This chapter discusses features related to analysis techniques in Abaqus. It provides an overview of the following enhancements:

• “Defining a local coordinate system for materials in Eulerian elements,” Section 5.1

• “Enhancements to the XFEM-based crack propagation capability,” Section 5.2

• “SIMULIA Co-Simulation Engine API availability,” Section 5.3

• “Enhancement to adaptive mesh refinement,” Section 5.4

• “Enhancements to the XFEM-based crack propagation capability in Abaqus/CAE,” Section 5.5

• “Parallel enhancement for DEM analysis,” Section 5.6

• “Enhancements to CZone for Abaqus for composite crush simulation,” Section 5.7

• “Vehicle ride comfort and durability co-simulation,” Section 5.8

• “Logical-Physical co-simulation using Abaqus and Dymola,” Section 5.9

• “Enhancements to the SIMULIA Co-Simulation Engine,” Section 5.10

• “Enhancements for co-simulation,” Section 5.11

• “MpCCI connector to the SIMULIA Co-Simulation Engine,” Section 5.12