*ENRICHMENT ACTIVATION

Activate or deactivate an enriched feature.

This option is used to activate or deactivate an enriched feature within the step definition.

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Modeling discontinuities as an enriched feature using the extended finite element method

ProductsAbaqus/StandardAbaqus/CAE

TypeHistory data

LevelStep

Abaqus/CAEInteraction module

Required parameters

NAME

Set this parameter equal to the name assigned to the enriched feature on the ENRICHMENT option.

Optional parameters

ACTIVATE

Set ACTIVATE=ON (default) to activate this enriched feature within the step.

Set ACTIVATE=OFF to deactivate this enriched feature within the step.

Set ACTIVATE=AUTO OFF to deactivate this enriched feature automatically once all the pre-existing cracks (or if there are no pre-existing cracks, all the allowable newly nucleated cracks) have propagated through the boundary of the given enriched feature within the step.

TYPE

Set this parameter equal to the type of enriched feature specified on the ENRICHMENT option. Currently, only TYPE=PROPAGATION CRACK (default) is supported.

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