Rerunning the analysis using Abaqus/Explicit

We will rerun the same analysis in Abaqus/Explicit for comparison.

This time we are interested in the dynamic response of the hoist to the same load applied suddenly at the midspan. Before continuing, click the Model tab in the left side of the main window to switch to the Model Tree. Click mouse button 3 on Model-1 in the Model Tree and select Copy Model from the menu that appears to copy the existing model to a new model named Explicit. Make all subsequent changes to the Explicit model (you may want to collapse the original model to avoid confusion). You will need to replace the static step with an explicit dynamic step, modify the output requests and the material definition, and change the element library before you can resubmit the job.


In this section:

Replacing the analysis step
Modifying the output requests
Modifying the material definition
Changing the element library and submitting the job for analysis