RD-HM-T: 1000 Tensile Test Setup

This tutorial demonstrates how to simulate an uniaxial tensile test using a standardized specimen with a defined cross-sectional area which is stretched until fracture.

The tensile test is a standardized method of material testing to determine the yield strength, tensile strength, elongation at break and other material parameters. It is one of the quasi-static, destructive test methods.
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In this lesson you will learn to:
  • Step1: Load the initial model
  • Step 2: Define material
  • Step 3: Define property
  • Step 4: Create rigid body
  • Step 5: Create boundary conditions
  • Step 6: Create imposed velocity
  • Step 7: Create time history output
  • Step 8: Create Engine setup
  • Step 9: Export solver deck and run model
  • Step 10: Check results

Model Description

  • UNITS: Length (mm), Time (ms), Mass (kg), Force (kN) and Stress (GPa)
  • Simulation time D01 [0 – 40.]
  • At the right side, a constant velocity is applied = 1 mm/ms on -X direction.
  • Tensile test object dimensions = 12 x 200 with a uniform thickness = 1.7 mm
Johnson-Cook elastic plastic material /MAT/PLAS_JOHNS (Aluminum 6063 T7).
Material
Value
Initial density, [Rho_I]
2.7e-6Kg/mm3
Young's modulus, [E]
60.4 GPa
Poisson's ratio, [nu]
0.33
Yield stress, [SIGMA_Y]
0.09026 GPa
Ultimate tensile stress, [UTS]
0.175 GPa
Engineering strain at UTS, [E_UTS]
0.24
Failure plastic strain, [EPS_max]
0.75

Prerequisites

To run this simulation, you will need access to a licensed version of Radioss. You will need an internet connection to watch the video tutorials and download the files.

Model Files

Before you begin, copy the file(s) used in this tutorial to your working directory.

Tutorial Video