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    Abaqus aborting with increasing steps

    Yes, I'm using UMAT with an automatic increment. I'll try a smaller increment and see if that works. Thanks very much for the suggestion.
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    Abaqus aborting with increasing steps

    Hi, I am running a simple 3-D (c3d8 elements) linear static stress analysis with a user defined material; the solver runs fine with up to seven steps in the input file. If I add an eighth step to the input file (concentrated load), the solver does not even make it past the first step and...

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