Pushover analysis of slit damper Abaqus

Product Overview

In this project, we simulate a mild steel damper with uniform vertical slits, under monotonic loading in Abaqus.

The damper dissipates seismic energy through the inelastic deformation of the mild steel plate. The Abaqus model is used to study the deformation and force–displacement response of specimen D1 as the applied displacement increases.

Monotonic Loading

In this problem, a monotonic loading is applied to the slit damper, and the pushover diagram of the damper is obtained.

Deformation

In this picture, the deformation of the model under monotonic loading can be observed.

Pushover Diagram

The pushover diagram is obtained from the Abaqus results by plotting the applied force against the corresponding displacement.

Validation

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

In other words, this project is based on the reference article.

What You Will Learn

• How to model a slit damper in Abaqus.
• How to apply monotonic loading to the slit damper.
• How to investigate the deformation of the model.
• How to obtain the pushover diagram from Abaqus results.
• How to compare Abaqus results with experimental results.
• How to validate the numerical model using the reference article.

Key Features

• Pushover analysis of a slit damper.
• Monotonic loading analysis.
• Deformation analysis of the slit damper.
• Pushover diagram.
• Comparison between Abaqus and experimental results.
• Validation against the reference article.
• Complete Abaqus CAE file.
• Abaqus INP file.
• Excel file (Results).
• Reference research paper.
• Step-by-step video tutorial.

Reference

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