Extraction of Material Properties using Voxel Meshing and Abaqus

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  • ABAQUS Voxel File
Select File -> Export -> ABAQUS File -> ABAQUS Voxel File
The Abaqus Voxel Options dialog will be displayed
Select the number of voxels required in x,y and z directions
Select whether to output yarns, matrix or both
Periodic Boundary Conditions
All Tied: Assumes a material continuum where the RVE is considered to be infinitely small compared to the size of the engineering part.
Z untied: Gives a 2.5D simulation, assuming a one layer RVE solving in the x and y directions
Periodic boundary condition equations are generated based on the paper "Unit cells for micromechanical analyses of particle-refined composites", Shuguang Li, Anchana Wongsto, Mechanics of Materials 36(2004) 543-572