To ensure that JMAN is working
correctly, we will compare the values of K (the stress intensity factor) obtained with both JMAN and Abaqus.
In that purpose, we will create a standard fracture test model for mode I fracture in Abaqus.
Fig 3. Abaqus model, standard mode I fracture test |
Then we can export the
obtained displacement field in an Excel file and analyse it with JMAN. We want to verify that we obtain the same value of K but also the same stress and strain fields.
For convenience, we only compared those values for a few elements randomly chosen in the mesh.
The results obtained with JMAN an Abaqus were similar, we are now going to test JMAN with experimental results.