Simulation steel beam-column connection with steel angle under cyclic loading in Abaqus

In this tutorial Simulation steel beam-column connection with steel angle under cyclic loading in Abaqus has been investigated. The beam and column are modeled as three-dimensional shell parts and the steel angle is modeled as a three-dimensional shell part. You can see a figure of the assembled parts at below

The steel material is modeled as elastic-plastic with ductile damage parameters to model failure behavior under cyclic loading. The shell thickness should be in the correct direction to avoid interference. The general static step with some modification to avoid not convergence error. The general contact algorithm with contact property as friction and hard contact is used. The contact between steel angle and column- steel angle and beam are assumed as perfect contact because they are welded. The fixed boundary conditions for the end of the column and displacement base on the specific protocol are assigned . The mesh quality has a good effect on the accuracy of results

After the simulation, all results such as stress, strain, damage….can be available. In each cycle the maximum stress is obvious and you can see some figures for the results below

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