Surface Variables

Contact normal force (CNORMF) and frictional shear force (CSHEARF).

Contact opening (COPEN) and accumulated tangential motions (CSLIP1, CSLIP2, and CSLIPEQ) for general contact analyses.

Status of contact edges for general contact analyses (active as primary, active as secondary and deactive).

Contact frictional work for general contact analyses.

Contact nodal area for each node with active contact forces in general contact, based on area contributions from adjacent surface facets projected to a plane perpendicular to the current nodal contact normal force vector.

Surface tangent directions (CORIENT1 and CORIENT2) for general contact analyses.

Instantaneous contact slip rates (CSLIPR1, CSLIPR2, and CSLIPRMAG) for general contact analyses.

Contact status for general contact analyses.

Contact pressure (CPRESS) and magnitude of the frictional shear stress (CSHEARMAG) for general contact analyses.

Contact pressure (CPRESS) and frictional shear stresses (CSHEAR1 and CSHEAR2) for contact pair analyses.

Instantaneous contact tangent directions (CTANDIR1 and CTANDIR2) for general contact analyses.

Contact thickness for general contact analyses.

Maximum value of the maximum stress-based damage initiation criterion for cohesive surfaces in general contact up to the current increment.

Maximum value of the quadratic stress-based damage initiation criterion for cohesive surfaces in general contact up to the current increment.

Maximum value of the maximum separation-based damage initiation criterion for cohesive surfaces in general contact up to the current increment.

Maximum value of the quadratic separation-based damage initiation criterion for cohesive surfaces in general contact up to the current increment.

Damage variable for cohesive surfaces in general contact.

Length of contact slip path at secondary nodes during contact (FSLIPEQ) and in some cases (see About Contact Pairs in Abaqus/Explicit) components of net contact slip in local tangent directions (FSLIP1 and FSLIP2). These variables remain constant while a secondary node is not in contact.

Magnitude of contact slip rate at secondary nodes during contact (FSLIPR) and in some cases (see About Contact Pairs in Abaqus/Explicit) components of contact slip rate in local tangent directions (FSLIPR1 and FSLIPR2). These variables are set to zero while a secondary node is not in contact.

Spot weld bond status.

Spot weld bond load.

Consistent contact normal force (CNORMFC) and frictional shear force (CSHEARFC) in general contact with active C3D10 elements.

Time when bond failure occurs.

All components of remaining stress in the failed bond.

Fraction of stress that remains at bond failure.

Bond state (the state is 1.0 if bonded, 0.0 if unbonded).

Relative displacement behind crack when fracture criterion is met.

All components of critical stress at failure.

All components of strain energy release rate.

Effective energy release rate ratio.

Total force due to contact pressure (CFNn, n = 1, 2, 3).

Magnitude of total force due to contact pressure.

Total force due to frictional stress (CFSn, n = 1, 2, 3).

Magnitude of total force due to frictional stress.

Total force due to contact pressure and frictional stress (CFTn, n = 1, 2, 3).

Magnitude of total force due to contact pressure and frictional stress.

Total moment about the origin due to contact pressure (CMNn, n = 1, 2, 3).

Magnitude of total moment about the origin due to contact pressure.

Total moment about the origin due to frictional stress (CMSn, n = 1, 2, 3).

Magnitude of total moment about the origin due to frictional stress.

Total moment about the origin due to contact pressure and frictional stress (CMTn, n = 1, 2, 3).

Magnitude of total moment about the origin due to contact pressure and frictional stress.

Total area in contact.

Center of the total force due to contact pressure (XNn, n = 1, 2, 3).

Center of the total force due to frictional stress (XSn, n = 1, 2, 3).

Center of the total force due to contact pressure and frictional stress (XTn, n = 1, 2, 3).

Heat flux per unit area leaving the surface.

HFL multiplied by the nodal area.

Time integrated HFL.

HTL multiplied by the nodal area.

Heat flux per unit area due to frictional dissipation.

SFDR multiplied by the nodal area.

Time integrated SFDR.

SFDRT multiplied by the nodal area.