Elastic-Plastic Joint Element Library

This section provides a reference to the elastic-plastic joint elements available in Abaqus/Aqua.

This page discusses:

Element Types

JOINT2D

Two-dimensional elastic-plastic joint element

JOINT3D

Three-dimensional elastic-plastic joint element

Active Degrees of Freedom

1, 2, 6 for JOINT2D

1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 for JOINT3D

Additional Solution Variables

None.

Nodal Coordinates Required

None.

Element Property Definition

Element-Based Loading

None.

Element Output

The relative displacements and rotations corresponding to the forces and moments below are chosen by requesting the corresponding “strains.” Elastic and plastic strains are available. For a spud can the vertical (plastic) embedment since the start of the analysis is given by PE11; the total vertical embedment is available as PEEQ.

JOINT2D

S11

Total direct force in the first local direction.

S22

Total direct force in the second local direction.

S12

Total moment about the third local direction.

JOINT3D

S11

Total direct force in the first local direction.

S22

Total direct force in the second local direction.

S33

Total direct force in the third local direction.

S12

Total moment about the third local direction.

S13

Total moment about the second local direction.

S23

Total moment about the first local direction.

Nodes Associated with the Element

Two nodes.