Required parameters
- NSET
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Set this parameter equal to the name of the node set in which the variables are to be monitored.
Required, mutually exclusive parameters
- ABS
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Include this parameter if the user-specified value is to be the upper bound for the absolute value of the variable. At every increment Abaqus/Explicit will check whether the absolute value of the variable has exceeded the specified value.
- MAX
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Include this parameter if the user-specified value is to be the upper bound for the variable. At every increment Abaqus/Explicit will check whether the variable has exceeded the specified value.
- MIN
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Include this parameter if the user-specified value is to be the lower bound for the variable. At every increment Abaqus/Explicit will check whether the variable has fallen below the specified value.
Optional parameters
- OUTPUT
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Set OUTPUT=YES (default) if the requested field-type output to the output database and an additional restart state are to be written when any variable value exceeds the user-specified bounds for the first time. The output will be written in the increment following the one in which such an occurrence took place.
Set OUTPUT=NO to prevent any output from being written.
Data lines to define nodal variables and the maxima or minima
- First line
Give the identifying keys for the nodal variables to be monitored. Any variable available for history-type output to the output database can be specified. The keys are defined in Abaqus/Explicit Output Variable Identifiers.
Enter the extreme value.
Repeat the data line as often as necessary to define additional variables to be monitored and their maxima or minima.