Analysis software Abaqus/Explicit

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Abaqus/Explicit is an explicit-dynamic finite-element solver most suitable for simulating brief transient and dynamic events such as drop tests of consumer electronics, automotive crashes, and ballistic impacts. The growing popularity of Abaqus/Explicit is due to its unique expertise in handling nonlinear behavior effectively. It makes Abaqus/Explicit ideal for simulating many quasi-static events, such as the rolling of hot metal and slow crushing of energy-absorbing structures. The key elements of its architecture are ease of use, reliability, and efficiency for production environments. The Abaqus/CAE modeling environment supports Abaqus/Explicit for all common pre- and post-processing. Abaqus/Explicit and Abaqus/Standard are designed to work cohesively, allowing you to couple the two solvers. You can continue a simulation that starts in Abaqus/Standard, in Abaqus/Explicit and conversely. The importing functionality allows users to apply Abaqus/Explicit to specific portions of the analysis that suit an explicit-dynamic solution technique. Alternatively, users can apply Abaqus/Standard to those portions of the analysis that are more suitable for an implicit solver. Analysis Types Nonlinear dynamic stress analysis Acoustics Multi-physics procedure for thermal/structural simulation Discrete Element Method (DEM) for particle simulations Coupled Eulerian-Lagrangian simulation Smooth Particle Hydrodynamics (SPH) Element Types Linear solid elements for stress analysis Quadratic tetrahedral elements for stress analysis Structural elements: Shell elements, beam elements, truss elements, membrane elements