Introduction to fe-safe/Rubber

What you will learn

• FEA Modeling for fe-safe/Rubber in Abaqus/CAE
• Using the fe-safe/Rubber Interface
• Stress-strain relationship for rubber materials in Abaqus
• Theory of fatigue crack growth under relaxing and non-relaxing loads
• Overview of material calibration and how to enter material properties in fe-safe
• Calibrating the crack precursor size for fe-safe/ Rubber
• Variable amplitude loading and multiple block loading for fe-safe/Rubber
• Postprocessing exports from fe-safe/Rubber (spreadsheet and Abaqus/Viewer)
• Using fe-safe/Rubber output in the stand-alone Endurica damage sphere viewer
• Industry examples

Topics covered

• Overview - Introduction to fe-safe/Rubber10 min
• 1 - Overview of fe-safe/Rubber1 hour 15 min
• 2 - Rubber Physics and Rubber Fatigue1 hour
• 3 - Fatigue Crack Growth (FCG) Behavior I45 min
• 4 - Fatigue Crack Growth (FCG) Behavior II1 hour 30 min
• 5 - FEA Modeling for fe-safe/Rubber1 hour 15 min
• 6 - Using fe-safe/Rubber1 hour 30 min
• 7 - Loading Definition for Rubber Fatigue1 hour 45 min
• 8 - Postprocessing fe-safe/Rubber Results1 hour 30 min
• 9 - Additional Tips for Using fe-safe/Rubber30 min
• Appendices-

Who it is for

Simuation Analyst: This course is recommended for engineers with experience using an FEA solver and the fe-safe GUI. Some overview of the fe-safe/Rubber GUI is given, but users are expected to know how to use the Abaqus/CAE and Abaqus/Viewer interfaces. Suggested prerequisites: Introduction to Abaqus and Introduction to fe-safe.

Prerequisites

Introduction to Abaqus Introduction to fe-safe