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ABAQUS-EPGEN: a general-purpose finite-element code. Volume 1. User's manual

Technical Report ·
OSTI ID:6886518

This document is the User's Manual for ABAQUS/EPGEN, a general purpose finite element computer program, designed specifically to serve advanced structural analysis needs. The program contains very general libraries of elements, materials and analysis procedures, and is highly modular, so that complex combinations of features can be put together to model physical problems. The program is aimed at production analysis needs, and for this purpose aspects such as ease-of-use, reliability, flexibility and efficiency have received maximum attention. The input language is designed to make it straightforward to describe complicated models; the analysis procedures are highly automated with the program choosing time or load increments based on user supplied tolerances and controls; and the program offers a wide range of post-processing options for display of the analysis results.

Research Organization:
Hibbitt, Karlsson and Sorensen, Providence, RI (USA)
OSTI ID:
6886518
Report Number(s):
EPRI-NP-2709-CCM-Vol.1; ON: DE83900754
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English