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Ali1994

2011-03-25, 14:23

Hello,

I am using ABAQUS6.10-1 and I noticed the manual said XFEM can only be used for isotropic materials.

Can I add material orientation in user subroutine to study crack growth using XFEM?

Thank you so much!

Jorgen

2011-04-13, 20:45

I have not tried that. Please let us know if you can make it work.

-Jorgen