Field expansion

Field expansion effects:

  • can be defined by specifying field expansion coefficients so that Abaqus/Standard can compute field expansion strains that are driven by changes in predefined field variables;

  • can be isotropic, orthotropic, or fully anisotropic;

  • are defined as total expansion from a reference value of the predefined field variable;

  • can be specified as a function of temperature and/or predefined field variables;

  • can be specified directly in user subroutine UEXPAN (if the field expansion strains are complicated functions of field variables and state variables); and

  • can be defined for more than one predefined field variable.

The following topics are discussed:

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UEXPAN
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