteresis diagram obtained from Abaqus.
• Comparison between Abaqus and experimental results.
• Validation against the reference article.
• Complete Abaqus CAE file.
• Abaqus INP file.
• Excel amplitude loading file.
• Excel results file.
• 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, loading protocol, and reported results.