ABAQUS Tutorial
Dr. Ahmed Elkady
ABAQUS Tutorial Slide 1
Tutorial Outline
Modeling a Steel Beam-to-Column Subassembly
• Parts module (Defining geometry)
• Property module (Defining Materials and cross-sections)
• Assembly module (Parts assembly)
• Step module (Defining analysis steps type and parameters)
• Interaction module (Defining interactions & constraints)
• Mesh module (Defining mesh size and mesh element type)
• Job module (Running and monitoring the analysis)
• Visualization module (Visualizing displacements, strains and stresses)
ABAQUS Tutorial Slide 2
Example: End-plate steel connection
20 kN
50 mm
1.5 m
0.5 m
Fixed Base
Z X
ABAQUS Tutorial Slide 3
Example: End-plate steel connection
200
120 100
200
10 10 24
200 250 t=10
10
280
d=16
25
r=10
70
15
10
Column Beam End-Plate Bolt
(Solid elements) (Shell elements) (Solid elements) (Solid elements)
ABAQUS Tutorial Slide 4
Example: End-plate steel connection
d-tf
Extruded cross-
section
Modeled cross-section
dimension
Solid Part Shell Part
(sketch section outline) (sketch section centerline)
ABAQUS Tutorial Slide 5
Example: End-plate steel connection
Bilinear with a hardening branch
σ
S355 Steel fu
E = 200,000 MPa fy
ν = 0.3
fy = 355 MPa E
fu = 470 MPa
ɛu = 0.18
ɛy ɛu ε
ABAQUS Tutorial Slide 6