Element Integration Point Variables

You can request element integration point variable output to the data, results, or output database file.

This page discusses:

The output variables listed below are available in Abaqus/Standard.

Tensors and Associated Principal Values and Invariants

S
.dat: yes  .fil: yes  .odb Field: yes  .odb History: yes  

All stress components.

Sij
.dat: yes  .fil: no  .odb Field: no  .odb History: yes  

ij-component of stress (ij3).

SP
.dat: yes  .fil: yes  .odb Field: yes  .odb History: yes  

All principal stresses.

SPn
.dat: yes  .fil: no  .odb Field: no  .odb History: yes  

Minimum, intermediate, and maximum principal stresses (SP1SP2SP3).

SINV
.dat: yes  .fil: yes  .odb Field: yes  .odb History: yes  

All stress invariant components (MISES, TRESC, PRESS, INV3). For field output SINV is converted to a request for the generic variable S.

S_MISES
.dat: no   .fil: no   .odb Field: yes   .odb History: yes  

Signed von Mises equivalent stress.

MISES
.dat: yes  .fil: no  .odb Field: no  .odb History: yes  

Mises equivalent stress, defined as

q=32S:S,

where S is the deviatoric stress tensor, defined as S=σ+pI, where σ is the stress, p is the equivalent pressure stress (defined below), and I is a unit matrix. In index notation

q=32SijSij,

where Sij=σij+pδij, p=-13σii, and δij is the Kronecker delta.

MISESMAX
.dat: no  .fil: no  .odb Field: yes  .odb History: no  

Maximum Mises stress among all of the section points. For a shell element it represents the maximum Mises value among all the section points in the layer, for a beam element it is the maximum Mises stress among all the section points in the cross-section, and for a solid element it represents the Mises stress at the integration points.

MISESONLY
.dat: no  .fil: no  .odb Field: yes  .odb History: no  

Mises equivalent stress. When MISESONLY is used instead of MISES, the stress components are not written to the output database; consequently, the size of the database is reduced.

TRESC
.dat: yes  .fil: no  .odb Field: no  .odb History: yes  

Tresca equivalent stress, defined as the maximum difference between principal stresses.

PRESS
.dat: yes  .fil: no  .odb Field: no  .odb History: yes  

Equivalent pressure stress, defined as

p=-13trace(σ)=-13σii.

PRESSONLY
.dat: no  .fil: no  .odb Field: yes  .odb History: no  

Equivalent pressure stress. When PRESSONLY is used instead of PRESS, the stress components are not written to the output database; consequently, the size of the database is reduced.

INV3
.dat: yes  .fil: no  .odb Field: no  .odb History: yes  

Third stress invariant, defined as

r=(92SS:S)1/3=(92SijSjkSki)1/3,

where S is the deviatoric stress defined in the context of Mises equivalent stress, above.

TRIAX
.dat: no  .fil: no  .odb Field: yes  .odb History: yes  

Stress triaxiality, η=-p/q.

YIELDS
.dat: no  .fil: no  .odb Field: yes  .odb History: yes  

Yield stress, σ0, available for Mises, Johnson-Cook, and Hill plasticity material models.

ALPHA
.dat: yes  .fil: yes  .odb Field: yes  .odb History: yes  

All total kinematic hardening shift tensor components.

ALPHAij
.dat: yes  .fil: no  .odb Field: no  .odb History: yes  

ij-component of the total shift tensor (ij3).

ALPHAk
.dat: no  .fil: no  .odb Field: yes  .odb History: yes  

All kth kinematic hardening shift tensor components (1k10).

ALPHAk_ij
.dat: no  .fil: no  .odb Field: no  .odb History: yes  

ij-component of the kth kinematic hardening shift tensor (ij3 and 1k10).

ALPHAN
.dat: no  .fil: no  .odb Field: yes  .odb History: yes  

All tensor components of all the kinematic hardening shift tensors, except the total shift tensor, ALPHA.

ALPHAP
.dat: yes  .fil: yes  .odb Field: yes  .odb History: yes  

All principal values of the total shift tensor.

ALPHAPn
.dat: yes  .fil: no  .odb Field: no  .odb History: yes  

Minimum, intermediate, and maximum principal values of the total shift tensor (ALPHAP1ALPHAP2ALPHAP3).

SNETk
.dat: no  .fil: no  .odb Field: yes  .odb History: yes  

All stress components in the kth network (0k10). Available only for the parallel rheological framework.

SNETk_ij
.dat: no  .fil: no  .odb Field: no  .odb History: yes  

ij-component of stress in the kth network (ij3 and 0k10). Available only for the parallel rheological framework.

E
.dat: yes  .fil: yes  .odb Field: yes  .odb History: yes  

All strain components. For geometrically nonlinear analysis using element formulations that support finite strains, E is not available for output to the output database (.odb) file.

Eij
.dat: yes  .fil: no  .odb Field: no  .odb History: yes  

ij-component of strain (ij3).

EP
.dat: yes  .fil: yes  .odb Field: yes  .odb History: yes  

All principal strains.

EPn
.dat: yes  .fil: no  .odb Field: no  .odb History: yes  

Minimum, intermediate, and maximum principal strains (EP1EP2EP3).

NE
.dat: yes  .fil: yes  .odb Field: yes  .odb History: yes  

All nominal strain components.

NEij
.dat: yes  .fil: no  .odb Field: no  .odb History: yes  

ij-component of nominal strain (ij3).

NEP
.dat: yes  .fil: yes  .odb Field: yes  .odb History: yes  

All principal nominal strains.

NEPn
.dat: yes  .fil: no  .odb Field: no  .odb History: yes  

Minimum, intermediate, and maximum principal nominal strains (NEP1NEP2NEP3).

LE
.dat: yes  .fil: yes  .odb Field: yes  .odb History: yes  

All logarithmic strain components. For geometrically nonlinear analysis using element formulations that support finite strains, LE is the default strain measure for output to the output database (.odb) file.

LEij
.dat: yes  .fil: no  .odb Field: no  .odb History: yes  

ij-component of logarithmic strain (ij3).

LEP
.dat: yes  .fil: yes  .odb Field: yes  .odb History: yes  

All principal logarithmic strains.

LEPn
.dat: yes  .fil: no  .odb Field: no  .odb History: yes  

Minimum, intermediate, and maximum principal logarithmic strains (LEP1LEP2LEP3).

ER
.dat: yes  .fil: yes  .odb Field: yes  .odb History: yes  

All mechanical strain rate components.

ERij
.dat: yes  .fil: no  .odb Field: no  .odb History: yes  

ij-component of strain rate (ij3).

ERP
.dat: yes  .fil: yes  .odb Field: yes  .odb History: yes  

All principal mechanical strain rates.

ERPn
.dat: yes  .fil: no  .odb Field: no  .odb History: yes  

Minimum, intermediate, and maximum principal mechanical strain rates (ERP1ERP2ERP3).

DG
.dat: yes  .fil: yes  .odb Field: no  .odb History: no  

All components of the total deformation gradient. Available only for hyperelasticity, hyperfoam, and material models defined in user subroutine UMAT. For fully integrated first-order quadrilaterals and hexahedra, the selectively reduced integration technique is used. A modified deformation gradient is output for these elements.

DGij
.dat: yes  .fil: no  .odb Field: no  .odb History: no  

ij-component of the total deformation gradient (i,j3).

DGP
.dat: yes  .fil: yes  .odb Field: no  .odb History: no  

Principal stretches.

DGPn
.dat: yes  .fil: no  .odb Field: no  .odb History: no  

Minimum, intermediate, and maximum values of principal stretches (DGP1DGP2DGP3).

EE
.dat: yes  .fil: yes  .odb Field: yes  .odb History: yes  

All elastic strain components.

EEij
.dat: yes  .fil: no  .odb Field: no  .odb History: yes  

ij-component of elastic strain (ij3).

EEP
.dat: yes  .fil: yes  .odb Field: yes  .odb History: yes  

All principal elastic strains.

EEPn
.dat: yes  .fil: no  .odb Field: no  .odb History: yes  

Minimum, intermediate, and maximum principal elastic strains (EEP1EEP2EEP3).

IE
.dat: yes  .fil: yes  .odb Field: yes  .odb History: yes  

All inelastic strain components.

IEij
.dat: yes  .fil: no  .odb Field: no  .odb History: yes  

ij-component of inelastic strain (ij3).

IEP
.dat: yes  .fil: yes  .odb Field: yes  .odb History: yes  

All principal inelastic strains.

IEPn
.dat: yes  .fil: no  .odb Field: no  .odb History: yes  

Minimum, intermediate, and maximum principal inelastic strains (IEP1IEP2IEP3).

THE
.dat: yes  .fil: yes  .odb Field: yes  .odb History: yes  

All thermal strain components.

THEij
.dat: yes  .fil: no  .odb Field: no  .odb History: yes  

ij-component of thermal strain (ij3).

THEP
.dat: yes  .fil: yes  .odb Field: yes  .odb History: yes  

All principal thermal strains.

THEPn
.dat: yes  .fil: no  .odb Field: no  .odb History: yes  

Minimum, intermediate, and maximum principal thermal strains (THEP1THEP2THEP3).

PE
.dat: yes  .fil: yes  .odb Field: yes  .odb History: yes  

All plastic strain components. This identifier also provides PEEQ, a yes/no flag telling if the material is currently yielding or not (AC YIELD: “actively yielding”; that is, the plastic strain changed during the increment), and PEMAG when PE is requested for the data or results files. When PE is requested for field output to the output database, PEEQ is also provided.

PEij
.dat: yes  .fil: no  .odb Field: no  .odb History: yes  

ij-component of plastic strain (ij3).

PEEQ
.dat: yes  .fil: no  .odb Field: yes  .odb History: yes  

Equivalent plastic strain. This identifier also provides a yes/no flag (1/0 on the output database) telling if the material is currently yielding or not (AC YIELD: “actively yielding”; that is, the plastic strain changed during the increment).

The equivalent plastic strain is defined as ε¯pl|0+0tε¯˙pldt, where ε¯pl|0 is the initial equivalent plastic strain.

The definition of ε¯˙pl depends on the material model. For classical metal (Mises) plasticity ε¯˙pl=23ε˙pl:ε˙pl. For other plasticity models, see the appropriate section in Abaqus Materials Guide.

When plasticity occurs in the thickness direction to a gasket element whose plastic behavior is specified as part of a gasket behavior definition, PEEQ is PE11.

PEEQMAX
.dat: no  .fil: no  .odb Field: yes  .odb History: no  

Maximum equivalent plastic strain, PEEQ, among all of the section points. For a shell element it represents the maximumPEEQ value among all the section points in the layer, for a beam element it is the maximum PEEQ among all the section points in the cross-section, and for a solid element it represents thePEEQ at the integration points.

PEEQT
.dat: yes  .fil: yes  .odb Field: yes  .odb History: yes  

Equivalent plastic strain in uniaxial tension for cast iron, Mohr-Coulomb tension cutoff, and concrete damaged plasticity, which is defined as ε¯˙tpldt. This identifier also provides a yes/no flag (1/0 on the output database) telling if the material is currently yielding or not (AC YIELDT: “actively yielding”; that is, the plastic strain changed during the increment).

PEMAG
.dat: yes  .fil: no  .odb Field: yes  .odb History: yes  

Plastic strain magnitude, defined as 23εpl:εpl.

For most materials, PEEQ and PEMAG are equal only for proportional loading. When plasticity occurs in the thickness direction to a gasket element whose plastic behavior is specified as part of a gasket behavior definition, PEMAG is PE11.

PEP
.dat: yes  .fil: yes  .odb Field: yes  .odb History: yes  

All principal plastic strains.

PEPn
.dat: yes  .fil: no  .odb Field: no  .odb History: yes  

Minimum, intermediate, and maximum principal plastic strains (PEP1PEP2PEP3).

CE
.dat: yes  .fil: yes  .odb Field: yes  .odb History: yes  

All creep strain components. This identifier also provides CEEQ, CESW, and CEMAG when CE is requested for the data or results files.

CEij
.dat: yes  .fil: no  .odb Field: no  .odb History: yes  

ij-component of creep strain (ij3).

CEEQ
.dat: yes  .fil: no  .odb Field: yes  .odb History: yes  

Equivalent creep strain, defined as 0tε¯˙crdt.

The definition of ε¯˙cr depends on the material model. For classical metal (Mises) creep ε¯˙cr=23ε˙cr:ε˙cr. For other creep models, see the appropriate section in Abaqus Materials Guide.

When creep occurs in the thickness direction to a gasket element whose creep behavior is specified as part of a gasket behavior definition, CEEQ is CE11.

CESW
.dat: yes  .fil: no  .odb Field: yes  .odb History: yes  

Magnitude of swelling strain.

For cap creep CESW gives the equivalent creep strain produced by the consolidation creep mechanism, defined as σ:dεcrp¯, where p¯ is the equivalent creep pressure, p¯=(R2q2+p(p-pa))/Gccr.

CEMAG
.dat: yes  .fil: no  .odb Field: yes  .odb History: yes  

Magnitude of creep strain (defined by the same formula given above for PEMAG, applied to the creep strains).

CEP
.dat: yes  .fil: yes  .odb Field: yes  .odb History: yes  

All principal creep strains.

CEPn
.dat: yes  .fil: no  .odb Field: no  .odb History: yes  

Minimum, intermediate, and maximum principal creep strains (CEP1CEP2CEP3).

EEIG
.dat: no  .fil: no  .odb Field: yes  .odb History: yes  

All eigenstrain components.

EEIGij
.dat: no  .fil: no  .odb Field: no  .odb History: yes  

ij-component of eigenstrain (ij3).

MAXPSCRT
.dat: no   .fil: no   .odb Field: yes   .odb History: yes  

Maximum principal stress initiation criterion.

LODE
.dat: no   .fil: no   .odb Field: yes   .odb History: yes  

Lode angle term, ξ = cos ( 3 Θ ) , where Θ is the Lode angle.

GKEEQ
.dat: no   .fil: no   .odb Field: yes   .odb History: yes  

Glinka equivalent strain.

GKPEEQ
.dat: no   .fil: no   .odb Field: yes   .odb History: yes  

Glinka equivalent plastic strain.

GKSEQ
.dat: no   .fil: no   .odb Field: yes   .odb History: yes  

Glinka equivalent stress.

NBEEQ
.dat: no   .fil: no   .odb Field: yes   .odb History: yes  

Neuber equivalent strain.

NBPEEQ
.dat: no   .fil: no   .odb Field: yes   .odb History: yes  

Neuber equivalent plastic strain.

NBSEQ
.dat: no   .fil: no   .odb Field: yes   .odb History: yes  

Neuber equivalent stress.

Additional Element Stresses

CS11
.dat: yes  .fil: yes  .odb Field: yes  .odb History: yes  

Average contact pressure for link and three-dimensional line gasket elements. Available only if the gasket contact area is specified; see Defining the Contact Area for Average Contact Pressure Output.

TSHR
.dat: yes  .fil: yes  .odb Field: yes  .odb History: yes  

All transverse shear stress components. Available only for thick shell elements such as S3R, S4R, S8R, and S8RT.

TSHRi3
.dat: yes  .fil: no  .odb Field: no  .odb History: yes  

i3-component of transverse shear stress (i=1,2). Available only for thick shell elements such as S3R, S4R, S8R, and S8RT.

CTSHR
.dat: yes  .fil: no  .odb Field: yes  .odb History: yes  

Transverse shear stress components for stacked continuum shell elements. Available only for SC6R and SC8R elements.

CTSHRi3
.dat: yes  .fil: no  .odb Field: no  .odb History: yes  

i3-component of transverse shear stress (i=1,2). Available only for SC6R and SC8R elements.

SS
.dat: yes  .fil: yes  .odb Field: no  .odb History: no  

All substresses. Available only for ITS elements.

SSn
.dat: yes  .fil: no  .odb Field: no  .odb History: no  

nth substress (n=1,2). Available only for ITS elements.

ORITENS
.dat: yes   .fil: no   .odb Field: yes   .odb History: no  

All orientation tensor components. Available only for elements with multiscale material or linear orthotropic elastic material with fiber dispersion and only if the orientation tensor is specified with a distribution (Distribution Definition).

Vibration and Acoustic Quantities

INTEN
.dat: no  .fil: no  .odb Field: yes  .odb History: yes  

Vibration intensity. Available only for the steady-state dynamics procedure. For real-only steady-state dynamics analyses, the intensity is a pure imaginary vector, but it is stored as real on the output database. Available for structural, solid, and acoustic elements and for rebar.

ACV
.dat: no  .fil: no  .odb Field: yes  .odb History: yes  

Acoustic particle velocity. Available only if the steady-state dynamic procedure is used, and available only for acoustic and poroelastic acoustic finite elements.

ACVn
.dat: no  .fil: no  .odb Field: no  .odb History: yes  

Component n of the acoustic particle velocity vector (n=1,2,3). Available only if the steady-state dynamic procedure is used, and available only for acoustic and poroelastic acoustic finite elements.

GRADP
.dat: no  .fil: no  .odb Field: yes  .odb History: yes  

Acoustic pressure gradient. Available only if the steady-state dynamic procedure is used, and available only for acoustic and poroelastic acoustic finite elements.

GRADPn
.dat: no  .fil: no  .odb Field: yes  .odb History: yes  

Component n of the acoustic pressure gradient (n=1,2,3). Available only if the steady-state dynamic procedure is used, and available only for acoustic and poroelastic acoustic finite elements.

ACDISP
.dat: yes  .fil: no  .odb Field: yes  .odb History: yes  

Acoustic fluid displacement. Available only if the direct steady-state dynamic procedure is used, and available only for poroelastic acoustic finite elements.

ACDISPn
.dat: yes  .fil: no  .odb Field: yes  .odb History: yes  

Component n of the acoustic fluid displacement (n=1,2,3). Available only if the direct steady-state dynamic procedure is used, and available only for poroelastic acoustic finite elements.

ACADMIT
.dat: yes  .fil: no  .odb Field: yes  .odb History: yes  

Acoustic admittance (a reciprocal of impedance). Available only if the direct steady-state dynamic procedure is used, and available only for poroelastic acoustic finite elements.

ACADMITn
.dat: yes  .fil: no  .odb Field: yes  .odb History: yes  

Component n of the acoustic admittance (a reciprocal of impedance) (n=1,2,3). Available only if the direct steady-state dynamic procedure is used, and available only for poroelastic acoustic finite elements.

Energy Densities

In steady-state dynamics all energy quantities are net per-cycle values, unless otherwise noted (see Energy balance).

ENER
.dat: yes  .fil: yes  .odb Field: yes  .odb History: yes  

All energy densities. None of the energy densities are available in mode-based procedures; a limited number of them are available for direct-solution steady-state dynamic and subspace-based steady-state dynamic analyses.

SENER
.dat: yes  .fil: no  .odb Field: yes  .odb History: yes  

Elastic strain energy density (with respect to current volume). When the Mullins effect is modeled with hyperelastic materials, this quantity represents only the recoverable part of energy per unit volume. This is the only energy density available in the data file for eigenvalue extraction procedures; to obtain this quantity for eigenvalue extraction procedures in the results file or as field output in the output database, request ENER. In steady-state dynamic analysis this is the cyclic mean value.

PENER
.dat: yes  .fil: no  .odb Field: yes  .odb History: yes  

Energy dissipated by rate-independent and rate-dependent plasticity, per unit volume. For superelastic materials, this variable also includes recoverable phase-transformation energy. This output variable is not available for steady-state dynamic analysis.

CENER
.dat: yes  .fil: no  .odb Field: yes  .odb History: yes  

Energy dissipated by creep, swelling, viscoelasticity, and energy associated with viscous regularization for cohesive elements, per unit volume. Not available for steady-state dynamic analysis.

VENER
.dat: yes  .fil: no  .odb Field: yes  .odb History: yes  

Energy dissipated by viscous effects (except those from viscoelasticity and static dissipation), per unit volume.

EENER
.dat: yes  .fil: no  .odb Field: yes  .odb History: yes  

Electrostatic energy density. Not available for steady-state dynamic analysis.

JENER
.dat: yes  .fil: no  .odb Field: yes  .odb History: yes  

Electrical energy dissipated as a result of the flow of current, per unit volume. Not available for steady-state dynamic analysis.

DMENER
.dat: yes  .fil: no  .odb Field: yes  .odb History: yes  

Energy dissipated by damage, per unit volume. Not available for steady-state dynamic analysis.

State, Field, and User-Defined Output Variables

SDV
.dat: yes  .fil: yes  .odb Field: yes  .odb History: yes  

Solution-dependent state variables.

SDVn
.dat: yes  .fil: no  .odb Field: yes  .odb History: yes  

Solution-dependent state variable n.

TEMP
.dat: yes  .fil: yes  .odb Field: yes  .odb History: yes  

Temperature.

POR
.dat: yes   .fil: no   .odb Field: yes   .odb History: yes  

Pore fluid pressure.

FV
.dat: yes  .fil: yes  .odb Field: yes  .odb History: yes  

Predefined field variables, including those imported using the FVi co-simulation field ID.

FVn
.dat: yes  .fil: no  .odb Field: yes  .odb History: yes  

Predefined field variable n.

MFR
.dat: yes  .fil: yes  .odb Field: yes  .odb History: yes  

Predefined mass flow rates.

MFRn
.dat: yes  .fil: no  .odb Field: no  .odb History: yes  

Component n of predefined mass flow rate (n=1,2,3).

UVARM
.dat: yes  .fil: yes  .odb Field: yes  .odb History: yes  

User-defined output variables.

UVARMn
.dat: yes  .fil: no  .odb Field: yes  .odb History: yes  

User-defined output variable n.

Composite Failure Measures

CFAILURE
.dat: yes  .fil: yes  .odb Field: yes  .odb History: yes  

All failure measure components.

MSTRS
.dat: yes  .fil: no  .odb Field: yes  .odb History: yes  

Maximum stress theory failure measure.

TSAIH
.dat: yes  .fil: no  .odb Field: yes  .odb History: yes  

Tsai-Hill theory failure measure.

TSAIW
.dat: yes  .fil: no  .odb Field: yes  .odb History: yes  

Tsai-Wu theory failure measure.

AZZIT
.dat: yes  .fil: no  .odb Field: yes  .odb History: yes  

Azzi-Tsai-Hill theory failure measure.

MSTRN
.dat: yes  .fil: no  .odb Field: yes  .odb History: yes  

Maximum strain theory failure measure.

Fluid Link Quantities

MFL
.dat: yes  .fil: yes  .odb Field: yes  .odb History: yes  

Current value of the mass flow rate.

MFLT
.dat: yes  .fil: yes  .odb Field: yes  .odb History: yes  

Current value of the total mass flow.

Fluid Pipe Element Quantities

FPMFL
.dat: no  .fil: no  .odb Field: yes  .odb History: yes  

Current value of the mass flow rate.

FPFLVEL
.dat: no  .fil: no  .odb Field: yes  .odb History: yes  

Current velocity of the fluid flowing through the pipe.

FPDPRESS
.dat: no  .fil: no  .odb Field: yes  .odb History: yes  

Current pressure drop across the element.

Fracture Mechanics Quantities

JK
.dat: yes  .fil: yes  .odb Field: yes  .odb History: yes  

J-integral, stress intensity factors. Available only for line spring elements. Output is in the following order for LS3S elements: J, K, Jel, and Jpl. Output is in the following order for LS6 elements: J, Jel, Jpl, KI, KII, and KIII.

Concrete Cracking and Additional Plasticity

CRACK
.dat: yes  .fil: yes  .odb Field: no  .odb History: no  

Unit normal to cracks in concrete.

CONF
.dat: yes  .fil: yes  .odb Field: no  .odb History: no  

Number of cracks at a concrete material point.

PEQC
.dat: yes  .fil: yes  .odb Field: yes  .odb History: yes  

All equivalent plastic strains when the model has more than one yield/failure surface.

PEQCn
.dat: yes  .fil: no  .odb Field: no  .odb History: yes  

nth equivalent plastic strain (n=1,2,3,4).

For jointed materials: PEQC provides equivalent plastic strains for all four possible systems (three joints - PEQC1, PEQC2, PEQC3, and bulk material - PEQC4). This identifier also provides a yes/no flag (1/0 on the output database) telling if each individual system is currently yielding or not (AC YIELD: “actively yielding”; that is, the plastic strain changed during the increment).

For cap plasticity: PEQC provides equivalent plastic strains for all three possible yield/failure surfaces (Drucker-Prager failure surface - PEQC1, cap surface - PEQC2, and transition surface - PEQC3) and the total volumetric inelastic strain (PEQC4). All identifiers also provide a yes/no flag (1/0 on the output database) telling whether the yield surface is currently active or not (AC YIELD: “actively yielding”, that is, the plastic strain changed during the increment).

When PEQC is requested as output to the output database, the active yield flags for each component are named AC YIELD1, AC YIELD2, etc. and take the value 1 or 0.

Concrete Damaged Plasticity

DAMAGEC
.dat: yes  .fil: no  .odb Field: yes  .odb History: yes  

Compressive damage variable, dc.

DAMAGET
.dat: yes  .fil: no  .odb Field: yes  .odb History: yes  

Tensile damage variable, dt.

SDEG
.dat: yes  .fil: no  .odb Field: yes  .odb History: yes  

Scalar stiffness degradation variable, d.

PEEQ
.dat: yes  .fil: yes  .odb Field: yes  .odb History: yes  

Equivalent plastic strain in uniaxial compression, which is defined as ε¯˙cpldt. This identifier also provides a yes/no flag (1/0 on the output database) telling if the material is currently undergoing compressive failure or not (AC YIELD: “actively yielding”; that is, the plastic strain changed during the increment).

Superelastic Material Quantities

TE
.dat: no  .fil: no  .odb Field: yes  .odb History: yes  

All transformation strain tensor components.

TEij
.dat: no  .fil: no  .odb Field: no  .odb History: yes  

ij-component of transformation strain (ij3).

TEEQ
.dat: no  .fil: no  .odb Field: yes  .odb History: yes  

Equivalent transformation strain.

TEVOL
.dat: no  .fil: no  .odb Field: yes  .odb History: yes  

Volumetric transformation strain.

MVF
.dat: no  .fil: no  .odb Field: yes  .odb History: yes  

Fraction of martensite.

SEQUT
.dat: yes  .fil: no  .odb Field: yes  .odb History: yes  

Equivalent uniaxial tensile stress.

EEQUT
.dat: yes  .fil: no  .odb Field: yes  .odb History: yes  

Equivalent uniaxial tensile total strain.

Rebar Quantities

RBFOR
.dat: yes  .fil: yes  .odb Field: yes  .odb History: yes  

Force in rebar.

RBANG
.dat: yes  .fil: yes  .odb Field: yes  .odb History: yes  

Angle in degrees between rebar and the user-specified isoparametric direction. Available only for shell, membrane, and surface elements.

RBROT
.dat: yes  .fil: yes  .odb Field: yes  .odb History: yes  

Change in angle in degrees between rebar and the user-specified isoparametric direction. Available only for shell, membrane, and surface elements.

Heat Transfer Analysis

HFL
.dat: yes  .fil: yes  .odb Field: yes  .odb History: yes  

Current magnitude and components of the heat flux per unit area vector. The integration points for these values are located at the Gauss points.

HFLM
.dat: yes  .fil: no  .odb Field: no  .odb History: yes  

Current magnitude of heat flux per unit area vector.

HFLn
.dat: yes  .fil: no  .odb Field: no  .odb History: yes  

Component n of the heat flux vector (n=1,2,3).

GRADT
.dat: yes  .fil: yes  .odb Field: yes  .odb History: yes  

Temperature gradient vector.

GRADTn
.dat: yes  .fil: no  .odb Field: no  .odb History: yes  

Component n of the temperature gradient vector (n=1,2,3).

TEMPR
.dat: yes   .fil: yes   .odb Field: yes   .odb History: yes  

Temperature rate.

Mass Diffusion Analysis

CONC
.dat: yes  .fil: yes  .odb Field: yes  .odb History: yes  

Mass concentration.

ISOL
.dat: yes  .fil: yes  .odb Field: yes  .odb History: yes  

Amount of solute at an integration point, calculated as the product of the mass concentration (CONC) and the integration point volume (IVOL).

MFL
.dat: yes  .fil: yes  .odb Field: yes  .odb History: yes  

Current magnitude and components of the concentration flux vector.

MFLM
.dat: yes  .fil: no  .odb Field: no  .odb History: yes  

Current magnitude of the concentration flux vector.

MFLn
.dat: yes  .fil: no  .odb Field: no  .odb History: yes  

Component n of the concentration flux vector (n=1,2,3).

Elements with Electrical Potential Degrees of Freedom

EPG
.dat: yes  .fil: yes  .odb Field: yes  .odb History: yes  

Current magnitude and components of the electrical potential gradient vector for a coupled thermal-electrical analysis, a coupled thermal-electrochemical analysis, or a fully coupled thermal-electrical-structural analysis. Current magnitude and components of the negative of the electrical potential gradient vector for a piezoelectric analysis.

EPGM
.dat: yes  .fil: no  .odb Field: no  .odb History: yes  

Current magnitude of the electrical potential gradient vector.

EPGn
.dat: yes  .fil: no  .odb Field: no  .odb History: yes  

Component n of the electrical potential gradient vector for a coupled thermal-electrical analysis, a coupled thermal-electrochemical analysis, or a fully coupled thermal-electrical-structural analysis. Component n of the negative of the electrical potential gradient vector for a piezoelectric analysis. ( n = 1 , 2 , 3 ) .

Piezoelectric Analysis

EFLX
.dat: yes  .fil: yes  .odb Field: yes  .odb History: yes  

Current magnitude and components of the electrical flux vector.

EFLXM
.dat: yes  .fil: no  .odb Field: no  .odb History: yes  

Current magnitude of the electrical flux vector.

EFLXn
.dat: yes  .fil: no  .odb Field: no  .odb History: yes  

Component n of the electrical flux vector (n=1,2,3).

Coupled Thermal-Electrical Elements

ECD
.dat: yes  .fil: yes  .odb Field: yes  .odb History: yes  

Current magnitude and components of the electrical current density.

ECDM
.dat: yes  .fil: no  .odb Field: no  .odb History: yes  

Current magnitude of the electrical current density.

ECDn
.dat: yes  .fil: no  .odb Field: no  .odb History: yes  

Component n of the electrical current density vector (n=1,2,3).

Coupled Thermal-Electrochemical Elements

ECDE
.dat: yes   .fil: yes   .odb Field: yes   .odb History: yes  

Current magnitude and components of the electrical current density in the fluid.

MFLE
.dat: yes   .fil: yes   .odb Field: yes   .odb History: yes  

Ion flux flow rate in the fluid.

CONCE
.dat: yes   .fil: yes   .odb Field: yes   .odb History: yes  

Ion concentration in the fluid.

ELECPOTE
.dat: yes   .fil: yes   .odb Field: yes   .odb History: yes  

Electric potential in the fluid.

ELECPOT
.dat: yes   .fil: yes   .odb Field: yes   .odb History: yes  

Electric potential in the solid.

EPGE
.dat: yes   .fil: yes   .odb Field: yes   .odb History: yes  

Current magnitude and components of the fluid electrical potential gradient vector for a coupled thermal-electrochemical analysis.

CONCGE
.dat: yes   .fil: yes   .odb Field: yes   .odb History: yes  

Current magnitude and components of the ion concentration gradient vector for a coupled thermal-electrochemical analysis.

Cohesive Elements

MAXSCRT
.dat: yes  .fil: no  .odb Field: yes  .odb History: yes  

Maximum nominal stress damage initiation criterion.

MAXECRT
.dat: yes  .fil: no  .odb Field: yes  .odb History: yes  

Maximum nominal strain damage initiation criterion.

QUADSCRT
.dat: yes  .fil: no  .odb Field: yes  .odb History: yes  

Quadratic nominal stress damage initiation criterion.

QUADECRT
.dat: yes  .fil: no  .odb Field: yes  .odb History: yes  

Quadratic nominal strain damage initiation criterion.

DMICRT
.dat: yes  .fil: yes  .odb Field: yes  .odb History: yes  

All active components of the damage initiation criteria.

SDEG
.dat: yes  .fil: yes  .odb Field: yes  .odb History: yes  

Overall scalar stiffness degradation.

STATUS
.dat: yes  .fil: yes  .odb Field: yes  .odb History: yes  

Status of the element (the status of an element is 1.0 if the element is active, 0.0 if the element is not).

The status output is added automatically by the analysis.

MMIXDME
.dat: no  .fil: no  .odb Field: yes  .odb History: yes  

Mode mix ratio during damage evolution. It has a value of -1.0 before initiation of damage.

MMIXDMI
.dat: no  .fil: no  .odb Field: yes  .odb History: yes  

Mode mix ratio at damage initiation. It has a value of -1.0 before initiation of damage.

Low-Cycle Fatigue Analysis

CYCLEINI
.dat: no  .fil: no  .odb Field: yes  .odb History: yes  

Number of cycles to initialize the damage at the material point.

SDEG
.dat: yes  .fil: yes  .odb Field: yes  .odb History: yes  

Overall scalar stiffness degradation.

STATUS
.dat: yes  .fil: yes  .odb Field: yes  .odb History: yes  

Status of the element (the status of an element is 1.0 if the element is active, 0.0 if the element is not).

The status output is added automatically by the analysis.

Pore Pressure Analysis

VOIDR
.dat: yes  .fil: yes  .odb Field: yes  .odb History: yes  

Void ratio.

POR
.dat: yes  .fil: yes  .odb Field: yes  .odb History: yes  

Pore pressure.

SAT
.dat: yes  .fil: yes  .odb Field: yes  .odb History: yes  

Saturation.

GELVR
.dat: yes  .fil: yes  .odb Field: yes  .odb History: yes  

Gel volume ratio.

FLUVR
.dat: yes  .fil: yes  .odb Field: yes  .odb History: yes  

Total fluid volume ratio.

FLVEL
.dat: yes  .fil: yes  .odb Field: yes  .odb History: yes  

Current magnitude and components of the pore fluid effective velocity vector.

FLVELM
.dat: yes  .fil: no  .odb Field: no  .odb History: yes  

Current magnitude of the pore fluid effective velocity vector.

FLVELn
.dat: yes  .fil: no  .odb Field: no  .odb History: yes  

Component n of the pore fluid effective velocity vector (n=1,2,3).

SROCK
.dat: no  .fil: no  .odb Field: yes  .odb History: no  

All active components of rock mechanics effective stress.

Pore Pressure Cohesive Elements

GFVR
.dat: yes  .fil: yes  .odb Field: yes  .odb History: yes  

Gap flow volume rate.

PFOPEN
.dat: yes  .fil: yes  .odb Field: yes  .odb History: yes  

Pore pressure fracture opening.

LEAKVRT
.dat: yes  .fil: yes  .odb Field: yes  .odb History: yes  

Leak-off flow rate at the top of the element.

LEAKVRB
.dat: yes  .fil: yes  .odb Field: yes  .odb History: yes  

Leak-off flow rate at the bottom of the element.

ALEAKVRT
.dat: yes  .fil: yes  .odb Field: yes  .odb History: yes  

Accumulated leak-off volume at the top of the element.

ALEAKVRB
.dat: yes  .fil: yes  .odb Field: yes  .odb History: yes  

Accumulated leak-off volume at the bottom of the element.

FLDVEL
.dat: yes  .fil: yes  .odb Field: yes  .odb History: yes  

Material point fluid velocity.

Porous Metal Plasticity Quantities

RD
.dat: yes  .fil: yes  .odb Field: yes  .odb History: yes  

Relative density.

VVF
.dat: yes  .fil: yes  .odb Field: yes  .odb History: yes  

Void volume fraction.

VVFG
.dat: yes  .fil: yes  .odb Field: yes  .odb History: yes  

Void volume fraction due to void growth.

VVFN
.dat: yes  .fil: yes  .odb Field: yes  .odb History: yes  

Void volume fraction due to void nucleation.

Two-Layer Viscoplasticity Quantities

VS
.dat: yes  .fil: yes  .odb Field: yes  .odb History: yes  

Stress in the elastic-viscous network.

VSij
.dat: yes  .fil: no  .odb Field: no  .odb History: yes  

ij-component of stress in the elastic-viscous network (ij3).

PS
.dat: yes  .fil: yes  .odb Field: yes  .odb History: yes  

Stress in the elastic-plastic network.

PSij
.dat: yes  .fil: no  .odb Field: no  .odb History: yes  

ij-component of stress in the elastic-plastic network (ij3).

VE
.dat: yes  .fil: yes  .odb Field: yes  .odb History: yes  

Viscous strain in the elastic-viscous network.

VEij
.dat: yes  .fil: no  .odb Field: no  .odb History: yes  

ij-component of viscous strain in the elastic-viscous network (ij3).

PE
.dat: yes  .fil: yes  .odb Field: yes  .odb History: yes  

Plastic strain in the elastic-plastic network.

PEij
.dat: yes  .fil: no  .odb Field: no  .odb History: yes  

ij-component of plastic strain in the elastic-plastic network (ij3).

VEEQ
.dat: yes  .fil: no  .odb Field: yes  .odb History: yes  

Equivalent viscous strain in the elastic-viscous network, defined as 0tε¯˙vdt.

PEEQ
.dat: yes  .fil: no  .odb Field: yes  .odb History: yes  

Equivalent plastic strain in the elastic-plastic network, defined as 0tε¯˙pldt.

Geometric Quantities

COORD
.dat: yes  .fil: yes  .odb Field: yes  .odb History: yes  

Coordinates of the integration point for solid elements and rebar. These are the current coordinates if the large-displacement formulation is being used.

IVOL
.dat: yes  .fil: yes  .odb Field: yes  .odb History: yes  

Integration point volume. Section point volume in the case of beams and shells. (Not available for eigenfrequency extraction, eigenvalue buckling prediction, complex eigenfrequency extraction, or linear dynamics procedures. Available only for continuum and structural elements not using general beam or shell section definitions.)

LOCALDIRn
.dat: no  .fil: no  .odb Field: automatic  .odb History: no  

Direction cosines of the local material directions for an anisotropic hyperelastic material model. This variable is output automatically if any other element field output is requested for an anisotropic hyperelastic material (see Output).

Accuracy Indicators

SJP
.dat: yes  .fil: yes  .odb Field: no  .odb History: no  

Strain jumps at nodes.

Random Response Analysis

The following variables (beginning with R) are available only for random response dynamic analysis:

RS
.dat: yes  .fil: yes  .odb Field: yes  .odb History: yes  

Root mean square of all stress components.

RSij
.dat: yes  .fil: no  .odb Field: no  .odb History: yes  

Root mean square of ij-component of stress (ij3).

RMISES
.dat: no  .fil: no  .odb Field: yes  .odb History: yes  

Root mean square of Mises equivalent stress.

RE
.dat: yes  .fil: yes  .odb Field: yes  .odb History: yes  

Root mean square of all strain components.

REij
.dat: yes  .fil: no  .odb Field: no  .odb History: yes  

Root mean square of ij-component of strain (ij3).

RCTF
.dat: yes  .fil: yes  .odb Field: no  .odb History: yes  

RMS values of all components of connector total forces and moments.

RCTFn
.dat: yes  .fil: no  .odb Field: no  .odb History: yes  

RMS value of connector total force component n (n=1,2,3).

RCTMn
.dat: yes  .fil: no  .odb Field: no  .odb History: yes  

RMS value of connector total moment component n (n=1,2,3).

RCEF
.dat: yes  .fil: yes  .odb Field: no  .odb History: yes  

RMS values of all components of connector elastic forces and moments.

RCEFn
.dat: yes  .fil: no  .odb Field: no  .odb History: yes  

RMS value of connector elastic force component n (n=1,2,3).

RCEMn
.dat: yes  .fil: no  .odb Field: no  .odb History: yes  

RMS value of connector elastic moment component n (n=1,2,3).

RCVF
.dat: yes  .fil: yes  .odb Field: no  .odb History: yes  

RMS values of all components of connector viscous forces and moments.

RCVFn
.dat: yes  .fil: no  .odb Field: no  .odb History: yes  

RMS value of connector viscous force component n (n=1,2,3).

RCVMn
.dat: yes  .fil: no  .odb Field: no  .odb History: yes  

RMS value of connector viscous moment component n (n=1,2,3).

RCRF
.dat: yes  .fil: yes  .odb Field: no  .odb History: yes  

RMS values of all components of connector reaction forces and moments.

RCRFn
.dat: yes  .fil: no  .odb Field: no  .odb History: yes  

RMS value of connector reaction force component n (n=1,2,3).

RCRMn
.dat: yes  .fil: no  .odb Field: no  .odb History: yes  

RMS value of connector reaction moment component n (n=1,2,3).

RCSF
.dat: yes  .fil: yes  .odb Field: no  .odb History: yes  

RMS values of all components of connector friction forces and moments.

RCSFn
.dat: yes  .fil: no  .odb Field: no  .odb History: yes  

RMS value of connector friction force component n (n=1,2,3).

RCSMn
.dat: yes  .fil: no  .odb Field: no  .odb History: yes  

RMS value of connector friction moment component n (n=1,2,3).

RCSFC
.dat: yes  .fil: no  .odb Field: no  .odb History: yes  

RMS value of connector friction force in the direction of the instantaneous slip direction. Available only if friction is defined in the slip direction.

RCU
.dat: yes  .fil: yes  .odb Field: no  .odb History: yes  

RMS values of all components of connector relative displacements and rotations.

RCUn
.dat: yes  .fil: no  .odb Field: no  .odb History: yes  

RMS value of connector relative displacement in the n-direction (n=1,2,3).

RCURn
.dat: yes  .fil: no  .odb Field: no  .odb History: yes  

RMS value of connector relative rotation in the n-direction (n=1,2,3).

RCCU
.dat: yes  .fil: yes  .odb Field: no  .odb History: yes  

RMS values of all components of connector constitutive displacements and rotations.

RCCUn
.dat: yes  .fil: no  .odb Field: no  .odb History: yes  

RMS value of connector constitutive displacement in the n-direction (n=1,2,3).

RCCURn
.dat: yes  .fil: no  .odb Field: no  .odb History: yes  

RMS value of connector constitutive rotation in the n-direction (n=1,2,3).

RCNF
.dat: yes  .fil: yes  .odb Field: no  .odb History: yes  

RMS values of all components of connector friction-generating contact forces and moments.

RCNFn
.dat: yes  .fil: no  .odb Field: no  .odb History: yes  

RMS value of connector friction-generating contact force component n (n=1,2,3).

RCNMn
.dat: yes  .fil: no  .odb Field: no  .odb History: yes  

RMS value of connector friction-generating contact moment component n (n=1,2,3).

RCNFC
.dat: yes  .fil: no  .odb Field: no  .odb History: yes  

RMS values of connector friction-generating contact force components in the instantaneous slip direction. Available only if friction is defined in the slip direction.

Steady-State Dynamic Analysis

The following variables (beginning with P) are available only for steady-state (frequency domain) dynamic analysis. These variables include both the magnitude and phase angle for all components. Phase angles are given in degrees. In the data file there are two lines of output for each request. The first line contains the magnitude, and the second line (indicated by the SSD footnote) contains the phase angle. In the results file the magnitudes of all components are first, followed by the phase angles of all components.

PHS
.dat: yes  .fil: yes  .odb Field: no  .odb History: no  

Magnitude and phase angle of all stress components.

PHSij
.dat: yes  .fil: no  .odb Field: no  .odb History: no  

Magnitude and phase angle of ij-component of stress (ij3).

PHE
.dat: yes  .fil: yes  .odb Field: no  .odb History: no  

Magnitude and phase angle of all strain components.

PHEij
.dat: yes  .fil: no  .odb Field: no  .odb History: no  

Magnitude and phase angle of ij-component of strain (ij3).

PHEPG
.dat: yes  .fil: yes  .odb Field: no  .odb History: no  

Magnitude and phase angles of the electrical potential gradient vector.

PHEPGn
.dat: yes  .fil: no  .odb Field: no  .odb History: no  

Magnitude and phase angle of component n of the electrical potential gradient (n=1,2,3).

PHEFL
.dat: yes  .fil: yes  .odb Field: no  .odb History: no  

Magnitude and phase angles of the electrical flux vector.

PHEFLn
.dat: yes  .fil: no  .odb Field: no  .odb History: no  

Magnitude and phase angle of component n of the electrical flux vector (n=1,2,3).

PHMFL
.dat: yes  .fil: yes  .odb Field: no  .odb History: no  

Magnitude and phase angle of mass flow rate. Available only for fluid link elements.

PHMFT
.dat: yes  .fil: yes  .odb Field: no  .odb History: no  

Magnitude and phase angle of total mass flow. Available only for fluid link elements.

PHCTF
.dat: yes  .fil: yes  .odb Field: no  .odb History: no  

Magnitude and phase of all components of connector total forces and moments.

PHCTFn
.dat: yes  .fil: no  .odb Field: no  .odb History: no  

Magnitude and phase of connector total force component n (n=1,2,3).

PHCTMn
.dat: yes  .fil: no  .odb Field: no  .odb History: no  

Magnitude and phase of connector total moment component n (n=1,2,3).

PHCEF
.dat: yes  .fil: yes  .odb Field: no  .odb History: no  

Magnitude and phase of all components of connector elastic forces and moments.

PHCEFn
.dat: yes  .fil: no  .odb Field: no  .odb History: no  

Magnitude and phase of connector elastic force component n (n=1,2,3).

PHCEMn
.dat: yes  .fil: no  .odb Field: no  .odb History: no  

Magnitude and phase of connector elastic moment component n (n=1,2,3).

PHCVF
.dat: yes  .fil: yes  .odb Field: no  .odb History: no  

Magnitude and phase of all components of connector viscous forces and moments.

PHCVFn
.dat: yes  .fil: no  .odb Field: no  .odb History: no  

Magnitude and phase of connector viscous force component n (n=1,2,3).

PHCVMn
.dat: yes  .fil: no  .odb Field: no  .odb History: no  

Magnitude and phase of connector viscous moment component n (n=1,2,3).

PHCRF
.dat: yes  .fil: yes  .odb Field: no  .odb History: no  

Magnitude and phase of all components of connector reaction forces and moments.

PHCRFn
.dat: yes  .fil: no  .odb Field: no  .odb History: no  

Magnitude and phase of connector reaction force component n (n=1,2,3).

PHCRMn
.dat: yes  .fil: no  .odb Field: no  .odb History: no  

Magnitude and phase of connector reaction moment component n (n=1,2,3).

PHCSF
.dat: yes  .fil: yes  .odb Field: no  .odb History: no  

Magnitude and phase of all components of connector friction forces and moments.

PHCSFn
.dat: yes  .fil: no  .odb Field: no  .odb History: no  

Magnitude and phase of connector friction force component n (n=1,2,3).

PHCSMn
.dat: yes  .fil: no  .odb Field: no  .odb History: no  

Magnitude and phase of connector friction moment component n (n=1,2,3).

PHCSFC
.dat: yes  .fil: no  .odb Field: no  .odb History: no  

Magnitude and phase of connector friction force in the direction of the instantaneous slip direction. Available only if friction is defined in the slip direction.

PHCU
.dat: yes  .fil: yes  .odb Field: no  .odb History: no  

Magnitude and phase of all components of connector relative displacements and rotations.

PHCUn
.dat: yes  .fil: no  .odb Field: no  .odb History: no  

Magnitude and phase of connector relative displacement in the n-direction (n=1,2,3).

PHCURn
.dat: yes  .fil: no  .odb Field: no  .odb History: no  

Magnitude and phase of connector relative rotation in the n-direction (n=1,2,3).

PHCCU
.dat: yes  .fil: yes  .odb Field: no  .odb History: no  

Magnitude and phase of all components of connector constitutive displacements and rotations.

PHCCUn
.dat: yes  .fil: no  .odb Field: no  .odb History: no  

Magnitude and phase of connector constitutive displacement in the n-direction (n=1,2,3).

PHCCURn
.dat: yes  .fil: no  .odb Field: no  .odb History: no  

Magnitude and phase of connector constitutive rotation in the n-direction (n=1,2,3).

PHCV
.dat: yes  .fil: yes  .odb Field: no  .odb History: no  

Magnitude and phase of all components of connector relative velocities.

PHCVn
.dat: yes  .fil: no  .odb Field: no  .odb History: no  

Magnitude and phase of connector relative velocity in the n-direction (n=1,2,3).

PHCVRn
.dat: yes  .fil: no  .odb Field: no  .odb History: no  

Magnitude and phase of connector relative angular velocity in the n-direction (n=1,2,3).

PHCA
.dat: yes  .fil: yes  .odb Field: no  .odb History: no  

Magnitude and phase of all components of connector relative accelerations.

PHCAn
.dat: yes  .fil: no  .odb Field: no  .odb History: no  

Magnitude and phase of connector relative acceleration in the n-direction (n=1,2,3).

PHCARn
.dat: yes  .fil: no  .odb Field: no  .odb History: no  

Magnitude and phase of connector relative angular acceleration in the n-direction (n=1,2,3).

PHCNF
.dat: yes  .fil: yes  .odb Field: no  .odb History: no  

Magnitude and phase of all components of connector friction-generating contact forces and moments.

PHCNFn
.dat: yes  .fil: no  .odb Field: no  .odb History: no  

Magnitude and phase of connector friction-generating contact force component n (n=1,2,3).

PHCNMn
.dat: yes  .fil: no  .odb Field: no  .odb History: no  

Magnitude and phase of connector friction-generating contact moment component n (n=1,2,3).

PHCNFC
.dat: yes  .fil: no  .odb Field: no  .odb History: no  

Magnitude and phase of connector friction-generating contact force in the instantaneous slip direction. Available only if friction is defined in the slip direction.

PHCIVC
.dat: yes  .fil: yes  .odb Field: no  .odb History: no  

Magnitude and phase of connector instantaneous velocity in the slip direction. Available only if friction is defined in the slip direction.

Failure with Progressive Damage

SDEG
.dat: no  .fil: no  .odb Field: yes  .odb History: yes  

Scalar stiffness degradation variable.

DMICRT
.dat: no  .fil: no  .odb Field: yes  .odb History: yes  

All active components of the damage initiation criteria.

DMICRTMAX
.dat: no  .fil: no  .odb Field: yes  .odb History: no  

Maximum damage initiation criteria value among all section points, all damage initiation criteria, and all time increments up to the current time.

This output variable generates three output quantities as follows:

DMICRTMAXVAL outputs the maximum damage initiation value.

DMICRTPOS outputs the section point in the layer in which the maximum damage initiation value occurred. For solid elements, the output value is one.

DMICRTTYPE outputs a value that represents the damage initiation criteria type that reached the maximum value in the element as follows:

For elements that have failure with progressive damage: 1-DUCTCRT, 2-SHRCRT, 4-FLDCRT, 5-MSFLDCRT, and 6-FLSDCRT.

For elements that have fiber-reinforced material damage: 11-HSNFTCRT, 12-HSNFCCRT, 13-HSNMTCRT, and 14-HSNMCCRT.

For cohesive elements with traction-separation behavior: 21-MAXSCRT, 22-MAXECRT, 23-QUADSCRT, and 24-QUADECRT.

DUCTCRT
.dat: no  .fil: no  .odb Field: no  .odb History: yes  

Ductile damage initiation criterion.

HCCRT
.dat: yes   .fil: no   .odb Field: no   .odb History: yes  

Hosford-Coulomb damage initiation criterion.

SHRCRT
.dat: no  .fil: no  .odb Field: no  .odb History: yes  

Shear damage initiation criterion.

FLDCRT
.dat: no  .fil: no  .odb Field: no  .odb History: yes  

Forming limit diagram (FLD) damage initiation criterion.

FLSDCRT
.dat: no  .fil: no  .odb Field: no  .odb History: yes  

Forming limit stress diagram (FLSD) damage initiation criterion.

MSFLDCRT
.dat: no  .fil: no  .odb Field: no  .odb History: yes  

Müschenborn-Sonne forming limit stress diagram (MSFLD) damage initiation criterion.

ERPRATIO
.dat: no  .fil: no  .odb Field: yes  .odb History: yes  

Ratio of principal strain rates, α, used for the MSFLD damage initiation criterion.

SHRRATIO
.dat: no  .fil: no  .odb Field: yes  .odb History: yes  

Shear stress ratio, θs=(q+ksp)/τmax, used for the shear damage initiation criterion.

Fiber-Reinforced Materials Damage

HSNFTCRT
.dat: yes  .fil: no  .odb Field: yes  .odb History: yes  

Hashin fiber tensile damage initiation criterion.

HSNFCCRT
.dat: yes  .fil: no  .odb Field: yes  .odb History: yes  

Hashin fiber compressive damage initiation criterion.

HSNMTCRT
.dat: yes  .fil: no  .odb Field: yes  .odb History: yes  

Hashin matrix tensile damage initiation criterion.

HSNMCCRT
.dat: yes  .fil: no  .odb Field: yes  .odb History: yes  

Hashin matrix compressive damage initiation criterion.

LARCMCCRT
.dat: yes   .fil: no   .odb Field: yes   .odb History: yes  

LaRC05 matrix cracking damage initiation criterion.

LARCFKCRT
.dat: yes   .fil: no   .odb Field: yes   .odb History: yes  

LaRC05 fiber kinking damage initiation criterion.

LARCFSCRT
.dat: yes   .fil: no   .odb Field: yes   .odb History: yes  

LaRC05 fiber splitting damage initiation criterion.

LARCFTCRT
.dat: yes   .fil: no   .odb Field: yes   .odb History: yes  

LaRC05 fiber tension damage initiation criterion.

DMICRT
.dat: yes  .fil: yes  .odb Field: yes  .odb History: yes  

All active components of the damage initiation criteria.

DAMAGEFT
.dat: yes  .fil: yes  .odb Field: yes  .odb History: yes  

Fiber tensile damage variable.

DAMAGEFC
.dat: yes  .fil: yes  .odb Field: yes  .odb History: yes  

Fiber compressive damage variable.

DAMAGEMT
.dat: yes  .fil: yes  .odb Field: yes  .odb History: yes  

Matrix tensile damage variable.

DAMAGEMC
.dat: yes  .fil: yes  .odb Field: yes  .odb History: yes  

Matrix compressive damage variable.

DAMAGESHR
.dat: yes  .fil: yes  .odb Field: yes  .odb History: yes  

Shear damage variable.

STATUS
.dat: yes  .fil: yes  .odb Field: yes  .odb History: yes  

Status of the element (the status of an element is 1.0 if the element is active, 0.0 if the element is not).

The status output is added automatically by the analysis.

Structural Relaxation Quantities

TFICT
.dat: no  .fil: no  .odb Field: yes  .odb History: yes  

Fictive temperature.