Whole Element Variables

You can request whole element variable output to the data, results, or output database file. In steady-state dynamics all energy quantities are net per-cycle values, unless otherwise noted.

This page discusses:

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

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

Current values of distributed loads (not available for nonuniform loads).

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

Current values of foundation pressures.

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

Current values of distributed (heat or concentration) fluxes (not available for nonuniform fluxes), including those imported using the HFL co-simulation field ID.

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

Current values of distributed electrical charges.

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

Current values of distributed electrical currents.

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

All energy magnitudes in the element. A limited number of them are available for direct-solution steady-state dynamic and subspace-based steady-state dynamic analyses. Mode-based steady-state dynamic analyses support computation of kinetic and strain energies as well as the energy loss due to viscous and structural damping (material and global).

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

Total kinetic energy in the element. In steady-state dynamic and frequency extraction analyses, this is the cyclic mean value. In frequency extraction analyses, the value of total kinetic energy in the element is normalized. Normalization is performed for each eigenmode separately, such that the kinetic and strain energies for the whole model add up to one.

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

Total kinetic energy amplitude in the element. This variable is available only in mode-based and direct-solution steady-state dynamic analyses.

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

Total kinetic energy peak value in the element. This variable is available only in mode-based and direct-solution steady-state dynamic analyses.

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

Total elastic strain energy in the element. When the Mullins effect is modeled with hyperelastic materials, this quantity represents only the recoverable part of energy in the element. In steady-state dynamic and frequency extraction analyses, this is the cyclic mean value. In frequency extraction analyses, the value of total elastic strain energy in the element is normalized. Normalization is performed for each eigenmode separately, such that the kinetic and strain energies for the whole model add up to one.

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

Total elastic strain energy amplitude in the element. This variable is available only in mode-based and direct-solution steady-state dynamic analyses.

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

Total elastic strain energy peak value in the element. This variable is available only in mode-based and direct-solution steady-state dynamic analyses.

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

Total energy dissipated in the element by rate-independent and rate-dependent plastic deformation. For superelastic materials, this variable also includes recoverable phase-transformation energy. This output variable is not available for steady-state dynamic analysis.

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

Total energy dissipated in the element by creep, swelling, viscoelasticity, and energy associated with viscous regularization for cohesive elements. Not available for steady-state dynamic analysis.

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

Total energy dissipated in the element by viscous effects, not including energy dissipated by static stabilization or viscoelasticity. In mode-based and direct-solution steady-state dynamic analyses, only field output in the output database is supported for this variable.

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

Total energy dissipated in the element by viscous effects due to the material damping. This variable is available only in mode-based and direct-solution steady-state dynamic analyses.

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

Total energy dissipated in the element by viscous effects due to the global damping. This variable is available only in mode-based and direct-solution steady-state dynamic analyses.

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

Total energy dissipated in the element due to structural damping. This variable includes energy loss due to the material and global structural damping and is available only in mode-based and direct-solution steady-state dynamic analyses.

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

Total energy dissipated in the element due to the material structural damping. This variable is available only in mode-based and direct-solution steady-state dynamic analyses.

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

Total energy dissipated in the element due to the global structural damping. This variable is available only in mode-based and direct-solution steady-state dynamic analyses.

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

Total energy dissipated in the element resulting from automatic static stabilization. Not available for steady-state dynamic analysis.

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

Total electrostatic energy in the element. Not available for steady-state dynamic analysis.

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

Total electrical energy dissipated due to flow of current. Not available for steady-state dynamic analysis.

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

Total “artificial” strain energy in the element (energy associated with constraints used to remove singular modes, such as hourglass control, and with constraints used to make the drill rotation follow the in-plane rotation of the shell element). Not available for steady-state dynamic analysis.

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

Total energy dissipated in the element by damage. Not available for steady-state dynamic analysis.

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

Element internal heat energy due to nonuniform moving flux prescribed using user subroutine UMDFLUX. Available only in a pure heat transfer analysis.

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

Element internal heat energy density due to nonuniform moving flux prescribed using user subroutine UMDFLUX. Available only in a pure heat transfer analysis.

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

In all analysis procedures except mode-based and direct-solution steady-state dynamic analyses: forces at the nodes of an element from both the hourglass and the regular deformation modes of that element that represent the action of the element to the rest of the finite element model (internal forces at the element nodes in the global coordinate system).

In mode-based and direct-solution steady-state dynamic analyses: internal forces at the element nodes that represent the action of the element to the rest of the finite element model, including contributions from the element inertia, damping, and deformation (internal forces at the element nodes in the global coordinate system).

The specified position in data and results file requests is ignored.

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

Forces (NFORCSOn, with n=1, 2, 3) and moments (n=4, 5, 6) at the nodes of a beam element caused by the stress resultants in the element (internal forces in the beam section orientation coordinate system).

Force components correspond to the axial force (n=1) and transverse shear forces in the local 2-direction (n=2) and local 1-direction (n=3), respectively.

Moment components correspond to bending about the local 1-axis (n=4) and local 2-axis (n=5) and twist about the beam axis (n=6), respectively.

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

Uniformly distributed gravity load (measured as g, where g is the gravitational acceleration).

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

Uniformly distributed body force.

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

Magnitude of Coriolis load.

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

Magnitude of rotary acceleration load.

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

Magnitude of centrifugal load (measured as ρ⁢ω2, where ρ is the mass density per unit volume and ω is the angular velocity).

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

Magnitude of centrifugal load (measured as ω2, where ω is the angular velocity).

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

Heat body flux.

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

Fluxes at the nodes of the element caused by the heat conduction or mass diffusion in the element (internal fluxes). (The specified position for data and output database file requests is ignored.)

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

Flux n at the nodes of the element (n=11,12,…) caused by the heat conduction or mass diffusion in the element (internal fluxes). (The specified position for data and output database file requests is ignored.)

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

Electrical current at the nodes due to electrical conduction in the element.

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

Current values of film conditions (not available for nonuniform films).

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

Current values of radiation conditions.

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

Volume fraction of the material in the current element.

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

Current element volume. (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.)

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

Amount of solute in an element, calculated as the sum of ISOL (amount of solute at an integration point) over all the integration points in the element.

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

Element solution-dependent variables.

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

Element solution-dependent variable n.

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

Original beam radius for a solid circular beam.

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

Powder blade interference with the printed part (0-No interference, 1-Possible interference, and 2-Interference detected between the powder blade and the printed part). Available only for the built-in thermomechanical additive manufacturing process simulations.

 

See Also
Element Output
Writing Element Output to the Output Database

Enriched Elements

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

Status of the enriched element. (The status of an enriched element is 1.0 if the element is completely cracked; 0.0 if the element is not. If the element is partially cracked, the value lies between 1.0 and 0.0.)

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

Distributed pressure loads applied to the XFEM-based crack surface.

Enriched Elements When the XFEM-Based LEFM Approach Is Used

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

All components of strain energy release rate.

Enriched Elements in Fatigue Crack Growth Analysis

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

Minimum number of cycles needed to satisfy the condition for the onset of fatigue crack growth at the enriched element.

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

Number of cycles to fracture at the enriched element.

Enriched Elements with Pore Pressure Degrees of Freedom

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

Gap fluid volume rate of the enriched element.

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

Crack midpoint coordinates at the element edges of the enriched element.

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

Fracture opening of the enriched element.

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

Fracture opening at the element edges of the enriched element.

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

Fluid pressure of the enriched element.

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

Fluid pressure at the element edges of the enriched element.

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

Leak-off flow rate at the top cracked surface of the enriched element.

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

Leak-off flow rate at the bottom cracked surface of the enriched element.

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

Accumulated leak-off flow volume per unit area at the top cracked surface of the enriched element.

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

Accumulated leak-off flow volume per unit area at the bottom cracked surface of the enriched element.

Connector Elements

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

All components of connector total forces and moments.

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

Connector total force component n (n=1,2,3).

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

Connector total moment component n (n=1,2,3).

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

All components of connector elastic forces and moments.

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

Connector elastic force component n (n=1,2,3).

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

Connector elastic moment component n (n=1,2,3).

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

Elastic displacements and rotations in all directions.

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

Elastic displacement in the n-direction (n=1,2,3).

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

Elastic rotation in the n-direction (n=1,2,3).

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

Plastic relative displacements and rotations in all directions.

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

Plastic relative displacement in the n-direction (n=1,2,3).

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

Plastic relative rotation in the n-direction (n=1,2,3).

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

Equivalent plastic relative displacements and rotations in all directions.

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

Equivalent plastic relative displacement in the n-direction (n=1,2,3).

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

Equivalent plastic relative rotation in the n-direction (n=1,2,3).

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

Equivalent plastic relative motion for a coupled plasticity definition.

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

All components of connector kinematic hardening shift forces and moments.

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

Connector kinematic hardening shift force component n (n=1,2,3).

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

Connector kinematic hardening shift moment component n (n=1,2,3).

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

All components of connector viscous forces and moments.

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

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

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

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

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

All components of connector friction forces and moments.

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

Connector friction force component n (n=1,2,3).

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

Connector friction moment component n (n=1,2,3).

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

Connector friction force in the instantaneous slip direction. Available only if friction is defined in the slip direction.

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

All components of connector friction-generating contact forces and moments.

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

Connector friction-generating contact force component n (n=1,2,3).

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

Connector friction-generating contact moment component n (n=1,2,3).

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

Connector friction-generating contact force in the instantaneous slip direction. Available only if friction is defined in the slip direction.

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

All components of the overall damage variable.

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

Overall damage variable component n (n=1,2,3).

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

Overall damage variable component n (n=1,2,3).

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

Components of connector force-based damage initiation criterion in all directions.

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

Connector force-based damage initiation criterion in the n-translation direction (n=1,2,3).

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

Connector force-based damage initiation criterion in the n-rotation direction (n=1,2,3).

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

Connector force-based damage initiation criterion in the instantaneous slip direction.

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

Components of connector motion-based damage initiation criterion in all directions.

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

Connector motion-based damage initiation criterion in the n-translation direction (n=1,2,3).

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

Connector motion-based damage initiation criterion in the n-rotation direction (n=1,2,3).

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

Connector motion-based damage initiation criterion in the instantaneous slip direction.

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

Components of connector plastic motion-based damage initiation criterion in all directions.

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

Connector plastic motion-based damage initiation criterion in the n-translation direction (n=1,2,3).

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

Connector plastic motion-based damage initiation criterion in the n-rotation direction (n=1,2,3).

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

Connector plastic motion-based damage initiation criterion in the instantaneous slip direction.

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

All flags for connector stop and connector lock status.

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

Flag for connector stop and connector lock status in the i-direction (i=1,…,6).

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

Components of accumulated slip in all directions.

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

Connector accumulated slip in the n-direction (n=1,2,3).

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

Connector angular accumulated slip in the n-direction (n=1,2,3).

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

Connector accumulated slip in the instantaneous slip direction. Available only if friction is defined in the slip direction.

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

Connector instantaneous velocity in the slip direction. Available only if friction is defined in the slip direction.

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

All components of connector reaction forces and moments.

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

Connector reaction force component n (n=1,2,3).

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

Connector reaction moment component n (n=1,2,3).

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

All components of connector concentrated forces and moments.

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

Connector concentrated force component n (n=1,2,3).

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

Connector concentrated moment component n (n=1,2,3).

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

Relative positions in all directions.

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

Relative position in the n-direction (n=1,2,3).

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

Relative angular position in the n-direction (n=1,2,3).

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

Relative displacements and rotations in all directions.

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

Relative displacement in the n-direction (n=1,2,3).

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

Relative rotation in the n-direction (n=1,2,3).

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

Constitutive displacements and rotations in all directions.

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

Constitutive displacement in the n-direction (n=1,2,3).

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

Constitutive rotation in the n-direction (n=1,2,3).

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

Relative velocities in all directions.

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

Relative velocity in the n-direction (n=1,2,3).

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

Relative angular velocity in the n-direction (n=1,2,3).

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

Relative accelerations in all directions.

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

Relative acceleration in the n-direction (n=1,2,3).

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

Relative angular acceleration in the n-direction (n=1,2,3).

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

All flags for connector failure status.

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

Flag for connector failure status in the i-direction (i=1,…,6).

Shear Panel Elements

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

Equivalent shear flow.