Finite Element Analysis (FEA)

Tutorial
Project: Impact Loading using the
Johnson-Cook Plasticity-Damage
Model
 Problem
Analyze the impact loading of an object on
aluminum plates using FEA tool ABAQUS
Plate Dimensions: Projectile Dimensions:
t= 26.3 mm d= 12.9 mm
w=304 mm lp= 88.9 mm
L= 304 mm lp
L=304 mm

Determine:
Plot d

t= 26.3 mm
Preprocessing
 Creating The Geometry
Open ABAQUS/CAE and create a new parts:
Aluminum Plate
Projectile
 Creating The Geometry
Aluminum Plate
 Creating The Geometry
Projectile
 Material Properties
Aluminum Plate and Projectile

Model Part Young Poisson Density

Modulus Ratio (Tonne/mm^3)
(MPa)

Aluminum Plate 69000 0.35 2.7E-009

Projectile 202000 0.3 8.6E-009

 Material Properties
Aluminum Plate and Projectile Plastic Data

Johnson-Cook A B n m C 0
Plasticity [Mpa] [Mpa] [1/s]

Aluminum Plate 262 162.1 0.2783 1.34 - -

Projectile 1430 2545 0.7 1.03 0.014 15.0

 Material Properties
Aluminum Plate Johnson-Cook Dynamic
Failure Model

Material d1 d2 d3 d4 d5 Melting Transition Reference

Temperature Temperature Strain Rate
(C) (C) 1/s
Aluminum -0.77 1.45 0.47 0 1.6 651.85 20.05 1
Plate
1 ABAQUS Material Definition
4

2
ABAQUS Material Definition
Add Damage Evolution

Set the displacement at

failure to 0.9
 Creating an Assembly

Double click on instances

Set the projectile 100 mm

from the origin (center of
the plate )
 Interactions properties
Double click in interaction properties, select
contact. Select Mechanical, Normal Behavior
 Interaction properties continued
Select the default set
and click OK
 Interactions
Double click on Interactions, General Contact,
All with self and add the created IntProp-1 in
individual property assignment
 Creating Mesh (partitioning)
Aluminum Plate
Create a Partition of the plate
Seed edges and select the partition lines
 Creating Mesh (Continued)

Repeat the procedure in the opposite directions

for the rest of the internal lines
Creating Mesh
 Creating Mesh Projectile
Create a Partition of the projectile
Select an the approximate global size
 Creating Mesh
From Mesh Element Type Select Element
Deletion for the Plate and the projectile
 Creating a Step
Double click Steps under Model tree and
Create step window will pop up
This time you will modify the time period
 Field Output Request
Select SDEG scalar Stiffness degradation and
Status as output variables
Boundary Conditions
Results with v3 =-700000 and
displacement at failure 0.9
Time t0 Time t1

Time t2 Time t3
 Results
Time t4 Time t5

Time t6 Time t7
 Results
Time t8 Time t9

Time t10 Time t11

Results
 Rebound of the projectile
Change the value of predefined velocity field
Delete the damage evolution in Materials
Aluminum Plate
Boundary Conditions
Delete the Damage Evolution
 Results
Time t0 Time t2
 Conduct simulations
Change the values of displacements at failure
from 0.1 to 0.9 and keep damage evolution.
Comment on the results for Von Mises stress,
the morphology of the plate and the hole, the
trajectory of the projectile and the velocity
Improve the model using your favorite
meshing technique to refine the center of the
plate or reduce the geometry to the half or a
quarter.
 Notes
By modifying the velocity from 100, 000 mm/s
to 1,000 000 mm/s consider the time that you
need to input on step-time period.