Numerical Analysis of an Aluminium Profile under Bending using Abaqus And Deform-3D

The paper describes the process of symmetric bending of an aluminium specimen using two independent environments for numerical analysis. A FEM analysis is performed on an aluminium channel section. A comparison is made between the bending process performed in the Abaqus environment and that run with the Deform-3D system. In both numerical analysis systems, the crucial point is to determine the state of reduced stresses for a designed computer model. The paper provides a visual comparison of the profiles subjected to bending; it also determines displacements and stresses in the tested structures. To perform a nonlinear static analysis, we define a material model, determine boundary conditions, interactions as well as generate a mesh. The results produced with the two numerical systems agree to a very high extent.