Nodal Variables

You can request nodal variable output to the data, results, or output database file.

This page discusses:

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

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

All physical displacement components, including rotations at nodes with rotational degrees of freedom (for output to the output database, only field-type output includes the rotations).

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

All physical displacement components, including rotations at nodes with rotational degrees of freedom (for output to the output database, only field-type output includes the rotations), measured from the time the node is activated.

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

All rotational displacement components measured from the time the node is activated.

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

All translational displacement components measured from the time the node is activated.

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

All translational displacement components.

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

All rotational displacement components.

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

un displacement component (n=1,2,3).

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

ϕn rotation component (n=1,2,3).

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

Warping magnitude. Available only for open-section beam elements.

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

All velocity components, including rotational velocities at nodes with rotational degrees of freedom (for output to the output database, only field-type output includes the rotational velocities).

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

All translational velocity components.

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

All rotational velocity components.

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

u˙n velocity component (n=1,2,3).

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

ϕ˙n rotational velocity component (n=1,2,3).

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

All acceleration components, including rotational accelerations at nodes with rotational degrees of freedom (for output to the output database, only field-type output includes the rotational accelerations).

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

All translational acceleration components.

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

All rotational acceleration components.

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

u¨n acceleration component (n=1,2,3).

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

ϕ¨n rotational acceleration component (n=1,2,3).

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

Pore or acoustic pressure at a node.

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

Concentrated fluid flow at a node, including those imported using the CFLOW co-simulation field ID.

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

All temperature values at a node, including those imported using the TEMP co-simulation field ID. These will be the temperatures defined as degrees of freedom if heat transfer elements are connected to the node, or predefined temperatures if the node is connected only to stress or mass diffusion elements without temperature degrees of freedom.

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

Temperature degree of freedom n at a node (n=11,12,).

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

All electrical potential degrees of freedom at a node.

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

All fluid electrical potential degrees of freedom at a node.

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

All normalized concentration values at a node.

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

Normalized concentration degree of freedom n at a node (n=11).

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

All ion concentration values at a node.

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

All components of reaction forces, including components of reaction moments at nodes with rotational degrees of freedom (conjugate to prescribed displacements and rotations). For output to the output database, only the field-type output includes the components of reaction moments at nodes with rotational degrees of freedom.

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

All reaction force components.

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

All reaction moment components.

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

Reaction force component n (n=1,2,3) (conjugate to prescribed displacement un).

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

Reaction moment component n (n=1,2,3) (conjugate to prescribed rotation ϕn).

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

Reaction bimoment in degree of freedom 7, conjugate to prescribed warping amplitude. Available only for open-section beam elements.

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

All components of point loads and concentrated moments, including loads imported using the CF co-simulation field ID.

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

Point load component n (n=1,2,3).

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

Point moment component n (n=1,2,3).

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

Load component in degree of freedom 7. Available only for open-section beam elements.

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

All components of total forces, including components of total moments at nodes with rotational degrees of freedom. Total force is the sum of the reaction force and point loads. For output to the output database, only the field-type output includes the components of total moments at nodes with rotational degrees of freedom.

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

Total force component n (n=1,2,3).

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

Total moment component n (n=1,2,3).

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

All components of viscous forces and moments due to static stabilization.

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

Stabilization viscous force component n (n=1,2,3).

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

Stabilization viscous moment component n (n=1,2,3).

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

Coordinates of the node. These are the current coordinates if the large-displacement formulation is being used.

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

Coordinate n (n=1,2,3).

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

Strain-free adjustments to initial nodal positions (adjusted position minus unadjusted position; only written to the output database (.odb) file for the original field output frame at zero time).

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

Reactive electrical nodal charge (conjugate to prescribed electrical potential).

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

Concentrated electrical nodal charge.

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

Reactive electrical nodal current (conjugate to prescribed electrical potential).

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

Reactive fluid electrical nodal current (conjugate to prescribed electrical potential for the fluid).

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

Concentrated electrical nodal current.

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

Hydrostatic fluid gauge pressure (total pressure = ambient pressure + hydrostatic fluid gauge pressure).

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

Hydrostatic fluid cavity volume.

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

All components of motion in cavity radiation heat transfer analysis.

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

mn motion component (n=1,2,3) in cavity radiation heat transfer analysis.

Acoustic Quantities

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

Acoustic pressure.

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

Acoustic infinite element “radius,” used in the coordinate map for these elements. Available only if the direct-solution steady-state dynamic procedure is used, and available only for nodes attached to acoustic infinite elements.

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

Acoustic infinite element “cosine,” used in the coordinate map for these elements. Available only if the direct-solution steady-state dynamic procedure is used, and available only for nodes attached to acoustic infinite elements.

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

Acoustic infinite element normal vector. Available only if the direct-solution steady-state dynamic procedure is used, and available only for nodes attached to acoustic infinite elements.

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

Acoustic pressure coefficients for the higher-order basis functions in acoustic infinite elements. Available only if the direct-solution steady-state dynamic procedure is used, and available only for acoustic infinite elements.

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

Acoustic sound pressure level at a node.

Enriched Element Quantities

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

Signed distance function to describe the crack surface.

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

Signed distance function to describe the initial crack front.

Fracture Mechanics Quantities

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

Averaged value of the contour integral evaluated based on the conventional finite element method.

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

Averaged values of the stress intensity factors evaluated based on the conventional finite element method.

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

Averaged value of the T-stress evaluated based on the conventional finite element method.

Heat or Mass Flux or Ion Flux

The following variables correspond to heat flux in temperature analyses or concentration volumetric flux in mass diffusion analysis:

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

All reaction flux values (conjugate to prescribed temperature or normalized concentration).

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

Reaction flux value n at a node ( n = 11 , 12 , ) (conjugate to prescribed temperature or normalized concentration).

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

All reaction flux values (conjugate to prescribed ion concentration).

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

All concentrated flux values, including those imported using the CFL co-simulation field ID.

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

Concentrated flux values n at a node (n=11,12,).

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

The total flux at the node (including flux convected through the node in convection elements), excluding external fluxes (due to concentrated fluxes, distributed fluxes, film conditions, radiation conditions, and radiation view factors). The value of RFLE is, thus, equal and opposite to the sum of all applied fluxes.

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

Flux value n excluding externally applied flux loads at a node (n=11,12,).

Steady-State Dynamic Analysis

The following variables are available only for steady-state (frequency domain) dynamic analyses (modal and direct). These variables include both 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.

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

Magnitude and phase angle of all displacement components at the node and magnitude and phase angle of the rotations at nodes with rotational degrees of freedom.

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

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

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

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

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

Magnitude and phase angle of the fluid, pore, or acoustic pressure at the node.

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

Magnitude and phase angle of the electrical potential at the node.

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

Magnitude and phase angle of the reaction forces at the node and of the reaction moments at nodes with rotational degrees of freedom.

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

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

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

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

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

Magnitude and phase angle of the reactive charge at the node.

Modal Dynamic, Steady-State, and Random Response Analysis

The following variables are available only for modal dynamic, steady-state (frequency domain), and random response analyses. “Relative” values are measured relative to the motion of the primary base and are obtained with the identifiers U, V, and A; “Total” values include the motion of the primary base. For steady-state dynamic output printed to the data file, there are two lines printed for each request; the first line contains the real part of the variable, and the second line (indicated by the SSD footnote) contains the imaginary part.

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

All components of the total displacements at the node and of the total rotations at nodes with rotational degrees of freedom.

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

Component n of the total displacement (n=1,2,3).

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

Component n of the total rotation (n=1,2,3).

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

All components of the total velocity at the node, including rotational velocities at nodes with rotational degrees of freedom.

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

Component n of the total velocity (n=1,2,3).

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

Component n of the total rate of rotation (n=1,2,3).

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

All components of the total acceleration at the node, including rotational accelerations at nodes with rotational degrees of freedom.

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

Component n of the total acceleration (n=1,2,3).

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

Component n of the total rotational acceleration (n=1,2,3).

Mode-Based Steady-State Dynamic Analysis

The following variables are available only for steady-state (frequency domain) dynamic analysis based on modal superposition. “Total” values include the base motion.

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

Magnitude and phase angle of the total displacement components at the node and magnitude and phase angle of the total rotations at nodes with rotational degrees of freedom.

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

Magnitude and phase angle of component n of the total displacement (n=1,2,3).

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

Magnitude and phase angle of component n of the total rotation (n=1,2,3).

Pore Pressure Analysis

The following variables correspond to fluid volume flux in pore pressure analyses.

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

Reaction fluid volume flux due to prescribed pressure. This flux is the rate at which fluid volume is entering or leaving the model through the node to maintain the prescribed pressure boundary condition. A positive value of RVF indicates fluid is entering the model.

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

Reaction total fluid volume (computed only in a transient coupled pore fluid diffusion/stress analysis). This value is the time integrated value of RVF.

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

Nodal fluid velocity.

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

Stabilized viscous fluid volume flux at nodes due to the projection of pressure into the strain space.

Random Response Analysis

The following variables are available only for random response dynamic analysis. “Relative” values are measured relative to the base motion; “Total” values include the base motion.

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

Root mean square values of all components of the relative displacement at the node and of the components of rotation at nodes with rotational degrees of freedom.

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

Root mean square value of component n of the relative displacement (n=1,2,3).

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

Root mean square value of component n of the relative rotation (n=1,2,3).

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

Root mean square values of all components of the total displacement at the node and of the components of total rotation at nodes with rotational degrees of freedom.

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

Root mean square value of component n of the total displacement (n=1,2,3).

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

Root mean square value of component n of the total rotation (n=1,2,3).

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

Root mean square values of all components of the relative velocity at the node and of the components of the rate of rotation at nodes with rotational degrees of freedom.

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

Root mean square value of component n of the relative velocity (n=1,2,3).

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

Root mean square value of component n of the relative rate of rotation (n=1,2,3).

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

Root mean square values of all components of the total velocity at the node and of the components of total rotation at nodes with rotational degrees of freedom.

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

Root mean square value of component n of the total velocity (n=1,2,3).

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

Root mean square value of component n of the total rate of rotation (n=1,2,3).

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

Root mean square values of all components of the relative acceleration at the node and of the components of rotational acceleration at nodes with rotational degrees of freedom.

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

Root mean square value of component n of the relative acceleration (n=1,2,3).

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

Root mean square value of component n of the relative rotational acceleration (n=1,2,3).

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

Root mean square values of all components of the total acceleration at the node and of the components of rotational acceleration at nodes with rotational degrees of freedom.

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

Root mean square value of component n of the total value of acceleration (n=1,2,3).

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

Root mean square value of component n of the total rotational acceleration (n=1,2,3).

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

Root mean square values of all components of the reaction forces and of reaction moments at nodes with rotational degrees of freedom.

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

Root mean square value of component n of the reaction force (n=1,2,3).

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

Root mean square value of component n of the reaction moment (n=1,2,3).

Steady-State Transport Analysis

The following variables are available only for steady-state transport analysis:

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

Nodal forces due to steady-state transport inertia loading. This output allows you to visualize the inertial forces generated in a deformable spinning wheel.

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

Nodal forces due to inertia stabilization in a steady-state transport analysis. This output allows you to visualize the artificial inertia stabilization loads and compare them to the inertial forces that output variable SSTIF generated in a deformable spinning wheel.

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

Resultant of all inertia nodal loads in a steady-state transport analysis. The node set prescribed for this history output request must have only one member. Because the output is a resultant of forces, the node chosen for output does not affect the computation. Typically, output is requested on a reference node on the axle of a wheel.

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

Resultant of all inertia stabilization loads in a steady-state transport analysis. The node set prescribed for this history output request must have only one member. Because the output is a resultant of forces, the node chosen for output does not affect the computation. Typically, output is requested on a reference node on the axle of a wheel. This output allows you to compare the relative magnitudes of the resultant inertia nodal loads (output variable SSTIRF) to that of the artificial inertia stabilization loads.

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

Resultant moment of all inertia nodal loads in a steady-state transport analysis. The node set prescribed for this history output request must have only one member. Because the output is a resultant moment, the node chosen for output does affect the computation. Typically, output is requested on a reference node on the axle of a wheel.

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

Resultant moment of all inertia stabilization loads in a steady-state transport analysis. The node set prescribed for this history output request must have only one member. Because the output is a resultant moment, the node chosen for output does affect the computation. Typically, output is requested on a reference node on the axle of a wheel. This output allows you to compare the relative magnitudes of the resultant moment due to inertia nodal loads (output variable SSTIRM) to that of the artificial inertia stabilization loads. Understanding this value is particularly important while looking for a free-rolling solution of a tire in which a zero reaction moment about the axle is sought.

One-Step Inverse Analysis

The following variable is available only for one-step inverse analysis:

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

Inverse displacement. The displacement from the specified final deformed configuration to the initial configuration.