ProductsAbaqus/StandardAbaqus/ExplicitAbaqus/CAE
TypeModel data
LevelModel
Abaqus/CAEInteraction module
Required parameters
- COMPONENT
Set this parameter equal to the component number on which a locking
criterion is based. See
Connection types
for components of relative motion definitions.
Optional parameters
- DEPENDENCIES
This parameter applies only to
Abaqus/Explicit
analyses.
Set this parameter equal to the number of field variable dependencies
included in the definition of the connector lock data, in addition to
temperature. If this parameter is omitted, it is assumed that the connector
lock is independent of field variables.
See Material data definition for more information.
- EXTRAPOLATION
Set EXTRAPOLATION=CONSTANT (default unless
CONNECTOR BEHAVIOR, EXTRAPOLATION=LINEAR is used) to use constant extrapolation of the dependent
variables outside the specified range of the independent variables.
Set EXTRAPOLATION=LINEAR to use linear extrapolation of the dependent variables outside
the specified range of the independent variables.
- LOCK
Set this parameter equal to ALL (default) to lock all components of relative motion when the
locking criterion is satisfied.
Set this parameter equal to an available component number to lock only that
component of relative motion when the locking criterion is satisfied.
- REGULARIZE
This parameter applies only to
Abaqus/Explicit
analyses.
Set REGULARIZE=ON (default unless
CONNECTOR BEHAVIOR, REGULARIZE=OFF is used) to regularize the user-defined tabular connector lock
data.
Set REGULARIZE=OFF to use the user-defined tabular connector lock data directly
without regularization.
- RTOL
This parameter applies only to
Abaqus/Explicit
analyses.
Set this parameter equal to the tolerance to be used to regularize the
connector lock data.
If this parameter is omitted, the default is RTOL=0.03 unless the tolerance is
specified on the
CONNECTOR BEHAVIOR option.
Data line to
define the locking criterion
- First (and only) line for
Abaqus/Standard
Lower bound on the connector's relative position specified by the COMPONENT parameter. By default, no lower bound is used for the selected
component.
Upper bound on the connector's relative position specified by the COMPONENT parameter. By default, no upper bound is used for the selected
component.
Lower bound on the force or moment in the direction indicated by the COMPONENT parameter. By default, no lower bound is used for the selected
force or moment.
Upper bound on the force or moment in the direction indicated by the COMPONENT parameter. By default, no upper bound is used for the selected
force or moment.
- Data lines for
Abaqus/Explicit
Lower bound on the connector's relative position specified by the COMPONENT parameter. By default, no lower bound is used for the selected
component.
Upper bound on the connector's relative position specified by the COMPONENT parameter. By default, no upper bound is used for the selected
component.
Lower bound on the force or moment in the direction indicated by the COMPONENT parameter. By default, no lower bound is used for the selected
force or moment.
Upper bound on the force or moment in the direction indicated by the COMPONENT parameter. By default, no upper bound is used for the selected
force or moment.
Lower bound on velocity in the direction specified by the COMPONENT parameter. By default, no lower bound is used for the selected
velocity.
Upper bound on velocity in the direction specified by the COMPONENT parameter. By default, no upper bound is used for the selected
velocity.
Temperature.
First field variable.
- Subsequent lines (only needed if the DEPENDENCIES parameter has a value greater than one)
Second field variable.
Etc., up to eight field variables per line.
Repeat this set of data lines as often as necessary to
define the lock criterion as a function of temperature, and other predefined
field variables.