If a mesh of hyperfoam material is loaded and then unloaded in Abaqus, it
shows a hysteresis loop. This is exactly what I want but I can't find a
damping temr in the constitutive model. Does it arise from damping that's
added for numerical stability?
Any advice would be appreciated.
Regards,
Ron.
Dr Ron Thomson
Sports Engineering/Ballistics+Impact Group
University of Glasgow
Scotland
http://www.mech.gla.ac.uk/~rthomson
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