Warping element library

This section provides a reference to the warping elements available in Abaqus/Standard.

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Meshed beam cross-sections
*SOLID SECTION

ProductsAbaqus/Standard

Element types

WARP2D3

3-node linear two-dimensional warping element

WARP2D4

4-node bilinear two-dimensional warping element

Active degrees of freedom

3, representing the out-of-plane warping function

Additional solution variables

None.

Nodal coordinates required

X, Y

Element property definition

Input File Usage

SOLID SECTION

Element-based loading

There is no loading for these element types.

Element output

No output is available for these element types. The two-dimensional warping elements are used to calculate the out-of-plane warping function for beams using a meshed cross-section. This warping function can be viewed in the Visualization module of Abaqus/CAE. The derivatives of the warping function are used to calculate the shear strain and stress at the integration points of the elements due to torsion.

Node ordering on elements



 

Numbering of integration points for output