*ENRICHMENT ACTIVATION

*ENRICHMENT ACTIVATION
Activate or deactivate an enriched feature.

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

Product: Abaqus/Standard

Type: History data

Level: Step

Reference:

“Modeling discontinuities as an enriched feature using the extended finite element method,” Section 10.6.1 of the Abaqus Analysis User's Manual

Required parameter:

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.

TYPE

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