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*DAMAGE STABILIZATION
Specify viscosity coefficients for the damage model for fiber-reinforced materials, surface-based cohesive behavior or cohesive behavior in enriched elements.

This option is used to specify viscosity coefficients used in the viscous regularization scheme for the damage model for fiber-reinforced materials, surface-based traction-separation behavior in contact or cohesive behavior in enriched elements. For fiber-reinforced materials, you can use this option in conjunction with the *DAMAGE INITIATION, CRITERION=HASHIN and *DAMAGE EVOLUTION options; for surface-based traction-separation behavior, you can use this option in conjunction with the *DAMAGE INITIATION, CRITERION=MAXS, MAXE, QUADS, or QUADE and *DAMAGE EVOLUTION options.

Products: Abaqus/Standard  Abaqus/Explicit  Abaqus/CAE  

Type: Model data

Level: Model  

Abaqus/CAE: Property module

References:
There are no parameters associated with this option.

Data lines to define viscosity coefficients for fiber-reinforced materials: 

First line:

  1. Viscosity coefficient in the longitudinal tensile direction.

  2. Viscosity coefficient in the longitudinal compressive direction.

  3. Viscosity coefficient in the transverse tensile direction.

  4. Viscosity coefficient in the transverse compressive direction.

Data line to define viscosity coefficients for surfaced-based traction-separation behavior or cohesive behavior in enriched elements: 

First (and only) line:

  1. Viscosity coefficient.