Finite Element Method

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Finite Element Method
for readers of all backgrounds
G. R. Liu and S. S. Quek
CHAPTER 13

• USING ABAQUS?

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CONTENTS

• ABAQUS INPUT FILE
• GENERAL PROCEDURES

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ABAQUS INPUT FILE
HEADING Model of a cantilever beam with a
downward force NODE 1, 0. 11, 2.0 NGEN 1,
11 ELEMENT, TYPEB21 1, 1, 2 ELGEN,
ELSETRECT_BEAM 1, 10 BEAM SECTION,
ELSETRECT_BEAM, SECTIONRECT, MATERIALALU 0.025,
0.040 0., 0., -1.0 MATERIAL,
NAMEALU ELASTIC, TYPEISOTROPIC 69.E9,
0.33 BOUNDARY 1, 1, 6, 0. STEP,
PERTURBATION STATIC CLOAD 11, 2,
-1000. NODE PRINT, FREQ1 U, NODE FILE,
FREQ1 U, ELEMENT PRINT, FREQ1 S, E ELEMENT
FILE, FREQ1 S, E ENDSTEP
Node cards
Element cards
Model data
Property cards
Option block
Material cards
Keyword line
ELEMENT, TYPEB23 1, 1, 2
Boundary cards
Data line
Control cards
Parameter
Keyword
Data
Load cards
History data
Output cards
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GENERAL PROCEDURES




Node Definitions



(NODE, NGEN, NCOPY, NFIL, NSET)



GEOMETRY



DEFINITION



Element Definitions



(ELEMENT, ELGEN, ELCOPY,
ELSET)



ELEMENT

BEAM SECTION, SHELL SECTION,

PROPERTIES

SOLID SECTION,
MEMBRANE



DEFINITION


SECTION,
etc.




MATERIAL

MATERIAL, ELASTIC, DE
NSITY,


PROPERTIES


VISCOELASTIC, DAMPING,
etc.




DEFINITION


BOUNDARY

BOUNDARY, CONTACT

AND
INITIAL


INTERFERENCE, CONTACT PAIR,


CONDITIONS



INITIAL CONDITIONS
, etc.



CLOAD, DLOAD, DFLUX,

LOADING

CECHARGE
, DECHARGE,



CONDITIONS



TEMPERATURE, etc.


STATIC, STEADY STATE DYNAMICS,

ANALYSIS

PIEZOELECTRIC, MASS DIFFUSION,


TYPES



HEAT TRANSFER, etc.


OUTPUT
NODE PRINT, NODE FILE, EL PRINT,




EL FILE,
etc.

REQUESTS