Help:Abaqus

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Abaqus is a commercial software package for finite element analysis.

Help Desk Summary

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 * Portal:Engineering and technology
 * School:Engineering
 * Department:Mechanical engineering . Civil engineering
 * Stream: Applied mechanics . Solid mechanics
 * Level: Undergraduate . Graduate . Professional

Content summary
The help desk seeks to collect pointers to solving problems with Abaqus. The content is in the form of questions followed by answers.

Learning materials

 * Introduction to Abaqus
 * Advanced simulation with Abaqus

Resources

 * Abaqus
 * User's Manuals
 * ABAQUS/CAE User's Manual
 * ABAQUS Analysis User's Manual
 * ABAQUS Example Problems Manual
 * ABAQUS Benchmarks Manual
 * Tutorials
 * Getting started with ABAQUS
 * Getting started with ABAQUS/Standard (Keywords version)
 * Getting started with ABAQUS/Explicit (Keywords version)
 * Reference and Theory Manuals
 * ABAQUS Keywords Reference Manual
 * ABAQUS Theory Manual
 * ABAQUS User SUbroutines Manual

Questions and Answers
Each of these pages contains questions and answers on the topics suggested below. If your topic does not fall into any of these categories please add another category to the list. Please post your questions and answers in the appropriate category page.


 * Getting started
 * Graphical User Interface
 * Scripting
 * User subroutines
 * Explicit dynamics
 * Vibrations
 * Linear Elasticity
 * Nonlinear Elasticity
 * Viscoelasticity
 * Plasticity
 * Viscoplasticity
 * Damage mechanics
 * Cohesive zone modeling
 * Fracture
 * Fatigue
 * Deformable Rolls
 * Heat Transfer

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