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[giorgio.pedretti]

Good morning, I’m trying to model the nonlinear behavior of concrete in Ansys 2024, including both the hardening and softening phases. Could anyone provide me with some advice or useful tips?

Thank you in advance!

[Erik Kostson]

Hi

We have a NL concrete example in help manual - search for:

 

Chapter 49: Load Limit Analysis of a Reinforced Concrete Slab

All the best

Erik

PS: We have an online help manual to use -

https://ansyshelp.ansys.com/public/account/secured?returnurl=/Views/Secured/main_page.html

 

 

 

[giorgio.pedretti]

I am working on a cylinder subjected to a compression load, trying to use the parameters from example 49 to achieve the expected behavior. However, I am unable to reproduce the softening phase. Could someone kindly help me understand why? I am attaching the stress-strain curve below.