Product: Abaqus/Explicit
Benefits: An enhancement to nullify tie constraints when the underlying master elements are deleted improves the robustness of the analysis.
Description: In Abaqus/Explicit tie constraints are nullified as underlying elements of tied surfaces are deleted due to material point failure. The tie constraint between a slave node and its corresponding master nodes is deleted when either all the elements attached to the slave node are deleted or the master element to which the slave node is tied is deleted.
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