72 lines
3.0 KiB
Markdown
72 lines
3.0 KiB
Markdown
---
|
|
type: concept
|
|
title: "Abaqus Explicit Analysis Efficiency Techniques"
|
|
complexity: advanced
|
|
domain: computational-mechanics
|
|
created: 2026-05-29
|
|
updated: 2026-05-29
|
|
address: c-000087
|
|
aliases:
|
|
- Abaqus mass scaling
|
|
- Abaqus selective subcycling
|
|
- Abaqus steady-state detection
|
|
tags:
|
|
- concept
|
|
- finite-element-method
|
|
- abaqus
|
|
- explicit-dynamics
|
|
- performance
|
|
status: current
|
|
related:
|
|
- "[[Abaqus-Analysis-User-s-Guide-Volume-II|Abaqus Analysis User's Guide Volume II]]"
|
|
- "[[Direct Time Integration Methods]]"
|
|
- "[[Abaqus Resource and Parallel Execution]]"
|
|
- "[[Abaqus Nonlinear Solution Control]]"
|
|
sources:
|
|
- "[[Abaqus-Analysis-User-s-Guide-Volume-II|Abaqus Analysis User's Guide Volume II]]"
|
|
source_refs:
|
|
- source: "[[Abaqus-Analysis-User-s-Guide-Volume-II|Abaqus Analysis User's Guide Volume II]]"
|
|
raw_path: ".raw/AbaqusAnalysisUserGuide2/"
|
|
raw_files:
|
|
- "AbaqusAnalysisUserGuide2_107.md"
|
|
- "AbaqusAnalysisUserGuide2_106.md"
|
|
- "AbaqusAnalysisUserGuide2_105.md"
|
|
- "AbaqusAnalysisUserGuide2_002.md"
|
|
md_indices:
|
|
- 107
|
|
- 106
|
|
- 105
|
|
- 2
|
|
match: "heuristic-heading-keyword"
|
|
confidence: high
|
|
---
|
|
|
|
# Abaqus Explicit Analysis Efficiency Techniques
|
|
|
|
## Definition
|
|
|
|
Abaqus explicit analysis efficiency techniques adjust or monitor an Abaqus/Explicit run to reduce computational cost while preserving the needed accuracy.
|
|
|
|
## How It Works
|
|
|
|
Mass scaling artificially increases element or model mass to increase the stable explicit time increment. It is commonly used in quasi-static explicit analyses and sometimes in dynamic analyses where a few very small or distorted elements control the global time increment.
|
|
|
|
Fixed mass scaling is applied once at the beginning of a step. Variable mass scaling can be applied during a step when stiffness, deformation, or element size changes significantly. The guide emphasizes that quasi-static uses can tolerate more scaling than true dynamic events, where physical mass and inertia must remain accurate.
|
|
|
|
The same chapter group also covers selective subcycling and steady-state detection. These techniques aim to avoid unnecessary explicit increments or focus small time increments where they are actually needed.
|
|
|
|
## Why It Matters
|
|
|
|
Explicit dynamics is often limited by the stable time increment rather than by nonlinear iteration. Efficiency techniques can make contact, forming, impact, or quasi-static explicit workflows practical, but they can also corrupt inertia-sensitive results if used carelessly.
|
|
|
|
## Connections
|
|
|
|
- [[Direct Time Integration Methods]] explains the explicit central-difference stability context.
|
|
- [[Abaqus Resource and Parallel Execution]] covers the hardware and parallel execution side of large explicit jobs.
|
|
- [[Abaqus Nonlinear Solution Control]] is the implicit counterpart: Abaqus/Standard cost is often governed by cutbacks and convergence iterations instead.
|
|
|
|
## Sources
|
|
|
|
- [[Abaqus-Analysis-User-s-Guide-Volume-II|Abaqus Analysis User's Guide Volume II]]
|
|
|