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Abaqus Verification Guide

Element Verification

About element verification tests

Eigenvalue tests

Simple load tests

Element loading options

Interface tests

Rigid body verification

Connector element verification

Special-purpose stress/displacement elements

Miscellaneous tests

Eigenvalue tests

Eigenvalue extraction for single unconstrained elements

Elements tested

Problem description

Results and discussion

Eigenvalue extraction for unconstrained patches of elements

Continuum elements

Beams, pipes, shells

Organ pipe modes

Exterior modes with nonreflecting impedance

Exterior modes with acoustic infinite elements

Simple load tests

Membrane loading of plane stress, plane strain, membrane, and shell elements

Elements tested

Problem description

Results and discussion

Generalized plane strain elements with relative motion of bounding planes

Elements tested

Problem description

Results and discussion

Three-dimensional solid elements

Elements tested

Problem description

Results and discussion

Axisymmetric solid elements

Elements tested

Problem description

Results and discussion

Axisymmetric solid elements with twist

Elements tested

Problem description

Results and discussion

Cylindrical elements

Elements tested

Features tested

Problem description

Results and discussion

Loading of piezoelectric elements

Plane stress and plane strain piezoelectric elements

Three-dimensional piezoelectric elements

Axisymmetric piezoelectric elements

Love-Kirchhoff beams and shells

Elements tested

Problem description

Reference solution

Results and discussion

Shear flexible beams and shells: I

Elements tested

Problem description

Reference solution

Results and discussion

Shear flexible beams and shells: II

Elements tested

Problem description

Reference solution

Results and discussion

Initial curvature of beams and shells

Elements tested

Problem description

Reference solution

Results and discussion

Normal definitions of beams and shells

Elements tested

Problem description

Reference solution

Results and discussion

Constant curvature test for shells

Elements tested

Problem description

Reference solution

Results and discussion

Verification of section forces for shells

Elements tested

Problem description

Reference solution

Results and discussion

Composite shell sections

Elements tested

Features tested

Problem description

Results and discussion

Cantilever sandwich beam: shear flexible shells

Elements tested

Problem description

Reference solution

Results and discussion

Thermal stress in a cylindrical shell

Elements tested

Problem description

Reference solution

Results and discussion

Variable thickness shells and membranes

Elements tested

Problem description

Reference solution

Results and discussion

Elements tested

Features tested

Problem description

Results and discussion

Axisymmetric membrane elements

Elements tested

Problem description

History definition I (for all element types)

History definition II (for element types MGAX1 and MGAX2)

History definition III (for element types MGAX1 and MGAX2 using a local coordinate system)

Results and discussion

Cylindrical membrane elements

Elements tested

Problem description

History definition 1 (for all element types)

History definition 2 (for all element types)

History definition 3 (for all element types)

History definition 4 (for all element types; uses a local coordinate system)

Results and discussion

Verification of beam elements and section types

Elements tested

Problem description

Reference solution

Results and discussion

Beam added inertia

Features tested

Verification tests for Timoshenko beams in Abaqus/Standard

Explicit dynamic test of beams with additional inertia

Beam fluid inertia

Features tested

Elements tested

Problem description

Results and discussion

Beam with end moment

Elements tested

Features tested

Problem description

Results and discussion

Flexure of a deep beam

Elements tested

Features tested

Problem description

Results and discussion

Simple tests of beam kinematics

Elements tested

Features tested

Problem description

Deformation tests

Rigid body rotation tests

Results and discussion

Elements tested

Features tested

Problem description

Results and discussion

Elements tested

Features tested

Problem description

Results and discussion

Verification of the elastic behavior of frame elements

Simple load tests

Elastic frame elements with pinned ends

Elastic frame elements with buckling strut response

Elastic frame element with buckling strut response for nonlinear geometry

Elastic frame elements with switching algorithm for nonlinear geometry

Verification of the plastic behavior of frame elements

Elements tested

Features tested

Problem description

Results and discussion

Three-bar truss

Elements tested

Problem description

Reference solution

Results and discussion

Pure bending of a cylinder: CAXA elements

Elements tested

Problem description

Results and discussion

Cylinder subjected to an asymmetric temperature field: CAXA elements

Elements tested

Problem description

Results and discussion

Cylinder subjected to asymmetric pressure loads: CAXA elements

Elements tested

Problem description

Results and discussion

Cylinder subjected to an asymmetric pore pressure field: CAXA elements

Elements tested

Problem description

Results and discussion

Modal dynamic and transient dynamic analysis with CAXA and SAXA elements

Modal dynamic and transient dynamic analysis

Random response analysis

Response spectrum analysis

Modal dynamic analysis with baseline correction

Free cylinder: axisymmetric vibration

Thick hollow sphere: uniform radial vibration

Simple load tests for thermal-electrical elements

Elements tested

Problem description

Reference solution

Results and discussion

Hydrostatic fluid elements

Features tested

Elements tested

Problem description

Reference solution

Results and discussion

Fluid link element

Features tested

Connected fluid cavities

Single fluid cavity with a fluid link element

Fluid pipe element

Features tested

Elements tested

Problem description

Reference solution

Results and discussion

Temperature-dependent film condition

Elements tested

Features tested

Problem description

Results and discussion

Surface-based pressure penetration

Elements tested

Features tested

Problem description

Results and discussion

Gasket behavior verification

Elements tested

Problem description

Results and discussion

Gasket element assembly

Elements tested

Problem description

Results and discussion

Cohesive elements

Features tested

Element kinematics

Damage modeling verification

Pressure continuity for pore pressure cohesive elements

Using cohesive elements for symmetric modeling

Miscellaneous tests

Coriolis loading for direct-solution steady-state dynamic analysis

Elements tested

Problem description

Results and discussion

Pipe-soil interaction elements

Elements tested

Features tested

Problem description

Results and discussion

Shear panel elements

Elements tested

Problem description

Results and discussion

Element loading options

Continuum stress/displacement elements

Plane stress, plane strain, and generalized plane strain elements

Axisymmetric solid elements

Three-dimensional solids

Three-dimensional variable number of node solids

Axisymmetric solid elements with twist

Axisymmetric solid elements with nonlinear asymmetric deformation

Cylindrical solid elements

Field expansion tests

Beam stress/displacement elements

Load types: CENT, CENTRIF, GRAV, PX, PY, PZ, P1, P2, predefined temperature, ROTA

Load types: F1, F2

Foundation types: FX, FY, FZ

Coriolis loading

Pipe stress/displacement elements

Distributed loads

Foundation types: FX, FY, FZ

Effective axial force with modal procedures

Shell, membrane, and truss stress/displacement elements

Axisymmetric shells

Axisymmetric membranes

CYLINDRICAL membranes

General shells and membranes: general element loading

General shells and membranes: unconstrained thermal expansion

Axisymmetric shells with nonlinear asymmetric deformation

Field expansion tests

Cohesive element load verification

Elements tested

Features tested

Problem description

Results and discussion

General loading

Closed-end pressure loading

Continuum pore pressure elements

Plane strain elements with pore pressure

Axisymmetric elements with pore pressure

Three-dimensional elements with pore pressure

CAXA elements with pore pressure

Plane strain pore-thermal elements

Plane strain pore-thermal elements with flow loads

Plane strain pore-thermal elements with heat loads

Three-dimensional pore-thermal elements

Three-dimensional pore-thermal elements with flow loads

Three-dimensional pore-thermal elements with heat loads

Axisymmetric pore-thermal elements

Axisymmetric pore-thermal elements with flow loads

Axisymmetric pore-thermal elements with heat loads

Continuum and shell heat transfer elements

One-dimensional heat transfer elements

Planar solid heat transfer elements

Axisymmetric solid heat transfer elements

Three-dimensional solid heat transfer elements

Axisymmetric heat transfer shell elements

General heat transfer shell elements

Coupled temperature-displacement elements

Coupled temperature-displacement truss elements

Coupled temperature-displacement plane stress, plane strain and generalized plane strain elements

Coupled temperature-displacement axisymmetric solid elements

Coupled temperature-displacement three-dimensional elements

Coupled temperature-displacement axisymmetric shell element

Coupled temperature-displacement general shell element

Coupled temperature-displacement axisymmetric twist elements

Coupled temperature-displacement continuum shell elements

Coupled thermal-electrical-structural elements

Coupled thermal-electrical-structural three-dimensional elements

Piezoelectric elements

Plane stress and plane strain elements

Axisymmetric elements

Three-dimensional solids

Continuum mass diffusion elements

Planar solid mass diffusion elements

Axisymmetric solid mass diffusion elements

Three-dimensional solid mass diffusion elements

Thermal-electrical elements

One-dimensional thermal-electrical elements

Planar thermal-electrical elements

Axisymmetric thermal-electrical elements

Three-dimensional thermal-electrical elements

Two-dimensional rigid element

Axisymmetric rigid element

Three-dimensional rigid elements

Mass and rotary inertia elements

Problem description

Results and discussion

Abaqus/Explicit element loading verification

Uniform body forces

Uniform pressure load

Viscous pressure load

Viscous body and stagnation loads

Incident wave loading

Features tested

Acoustic element tests

Initialization of acoustic fields

Beam element tests

Shell element tests

Solid element tests

Incident wave reflection: spherical waves

Incident wave reflection: planar waves

Incident wave interaction in steady-state dynamics

Distributed traction and edge loads

Features tested

Distributed shear and general traction loads

Distributed edge loads

Distributed shear and general traction loads in geometrically nonlinear analyses

Distributed edge loads in a geometrically nonlinear analysis

Dead load analysis of a membrane structure using a constant resultant

Membrane patch test

Elements tested

Problem description

Reference solution

Results and discussion

Patch test for three-dimensional solid elements

Elements tested

Problem description

Reference solution

Results and discussion

Patch test for cylindrical elements

Elements tested

Problem description

Reference solution

Results and discussion

Patch test for axisymmetric elements

Elements tested

Problem description

Reference solution

Results and discussion

Patch test for axisymmetric elements with twist

Elements tested

Problem description

Reference solution

Results and discussion

Patch test for plate bending

Elements tested

Problem description

Reference solution

Results and discussion

Patch test for beam elements

Elements tested

Problem description

Reference solution

Results and discussion

Patch test for heat transfer elements

Elements tested

Problem description

Reference solution

Results and discussion

Patch test for thermal-electrical elements

Elements tested

Problem description

Reference solution

Results and discussion

Patch test for acoustic elements

Elements tested

Problem description

Reference solution

Results and discussion

Small-sliding contact between stress/displacement elements

Elements tested

Features tested

Problem description

Results and discussion

Small-sliding contact between coupled temperature-displacement surfaces

Elements tested

Features tested

Problem description

Results and discussion

Small-sliding contact between coupled thermal-electrical-structural surfaces

Elements tested

Features tested

Problem description

Results and discussion

Small-sliding contact between coupled pore pressure-displacement elements

Elements tested

Features tested

Problem description

Results and discussion

Finite-sliding contact between stress/displacement elements

Elements tested

Features tested

Problem description

Results and discussion

Finite-sliding contact between a deformable body and a rigid surface

Elements tested

Features tested

Problem description

Results and discussion

Finite-sliding contact between a deformable body and a meshed rigid surface

Features tested

Two-dimensional meshed rigid surfaces

Three-dimensional meshed rigid surfaces

Finite-sliding contact between coupled temperature-displacement elements

Elements tested

Features tested

Problem description

Loading history for interface conductance tests (Abaqus/Standard)

Loading history for interface radiation tests (Abaqus/Standard)

Loading history for frictional heat generation tests (Abaqus/Standard)

Simulation with Abaqus/Explicit

Results and discussion

Finite-sliding contact between coupled thermal-electrical-structural elements

Elements tested

Features tested

Problem description

Loading history for interface conductance tests

Loading history for interface radiation tests

Loading history for frictional heat generation tests

Results and discussion

Finite-sliding contact between coupled pore pressure-displacement elements

Elements tested

Features tested

Problem description

Loading history for sliding tests

Loading history for the nonsliding tests

Results and discussion

Rolling of steel plate

Elements tested

Features tested

Problem description

Results and discussion

Beam impact on cylinder

Elements tested

Features tested

Problem description

Results and discussion

Contact with time-dependent prescribed interference values

Elements tested

Features tested

Problem description

Results and discussion

Contact between discrete points

Elements tested

Problem description

Results and discussion

Finite sliding between concentric cylinders—axisymmetric and CAXA models

Elements tested

Features tested

Problem description

Results and discussion

Automatic element conversion for surface contact

Elements tested

Features tested

Problem description

Results and discussion

Contact with initial overclosure of curved surfaces

Elements tested

Features tested

Problem description

Results and discussion

Small-sliding contact with specified clearance or overclosure values

Elements tested

Features tested

Problem description

Results and discussion

Automatic surface definition and surface trimming

Elements tested

Problem description

Results and discussion

Self-contact of finite-sliding deformable surfaces

Elements tested

Features tested

Problem description

Results and discussion

Contact surface extensions

Elements tested

Features tested

Problem description

Results and discussion

Adjusting contact surface normals at symmetry planes

Elements tested

Features tested

Problem description

Results and discussion

Contact controls

Contact stabilization

Tangential contact controls

Pressure-dependent contact controls

Contact searching for analytical rigid surfaces

Elements tested

Features tested

Problem description

Results and discussion

Multiple surface contact with penalty method

Elements tested

Features tested

Problem description

Results and discussion

Automated contact patch algorithm for finite-sliding deformable surfaces

Elements tested

Features tested

Problem description

Results and discussion

Surface-to-surface approach for finite-sliding contact

Elements tested

Features tested

Problem description

Results and discussion

Surface smoothing for surface-to-surface contact

Features tested

Problem description

Results and discussion

General contact in Abaqus/Standard

Elements tested

Features tested

Problem description

Results and discussion

Anisotropic friction for Abaqus/Explicit

Elements tested

Features tested

Problem description

Results and discussion

Interface tests

Thermal surface interaction

Elements tested

Features tested

Problem description

Results and discussion

Coupling of acoustic and structural elements

Elements tested

Problem description

Results and discussion

Coupled thermal-electrical surface interaction

Elements tested

Features tested

Problem description

Results and discussion

Friction models in Abaqus/Standard

Elements tested

Features tested

Problem description

Coulomb friction model

Exponential decay model

Results and discussion

Friction models in Abaqus/Explicit

Elements tested

Features tested

Problem description

Results and discussion

Cohesive surface interaction

Features tested

Cohesive behavior options

Damage modeling with cohesive surfaces in Abaqus/Explicit

Breakable ties with cohesive surfaces

Sticky contact with cohesive surfaces

Rigid body verification

Rigid body mass properties

Elements tested

Features tested

Problem description

Results and discussion

Tie and pin node sets

Elements tested

Features tested

Problem description

Results and discussion

Rigid body as an MPC

Elements tested

Features tested

Problem description

Results and discussion

Rigid body constraint

Elements tested

Features tested

Problem description

Results and discussion

Including deformable element types in a rigid body

Elements tested

Features tested

Problem description

Results and discussion

Connector element verification

Damped free vibration with initial conditions

Elements tested

Problem description

Results and discussion

Sinusoidal excitation of a damped spring-mass system

Elements tested

Problem description

Results and discussion

Multiple instances of connector elements

Actuation of connected rigid bodies

Marbles in a jar

Satellite deployment

Abacus subjected to prescribed motion

Individual connector option tests

Elastic and damped connector behavior

Connector rigid behavior

Connector plastic behavior

Connector damage behavior

Connector uniaxial behavior

Conditional position-dependent connector behavior

Connector actuation options

Restart, model change, and postprocessing analysis procedure

Connector elements in perturbation analyses

Eigenvalue buckling analysis

Natural frequency extraction

Transient modal dynamic analysis

Steady-state dynamic analyses: Direct, modal, and subspace

Response spectrum analysis

Random response analysis

Connector lock, stop, plasticity, damage, and friction behavior in perturbation procedures

Tests for special-purpose connectors

Frictionless SLIPRING connectors

Frictional SLIPRING connectors

RETRACTOR connectors

ACCELEROMETER connectors

Special-purpose stress/displacement elements

Flexible joint element

Elements tested

Problem description

Results and discussion

Line spring elements

LS3S with constant-depth notch under far-field bending

LS3S with variable depth notch under far-field bending

LS6 under far-field bending

LS3S under far-field tension

LS6 under Mode I, II, and III loading

Distributing coupling elements

Elements tested

Problem description

Reference solution

Results and discussion

Drag chain elements

Elements tested

Problem description

Results and discussion

Miscellaneous tests

Rebar in Abaqus/Standard

Rebars in membranes

Rebars in surface elements

Rebars in general shells

Rebars in axisymmetric membranes

Rebars in axisymmetric surface elements

Rebars in axisymmetric shells

Rebars in general surface elements embedded in three-dimensional solids

Rebars in axisymmetric surface elements embedded in axisymmetric solids and axisymmetric solids with twist

Rebars in plane stress and plane strain solids

Single rebars in three-dimensional solids

Single rebar in axisymmetric solids and axisymmetric solids with twist

Rebars in beams

Rebars with geometry defined by angular spacing and lift equation

Rebar in Abaqus/Explicit

Elements tested

Problem description

Kinematics of rebar in continuum elements

Kinematics of rebar in shell elements

Kinematics of rebar in membrane and surface elements

Rebar material tests

Thermal expansion of rebar in continuum elements

Thermal expansion of rebar in shell and membrane elements

Temperature- and field-variable-dependent rebar materials

Body loads on elements containing rebar

Prestress in elements containing rebar

Results and discussion

Convection elements: transport of a temperature pulse

Elements tested

Features tested

Problem description

Results and discussion

Continuum shells: basic element modes

Elements tested

Features tested

Problem description

Results and discussion

Transverse shear for shear-flexible shells

Elements tested

Features tested

Problem description

Results and discussion

Linear dynamic analysis with fluid link

Elements tested

Features tested

Problem description

Results and discussion

Rigid bodies with temperature DOFs, heat capacitance, and nodal-based thermal loads

Rigid bodies with temperature DOFs

Heat capacitance

Node-based radiation conditions

Node-based film conditions and concentrated heat fluxes

Thermal contact between rigid bodies

Analysis of unbounded acoustic regions

Analysis of an acoustic duct

Coupling to solid elements

One-dimensional steady-state dynamic solutions for poroelastic acoustic elements

Problem with analytical solution

Testing compatibility boundary conditions

Nonstructural mass verification

Nonstructural mass specified in the form of a total mass over a region of uniform material density

Nonstructural mass specified in the form of a total mass over a region of nonuniform material density

Nonstructural mass specified in the form of a mass per unit volume

Nonstructural mass specified in the form of a mass per unit area

Nonstructural mass specified in the form of a mass per unit length

Mass adjust verification

Use of mass adjust to define the total mass of an element set

Use of mass adjust to redistribute element masses to satisfy the minimum element stable time increment requirement

Material Verification

Mechanical properties

Elastic materials

Linear orthotropic elastic materials

Linear anisotropic elastic material

Logarithmic porous elasticity

Power law–based porous elasticity

Hyperelasticity with polynomial strain energy function

Hyperelasticity with reduced polynomial strain energy function

Hyperelasticity with neo-Hookean strain energy function

Hyperelasticity with Mooney-Rivlin strain energy function

Hyperelasticity with Yeoh strain energy function

Hyperelasticity with Ogden strain energy function

Hyperelasticity with Arruda-Boyce strain energy function

Hyperelasticity with Van der Waals strain energy function

Hyperelasticity with Marlow strain energy function

Low-density foam

Anisotropic hyperelasticity with generalized Fung strain energy function

Anisotropic hyperelasticity with Holzapfel strain energy function

Compression factor with traction elastic behavior

Viscoelastic materials

Large-strain time domain viscoelasticity with hyperelasticity

Large-strain time domain viscoelasticity with a hyperfoam material

Small-strain time domain viscoelasticity with linear elasticity

Small-strain time domain viscoelasticity with anisotropic elasticity

Small-strain time domain viscoelasticity with traction-separation elasticity

Frequency domain viscoelasticity

Frequency domain viscoelasticity defined directly in terms of storage and loss moduli

Mullins effect and permanent set

Mullins effect in elastomers

Permanent set in elastomers

Energy dissipation in elastomeric foams

Hysteretic materials

Bergström-Boyce hysteresis for elastomers: test of time-dependent behavior

Bergström-Boyce hysteresis for elastomers: test of time-independent behavior

Temperature-dependent elastic materials

Elements tested

Features tested

Problem description

Results and discussion

Field-variable-dependent elastic materials

Elements tested

Features tested

Problem description

Results and discussion

Large-strain viscoelasticity with hyperelasticity

Elements tested

Features tested

Problem description

Results and discussion

Nonlinear large-strain viscoelasticity with hyperelasticity

Elements tested

Features tested

Problem description

Results and discussion

Transient internal pressure loading of a viscoelastic cylinder

Elements tested

Features tested

Problem description

Results and discussion

Rate-independent plasticity

Mises plasticity with isotropic hardening

Mises plasticity with linear kinematic hardening

Mises plasticity with multilinear kinematic hardening

Mises plasticity with combined isotropic/kinematic hardening

Adiabatic Mises plasticity

Hill plasticity

Deformation plasticity

Drucker-Prager plasticity with linear elasticity

Drucker-Prager plasticity with porous elasticity

Clay plasticity with porous elasticity

Crushable foam plasticity

Clay plasticity with linear elasticity

Porous metal plasticity

Mohr-Coulomb plasticity

Cast iron plasticity

Soft rock plasticity with porous elasticity

Soft rock plasticity with linear elasticity

Plasticity model for superelastic materials

Rate-dependent plasticity in Abaqus/Standard

Rate-dependent Mises plasticity

Adiabatic rate-dependent Mises plasticity

Rate-dependent Hill plasticity

Rate-dependent Drucker-Prager plasticity

Rate-dependent crushable foam plasticity

Rate-dependent porous metal plasticity

Rate-dependent plasticity in Abaqus/Explicit

Rate-dependent Mises plasticity

Johnson-Cook rate dependence

Annealing temperature

Elements tested

Problem description

Results and discussion

Temperature-dependent inelastic materials

Elements tested

Features tested

Problem description

Results and discussion

Field-variable-dependent inelastic materials

Elements tested

Features tested

Problem description

Results and discussion

Barlat anisotropic plasticity

Elements tested

Features tested

Problem description

Results and discussion

Johnson-Cook plasticity

Elements tested

Features tested

Problem description

Results and discussion

Porous metal plasticity

Elements tested

Features tested

Problem description

Results and discussion

Drucker-Prager plasticity

Elements tested

Features tested

Problem description

Results and discussion

Drucker-Prager/Cap plasticity model

Elements tested

Features tested

Problem description

Results and discussion

Equation of state material

Linear Us − Up Hugoniot equation of state

Tabulated equation of state

P–α equation of state

Viscous shear behavior

Pressure-dependent shear plasticity

User-defined equation of state

Progressive damage and failure of ductile metals

Ductile, Johnson-Cook, Hosford-Coulomb, and shear criteria

Forming limit diagram (FLD) criterion and forming limit stress diagram (FLSD) criterion

Marciniak-Kuczynski (M-K) criterion

Müschenborn-Sonne forming limit diagram (MSFLD)

Element deletion

Damage evolution

Progressive damage and failure in fiber-reinforced materials

Damage initiation and damage evolution (Hashin criteria)

LaRC05 criterion

Ply fabric criterion

Import from Abaqus/Standard to Abaqus/Explicit (Hashin model)

Import from Abaqus/Explicit to Abaqus/Standard

Element deletion

Mises creep and plasticity

Drucker-Prager creep and plasticity

Cap creep and plasticity

Additional verification problems for the coupled creep and plasticity capability

Concrete smeared cracking

Elements tested

Problem description

Results and discussion

Concrete damaged plasticity

Elements tested

Problem description

Results and discussion

Two-layer viscoplasticity

Elements tested

Problem description

Results and discussion

Brittle cracking constitutive model

Elements tested

Features tested

Problem description

Results and discussion

Cracking model: tension shear test

Elements tested

Features tested

Problem description

Results and discussion

Hydrostatic fluid

Features tested

Elements tested

Problem description

Results and discussion

Composite, mass proportional, and rotary inertia proportional damping in Abaqus/Standard

Composite damping

Mass proportional damping

Rotary inertia proportional damping

Material damping in Abaqus/Explicit

Elements tested

Features tested

Problem description

Results and discussion

Mass proportional damping in Abaqus/Explicit

Elements tested

Features tested

Problem description

Results and discussion

Thermal expansion test

Elements tested

Features tested

Problem description

Results and discussion

Multiscale materials

Linear elastic composites

Linear elastic composites with viscoelasticity

Nonlinear composites

Cure modeling in Abaqus/Standard

Elements tested

Problem description

Results and discussion

Plasticity corrections

Elements tested

Problem description

Results and discussion

Thermal properties

Field-variable-dependent conductivity

Elements tested

Problem description

Results and discussion

Conductivity and specific heat

Elements tested

Problem description

Results and discussion

Gap conductance

Elements tested

Problem description

Results and discussion

Analysis Procedures and Techniques

Dynamic analysis

Modal dynamic analysis with baseline correction

Elements tested

Features tested

Problem description

Results and discussion

Steady-state dynamic analysis for two-dimensional elements

Elements tested

Features tested

Problem description

Reference solution

Results and discussion

Steady-state dynamic analysis for infinite elements

Elements tested

Features tested

Problem description

Results and discussion

Random response analysis

Cantilever beam excited by base motion

Cantilever beam excited by random concentrated and distributed loads

Single degree of freedom spring-mass systems

Elements tested

Features tested

Problem description

Results and discussion

Linear kinematics element tests

Elements tested

Features tested

Problem description

Results and discussion

Verification of scaled mass matrices

Verification of mass scaling methods

Verification of FREQUENCY and NUMBER INTERVAL parameters

Mass scaling in a multiple step analysis

Global and local mass scaling

Mass scaling of rigid bodies

Verification of mass scaling with kinematic contact

Verification of mass scaling with penalty contact

Crack propagation

Crack propagation analysis

Crack propagation from a single crack tip – edge notch plate

Crack propagation from multiple crack tips – center crack plate

Crack coalescence

Crack propagation analysis with axisymmetric elements

Miscellaneous test

Propagation of hydraulically driven fracture

Elements tested

Problem description

Results and discussion

Hydraulically driven branching fracture

Elements tested

Problem description

Results and discussion

Substructure rotation, mirroring, transformation, and constraints

Substructure rotation, transformation, and kinematic constraints

Substructure rotation and mirroring

Substructure rotation activating nonretained DOF

Including deformable elements that are declared as rigid

Substructure recovery with The nodal Transformation

Elements tested

Features tested

Problem description

Results and discussion

Degenerated elements within a substructure

Elements tested

Features tested

Problem description

Results and discussion

Substructure load case with centrifugal loads

Elements tested

Features tested

Problem description

Results and discussion

Substructure load case with nodal pressure loads

Elements tested

Features tested

Problem description

Results and discussion

Thermal-stress analysis with substructures

Elements tested

Features tested

Problem description

Results and discussion

Substructure preload history

Effects on element and nodal output variables

Effects of nonlinearities on the stiffness matrix

Effects of contact constraints on the stiffness matrix

Substructure removal

Elements tested

Features tested

Problem description

Results and discussion

Substructure damping

Elements tested

Features tested

Problem description

Results and discussion

Substructures with rebar

Elements tested

Features tested

Problem description

Results and discussion

Frequency extraction for substructures

Elements tested

Features tested

Problem description

Results and discussion

Substructures with large rotations

Substructures moving as rigid bodies

Small-deformation substructures in large rotations

User-specified rotation/mirroring and transformations

Multi-level substructures in large rotations

Substructures and gravity loads

Substructures, connector elements, Coupling constraints, and rigid body constraints

Substructures and contact

Miscellaneous tests

Coupled structural-acoustic analysis with substructures

Features tested

Basic coupled structural-acoustic substructure analysis

Coupled structural-acoustic substructure analysis of a box filled with fluid

Coupled structural-acoustic substructure analysis of a simple axisymmetric tire model

Additive Manufacturing Process Simulation

Heat energy balance

Elements tested

Features tested

Problem description

Results and discussion

Pattern-based eigenstrain analysis

Elements tested

Features tested

Problem description

Results and discussion

Metallurgical phase transformations

Elements tested

Features tested

Problem description

Results and discussion

Material Deposition

Elements tested

Problem description

Results and discussion

Moving Heat Sources

Elements tested

Problem description

Results and discussion

Material Removal

Elements tested

Problem description

Results and discussion

Electromagnetic analysis

Eddy current analysis

Elements tested

Features tested

Problem description

Results and discussion

Magnetostatic analysis

Elements tested

Features tested

Problem description

Results and discussion

Coupled thermal-electrochemical analysis

Elements tested

Features tested

Problem description

Results and discussion

Piezoelectric analysis

Static analysis for piezoelectric materials

Elements tested

Features tested

Problem description

Results and discussion

Frequency extraction analysis for piezoelectric materials

Elements tested

Features tested

Problem description

Results and discussion

General analysis procedures for piezoelectric materials

Transient dynamic analysis for piezoelectric materials

Geometrically nonlinear static analysis for piezoelectric materials

Large rotations in piezoelectric analysis

Validation of piezoelectric material behavior

Two-dimensional continuum stress/displacement submodeling

Elements tested

Features tested

Problem description

Results and discussion

Three-dimensional continuum stress/displacement submodeling

Elements tested

Features tested

Problem description

Results and discussion

Cylindrical continuum stress/displacement submodeling

Elements tested

Features tested

Problem description

Results and discussion

Axisymmetric continuum stress/displacement submodeling

Elements tested

Features tested

Problem description

Results and discussion

Axisymmetric stress/displacement submodeling with twist

Elements tested

Features tested

Problem description

Results and discussion

Membrane submodeling

Elements tested

Features tested

Problem description

Results and discussion

Shell submodeling

Heat transfer test

Thermal-stress analysis

Finite rotation test

Continuum shell elements

Surface element submodeling

Elements tested

Features tested

Problem description

Results and discussion

Heat transfer submodeling

Features tested

DC2D4, CPE4RT, CPS4RT elements

DC2D6, CPE6MT, CPS6MT elements

DC3D8, C3D8RT elements

DCAX8, CAX4RT elements

Coupled temperature-displacement submodeling

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Results and discussion

Pore pressure submodeling

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Piezoelectric submodeling

Acoustic submodeling

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Problem description

Results and discussion

Shell-to-solid submodeling

In-plane loading

Bending of cantilevered plate

Bending of cantilevered half-cylinder

Gasket submodeling

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Results and discussion

Miscellaneous submodeling tests

Using different procedures between the global model and the submodel

Acoustic-to-structure submodeling

Intersection-only submodeling

Node-based submodeling using field import

Acoustic and shock analyses

Volumetric drag

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Problem description

Results and discussion

Impedance boundary conditions

Element-based and surface-based conditions

Nonreflective boundaries

Improved planar boundary condition

Acoustic interface elements

Impedance conditions on the semi-infinite sides of acoustic infinite elements

Perfectly matched layers

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Problem description

Results and discussion

Transient acoustic wave propagation

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Problem description

Results and discussion

Adaptive meshing applied to coupled structural-acoustic problems

Tire deflation with adaptive meshing

Adaptive meshing applied to rigid body motion of a ring in a tank

Rigid body motion of box filled with air

CONWEP blast loading pressures

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Problem description

Results and discussion

Blast loading of a circular plate using the CONWEP model

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Results and discussion

Stress/displacement model change: static

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Problem description

Reference solution

Results and discussion

Stress/displacement model change: dynamic

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Problem description

Reference solution

Results and discussion

Stress/displacement model change: general tests

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Problem description

Results and discussion

Heat transfer model change: steady state

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Problem description

Reference solution

Results and discussion

Coupled temperature-displacement model change: steady state

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Problem description

Reference solution

Results and discussion

Contact model change

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Problem description

Results and discussion

Acoustic model change: steady state

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Problem description

Reference solution

Results and discussion

Pore-thermal model change

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Problem description

Results and discussion

Symmetric model generation and analysis of cyclic symmetry models

Symmetric model generation and results transfer

Symmetric model generation by revolving the cross-section of an axisymmetric mesh about the symmetry axis

Symmetric model generation by reflecting a partial three-dimensional model through a symmetry line

Symmetric model generation by reflecting a partial three-dimensional model through a symmetry plane

Symmetric model generation by revolving a single three-dimensional sector of the model about the symmetry axis

Symmetric model generation and results transfer with large deformation

Analysis of cyclic symmetric models

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Problem description

Results and discussion

Abaqus/Aqua analysis

Aqua load cases

Full submergence of structural members

Partial submergence of structural members

Submergence of a rigid box

Eigenfrequency extraction with added mass

Spatial variation of steady current velocity

Dynamic pressure, closed-end buoyancy loads

Gridded wave file

Miscellaneous partial submergence tests for Stokes waves

Miscellaneous buoyancy loading

Jack-up foundation analysis

Initial embedment analysis

Push-over analysis: sand model

Monotonic loading analysis: clay model

Clay model with conical spud can

Monotonic loading: member

Elastic-plastic joint elements

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Problem description

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Design sensitivity analysis

Direct design sensitivity analysis

Design sensitivity analysis for continuum elements

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Problem description

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Design sensitivity analysis for structural elements

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Problem description

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Design sensitivity analysis for special-purpose elements

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Problem description

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Design sensitivity analysis for elastic materials

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Problem description

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Design sensitivity analysis for contact

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Problem description

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Design sensitivity analysis controls

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Problem description

Results and discussion

Adjoint design sensitivity analysis

Adjoint design sensitivity analysis for static procedures

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Problem description

Results and discussion

Adjoint design sensitivity analysis for frequency procedures

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Results and discussion

Adjoint design sensitivity analysis for implicit transient dynamic procedures

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Problem description

Results and discussion

Transferring results between Abaqus/Standard and Abaqus/Explicit

Transferring results between Abaqus/Explicit and Abaqus/Standard

Transferring stress/displacement results from Abaqus/Explicit to Abaqus/Standard

Transferring acoustic results from Abaqus/Explicit to Abaqus/Standard

Transferring stress/displacement results from Abaqus/Standard to Abaqus/Explicit

Transferring acoustic results from Abaqus/Standard to Abaqus/Explicit

Transferring results from one Abaqus/Standard analysis to another Abaqus/Standard analysis

Transferring results between STATIC procedures

Transferring results between direct-integration implicit dynamic procedures

Transferring results from a direct-integration implicit dynamic procedure to a static procedure

Transferring temperatures from a fully coupled thermal-stress analysis

Transfer of predefined fields

Transfer of contact conditions

Transfer of rebar layers and embedded elements

Transferring results from one Abaqus/Explicit analysis to another Abaqus/Explicit analysis

Transferring results between explicit dynamic procedures with nonlinear geometry

Transferring results between explicit dynamic procedures with linear geometry

Transferring temperatures from an explicit dynamic procedure

Transferring acoustic results

Transferring contact conditions

Transferring rebar layers and embedded elements

Transferring results with general beam sections

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Problem description

Results and discussion

Transferring results with general shell sections

Transferring results between Abaqus/Explicit and Abaqus/Standard

Transferring results from one Abaqus/Standard analysis to another Abaqus/Standard analysis

Adding and removing elements during results transfer

Transferring results between Abaqus/Explicit and Abaqus/Standard

Transferring results from one Abaqus/Standard analysis to another Abaqus/Standard analysis

Transferring rigid elements

Transferring results between Abaqus/Explicit and Abaqus/Standard

Transferring results from one Abaqus/Standard analysis to another Abaqus/Standard analysis

Transferring mass and rotary inertia elements

Transferring results between Abaqus/Standard and Abaqus/Explicit

Transferring results from one Abaqus/Standard analysis to another Abaqus/Standard analysis

Transferring results from one Abaqus/Explicit analysis to another Abaqus/Explicit analysis

Transferring connector elements into Abaqus/Explicit

Damped free vibration with initial conditions

Sinusoidal excitation of a damped spring-mass system

Tests for special-purpose connectors

Transferring hourglass forces

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Results and discussion

Changing the material definition during import

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Results and discussion

Transferring results with plasticity

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Results and discussion

Transferring results with damage

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Results and discussion

Transferring results with hyperelasticity

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Results and discussion

Transferring results with viscoelasticity

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Results and discussion

Transferring results for a hyperelastic sheet with a circular hole

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Results and discussion

Transferring results with hyperfoam

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Results and discussion

Transferring results with orientation

Transferring results between Abaqus/Explicit and Abaqus/Standard

Transferring results from one Abaqus/Standard analysis to another Abaqus/Standard analysis

Miscellaneous results transfer tests

Frequency analysis after import

Displacement formulation in Abaqus/Explicit and Abaqus/Standard

Initial stresses and equivalent plastic strains

Initial angular velocities

Pre-tension section

Nodal coordinate system

Steady-state rolling

Transfer of coupled temperature-displacement elements

Transfer of rebar layers and embedded elements

Series of transfers between Abaqus/Explicit and Abaqus/Standard

Transferring results with parallel rheological framework

Elements tested

Problem description

Results and discussion

Transferring results with nodal temperature and field variables

Transferring results with nodal temperature and field variables from an Abaqus/Standard analysis to an Abaqus/Explicit analysis

Transferring results with nodal temperature and field variables from an Abaqus/Standard analysis to an Abaqus/Standard analysis

Transferring results with nodal temperature and field variables from an Abaqus/Explicit analysis to an Abaqus/Standard analysis

Transferring results with nodal temperature and field variables from an Abaqus/Explicit analysis to an Abaqus/Explicit analysis

Transferring results of an analysis model multiple times

Transferring results of element sets multiple times from an Abaqus/Standard analysis to an Abaqus/Explicit analysis

Transferring results of element sets multiple times from an Abaqus/Standard analysis to an Abaqus/Standard analysis

Transferring results of element sets multiple times from an Abaqus/Explicit analysis to an Abaqus/Explicit analysis

Transferring results of a quarter circular plate modeled with a part instance four times from an Abaqus/Standard analysis to an Abaqus/Explicit analysis of the whole plate

Transferring results of a quarter circular plate modeled with a part instance four times from an Abaqus/Standard analysis to an Abaqus/Standard analysis of the whole plate

Transferring results of a quarter circular plate modeled with a part instance four times from an Abaqus/Explicit analysis to an Abaqus/Standard analysis of the whole plate

Transferring results of a quarter circular plate modeled with a part instance four times from an Abaqus/Explicit analysis to an Abaqus/Explicit analysis of the whole plate

Transferring results of the forming of a quarter conical shell modeled with element sets four times from an Abaqus/Standard analysis to an Abaqus/Standard analysis of the whole shell

Transferring results from multiple previous analyses

Transferring results of element sets from multiple Abaqus/Standard analyses to an Abaqus/Explicit analysis

Transferring results of element sets from multiple Abaqus/Explicit analyses to an Abaqus/Explicit analysis

Transferring results with nodal temperature and field variables from multiple Abaqus/Standard analyses to an Abaqus/Explicit analysis

Transferring results with nodal temperature and field variables from multiple Abaqus/Explicit analyses to an Abaqus/Explicit analysis

Meshed beam cross-sections

About meshed beam cross-sections

Meshing and analyzing a two-dimensional model of a beam cross-section

Elements tested

Features tested

Problem description

Results and discussion

Using generated cross-section properties in a beam analysis

Elements tested

Features tested

Problem description

Results and discussion

Fluid-structure interaction of a cantilever beam inside a channel

Unidirectional solution transfer between Abaqus/Standard and FLUENT

Bidirectional solution transfer between Abaqus/Standard and FLUENT

Rendezvousing scheme

Abaqus/Standard to Abaqus/Explicit co-simulation

Features tested

Lockstep co-simulation of Abaqus/Standard nonlinear dynamic procedures to Abaqus/Explicit procedures

Subcycling co-simulation of Abaqus/Standard nonlinear dynamic procedures to Abaqus/Explicit procedures

Subcycling co-simulation of Abaqus/Standard nonlinear static procedures to Abaqus/Explicit procedures

Model attribute tests for Abaqus/Standard to Abaqus/Explicit co-simulation

Adaptive remeshing

Error indicators

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Problem description

Results and discussion

Discrete particle methods

Discrete element method analysis

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Problem description

Results and discussion

Particle generator

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Problem description

Results and discussion

Lumped kinetic molecular method

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Problem description

Results and discussion

Miscellaneous procedures and techniques

Direct cyclic and low-cycle fatigue analyses

A simple sheet with a circular hole

A round notch bar

Complex eigenvalue extraction

One-element test

A rotating ring compressed between two plates

CEL analysis of a rotating water disk

Elements tested

Features tested

Problem description

Results and discussion

Smoothed particle hydrodynamic analysis

Bird strike on an airplane engine blade

Bird strike on an airplane engine blade using conversion

Water splash in a square pan

Splashing of a figurehead

Melting of a figurehead statue

Smashing of a figurehead

Projectile impact on a plate

Frequency extraction using the AMS eigensolver

One-element tests

Model with various lagrange-multiplier constraints (contact, connectors, distributing couplings)

Model with coupled-temperature displacement

Tire model with symmetric model generation and symmetric results transfer

Model with map solution

Models with material orientations, nodal transformations, and initial conditions

Models with residual modes

Miscellaneous models

Steady-state dynamics with nondiagonal damping using the AMS eigensolver

One-element tests

Model with discrete material damping

Model with frequency-dependent material

Model with base motion

SIM-based steady-state analysis with multiple load cases

Media transport

Media transport analysis using import from Abaqus/Standard to Abaqus/Explicit

Multistep media transport analysis using Abaqus/Explicit

Transferring results between dissimilar meshes in Abaqus/Standard

Elements tested

Features tested

Problem description

Results and discussion

One-step inverse analysis

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Problem description

Results and discussion

User Subroutines

About user subroutine verification tests

User subroutine verification

Features tested

Heat transfer analysis

Mass diffusion analysis

Elements tested

Features tested

Problem description

Results and discussion

Features tested

General comments

User subroutine tested in a stress/displacement analysis

User subroutine tested in a coupled temperature-displacement analysis

User subroutine tested in a stress/displacement analysis

User subroutine tested with solution-dependent state variables

User subroutine tested with slip variables at current time

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Elements tested

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Elements tested

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UANISOHYPER_INV and VUANISOHYPER_INV

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Problem description

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Problem description

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Structural user element

Heat transfer user element

Wave utility subroutines

Acoustic user element

Structural user element

Heat transfer user element

UEPACTIVATIONVOL

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Elements tested

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Problem description

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UMAT and UHYPER

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User subroutine for isotropic Mises plasticity model

User subroutine for hyperelastic model

User subroutine for total and incompressible hybrid formulations

User subroutine for frequency domain viscoelastic behavior

Additional user subroutine problems for hyperelastic model

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Problem description

Results and discussion

Elements tested

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Problem description

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Elements tested

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Problem description

Results and discussion

UTEMP, UFIELD, UMASFL, and UPRESS

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Setting temperature and field data using user subroutines

Composite shell temperature loads from user subroutines

Gap conductance problems with field variables and mass flow rates set using user subroutines UFIELD and UMASFL

Mass diffusion problems with pressure stresses set using user subroutine UPRESS

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Problem description

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Elements tested

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Problem description

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UWAVE and UEXTERNALDB

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Elements tested

Features tested

Problem description

Results and discussion

VDLOAD: nonuniform loads

Nonuniform body forces

Nonuniform pressure load

VFRIC, VFRIC_COEF, and VFRICTION

User subroutines testing static and dynamic friction in a stress/displacement analysis

User subroutine tested in a coupled temperature-displacement analysis

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Problem description

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Elements tested

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Features tested

Problem description

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Elements tested

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Problem description

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Elements tested

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Problem description

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Elements tested

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Problem description

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Elements tested

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Elements tested

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Tracking thickness and other issues specific to VUINTERACTION functionality

Results and discussion

VUMAT: rotating cylinder

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Problem description

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Elements tested

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Problem description

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Problem description

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Elements tested

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Problem description

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Features tested

PB_VWAVE-AIRY-PERIOD_P31_XPL.inp

PB_VWAVE-AIRY-PERIOD_P21_XPL.inp

Miscellaneous Options

Miscellaneous modeling options

Adaptive mesh for solid elements in Abaqus/Standard

Elements tested

Features tested

Problem description

Results and discussion

Adjusting nodal coordinates

Elements tested

Features tested

Problem description

Results and discussion

Elements tested

Features tested

Problem description

Results and discussion

Spatially varying element properties

Features tested

Using distributions to define thicknesses, offsets, material orientations, and stiffness matrices for shell and membrane elements

Using distributions to define thicknesses, material orientations, and material behaviors for continuum elements

Using distributions while transferring results from one Abaqus/Standard analysis to another

Using distributions for specifying orientation for connector elements

Boundary conditions

Features tested

Complex boundary conditions

Displacement, velocity, and acceleration boundary conditions

Velocity-type boundary conditions, static analysis

Reset overconstraint checking controls

Features tested

Intersecting surface-based tie constraints

Surface-based tie and rigid body constraints

Intersecting rigid body constraints

Surface-based tie constraints and boundary conditions

Rigid body constraints and boundary conditions

Connector elements and rigid body constraints

Coupling and rigid body constraints

Contact interactions and surface-based tie constraints

Contact interactions and boundary conditions

Coupling constraints

Features tested

Kinematic coupling constraints

Kinematic coupling constraints with local coordinate systems

Internal sorting of kinematic coupling constraints

Distributing coupling constraints with user-specified weights

Default distributing weight factors

Weighting method and influence region

Colinear coupling node arrangement

Moment release for distributing coupling

Dimensional coupling

Structural coupling

Define a part instance that will be used for display only

Features tested

Problem description

Results and discussion

Embedded element technique

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Features tested

Problem description

Results and discussion

Establishing geostatic equilibrium when the initial stress state is unknown

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Problem description

Results and discussion

Specifying geometric imperfection and parameter shape variation

Elements tested

Features tested

Problem description

Results and discussion

Specifying user-defined field variables directly in the input file

Features tested

Problem description

Results and discussion

Inertia-based load balancing

Features tested

Automobile suspension component

Assembly loading and free body motion of a rocket under thrust

Stability analysis of a submerged structure (submarine)

Inertia relief with multiple load cases

Inertia relief of a model with substructures

Defining the cutting surface

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Features tested

Problem description

Results and discussion

Kinematic coupling constraint

Elements tested

Features tested

Problem description

Results and discussion

Defining a matrix for part of a model

Features tested

Linear perturbation analysis of a truss model

Multiple load case analysis of a beam model with an equation constraint and a multi-point constraint

Large-sliding contact with node-based contact surface

Three-dimensional model with predefined temperatures and distributed surface loads

Tip loading of a diving board

Natural frequency extraction of a diving board

Mesh-independent spot welds

Features tested

Spot-welded plates subject to pressure and shear loading

Multi-layer spot welds between surfaces defined on various element types

Single-layer spot welds between surfaces defined on various element types with varying mesh densities

Large deformation of a spot-welded beam

Spot welds used in various analysis techniques

Spot weld surfaces forming T-intersections

Linear dynamics

Compounded local coordinate systems

Multi-point constraints

Features tested

QUADRATIC, BILINEAR, and C BIQUAD MPCs

SS LINEAR and SLIDER MPCs

SS BILINEAR, SSF BILINEAR, and SLIDER MPCs

Internal MPC types BEAMRIGID and BEAMTIE with transforms

User-defined coordinate system

Elements tested

Features tested

Problem description

Results and discussion

Pre-tension section

Elements tested

Features tested

Problem description

Results and discussion

Radiation view factor definition: symmetries and blocking

Features tested

Infinitely long square section tube

Infinitely long square section tube with blocking

Finite length square section tube

Square section tubular ring

Infinitely extending three-dimensional array of cubic objects

Infinitely long finned tube inside another infinitely long tube

Release rotational degrees of freedom

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Features tested

Problem description

Results and discussion

Shell-to-solid coupling constraints

Features tested

Static tests with shell-to-solid coupling constraints

Dynamic tests with shell-to-solid coupling constraints

Free vibration of a cantilevered thin square with shell-to-solid coupling constraints

Static test of a built-up beam with shell-to-solid coupling constraints

Explicit dynamic test of a built-up beam with shell-to-solid coupling constraints

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Features tested

Problem description

Results and discussion

Surface-based fluid cavities

Features tested

Gas structure interaction

Fluid inflators

Modified contact pressure-overclosure relationship

Elements tested

Features tested

Problem description

Results and discussion

Initial contact stress

Elements tested

Problem description

Results and discussion

Defining temperature, field variable, pressure stress, and pore fluid pressure values

Features tested

Reading temperature and field variable data from results files

Composite shell temperature loads

Temperature interpolation to midside nodes

Temperature interpolation between dissimilar meshes

Transferring temperatures between dissimilar meshes with user-specified regions

Reading temperature and pressure data from results files

Reading solution-dependent variables from results files

Reading scalar nodal output from the output database into field variables

Specifying a known predefined pore fluid pressure field

Surface-based tie constraint

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Features tested

Problem description

Results and discussion

Coupled pore-thermal elements

Elements tested

Features tested

Problem description

Results and discussion

Thermal expansion of constraints

Problem description

Results and discussion

Miscellaneous output options

Writing element matrix output records

Elements tested

Features tested

Problem description

Results and discussion

Substructure matrix output request

Elements tested

Features tested

Problem description

Results and discussion

Integrated output variables

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Problem description

Results and discussion

Rigid body motion output variables

Elements tested

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Problem description

Results and discussion

Element nodal forces in beam section orientation

Elements tested

Features tested

Problem description

Results and discussion

Abaqus/Standard

Abaqus/Aqua analysis

Acoustic and shock analyses

Adaptive remeshing

Additive Manufacturing Process Simulation

Connector element verification

Coupled thermal-electrochemical analysis

Crack propagation

Dynamic analysis

Eigenvalue tests

Electromagnetic analysis

Element loading options

Interface tests

Mechanical properties

Meshed beam cross-sections

Miscellaneous modeling options

Miscellaneous output options

Miscellaneous procedures and techniques

Miscellaneous tests

Piezoelectric analysis

Rigid body verification

Simple load tests

Special-purpose stress/displacement elements

Symmetric model generation and analysis of cyclic symmetry models

Thermal properties

Transferring results between Abaqus/Standard and Abaqus/Explicit

User subroutine verification

Abaqus/Explicit

Abaqus/Aqua analysis

Acoustic and shock analyses

Connector element verification

Discrete particle methods

Dynamic analysis

Element loading options

Interface tests

Mechanical properties

Meshed beam cross-sections

Miscellaneous modeling options

Miscellaneous output options

Miscellaneous procedures and techniques

Miscellaneous tests

Rigid body verification

Simple load tests

Symmetric model generation and analysis of cyclic symmetry models

Thermal properties

Transferring results between Abaqus/Standard and Abaqus/Explicit

User subroutine verification

Miscellaneous procedures and techniques

Abaqus/Aqua analysis

User subroutine verification

Design sensitivity analysis