ProductsAbaqus/StandardAbaqus/ExplicitAbaqus/CAE
TypeModel data
LevelPartPart instanceAssemblyModel
Abaqus/CAEProperty module
Required parameters
- LOCATION
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Set LOCATION=ELEMENT to define a distribution on elements.
Set LOCATION=NODE to define a distribution on nodes.
Set LOCATION=FACE to define a distribution on element faces.
Set LOCATION=NONE to define a distribution used with a pressure-volume fluid
boundary condition.
- NAME
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Set this parameter equal to a label that will be used to refer to the
distribution.
- TABLE
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Set this parameter equal to the distribution table that defines the format
of the data given on the data lines.
Optional parameters
- INPUT
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Set this parameter equal to the name of the alternate input file containing
the data lines for this option. See
Input Syntax Rules
for the syntax of such file names. If this parameter is omitted, it is assumed
that the data follow the keyword line.
Data lines to
define a distribution of the coordinates of points a and
b used to define a local coordinate system
- First line
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Blank space to define default data for the first use of this data line.
Element number or element set for subsequent data lines.
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X-coordinate of point a.
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Y-coordinate of point a.
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Z-coordinate of point a.
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X-coordinate of point b.
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Y-coordinate of point b.
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Z-coordinate of point b.
Repeat this data line as often
as necessary to define the data for element numbers or element
sets.
Data lines to
define a distribution of additional rotation angles used to define a local
coordinate system
- First
line
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Blank space to define default data for the first use of this data line.
Element number or element set for subsequent data lines.
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Angle (in degrees).
Repeat this data line as often
as necessary to define the data for element numbers or element
sets.
Data lines to
define a distribution of shell or membrane thickness
- First line
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Blank space to define default data for the first use of this data line.
Element number or element set for subsequent data lines.
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Shell or membrane thickness.
Repeat this data line as often
as necessary to define the data for element numbers or element
sets.
Data lines to
define a distribution of shell offset
- First line
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Blank space to define default data for the first use of this data line.
Element number or element set for subsequent data lines.
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Shell offset.
Repeat this data line as often
as necessary to define the data for element numbers or element
sets.
Data lines to
define a distribution of general section stiffnesses
- First line
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Blank space to define default data for the first use of this data line.
Element number or element set for subsequent uses of this data line.
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- Second line
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- Third line
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Repeat this set of data lines
as often as necessary to define the data for element numbers or element
sets.
Data lines to
define a distribution of initial contact clearances
- First line
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Node number or node set. Default data are not allowed.
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Initial clearance.
Repeat this data line as often
as
necessary.
Data lines to
define a distribution of isotropic elastic moduli
- First line
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Blank space to define default data for the first use of this data line.
Element number or element set for subsequent uses of this data line.
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Repeat this data line as often
as necessary to define the data for element numbers or element
sets.
Data lines to
define a distribution of orthotropic elastic moduli
- First line
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Blank space to define default data for the first use of this data line.
Element number or element set for subsequent uses of this data line.
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- Second line
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Repeat this set of data lines
as often as necessary to define data for element numbers or element
sets.
Data lines to
define a distribution of orthotropic elastic moduli using engineering
constants
- First
line
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Blank space to define default data for the first use of this data line.
Element number or element set for subsequent uses of this data line.
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- Second line
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Repeat this set of data lines
as often as necessary to define the data for element numbers or element
sets.
Data lines to
define a distribution of orthotropic elastic moduli in plane
stress
- First
line
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Blank space to define default data for the first use of this data line.
Element number or element set for subsequent data lines.
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This shear modulus is needed to define transverse shear behavior in shells.
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This shear modulus is needed to define transverse shear behavior in shells.
Repeat this data line as often
as necessary to define the data for element numbers or element
sets.
Data lines to
define a distribution of anisotropic elastic moduli
- First line
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Blank space to define default data for the first use of this data line.
Element number or element set for subsequent uses of this data line.
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- Second line
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Repeat this set of data lines
as often as necessary to define the data for element numbers or element
sets.
Data lines to
define a distribution of mass density
- First line
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Blank space to define default data for the first use of this data line.
Element number or element set for subsequent data lines.
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Density.
Repeat this data line as often
as necessary to define the data for element numbers or element
sets.
Data lines to
define a distribution of isotropic thermal expansion
- First line
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Blank space to define default data for the first use of this data line.
Element number or element set for subsequent data lines.
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Repeat this data line as often
as necessary to define the data for element numbers or element
sets.
Data lines to
define a distribution of orthotropic thermal expansion
- First line
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Blank space to define default data for the first use of this data line.
Element number or element set for subsequent data lines.
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(Not used for plane stress case.)
Repeat this data line as often
as necessary to define the data for element numbers or element
sets.
Data lines to
define a distribution of anisotropic thermal expansion
- First line
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Blank space to define default data for the first use of this data line.
Element number or element set for subsequent data lines.
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(Not used for plane stress case.)
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Repeat this data line as often
as necessary to define the data for element numbers or element
sets.
Data
lines to define a distribution of the volume fraction for a multiscale
material
- First
line
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Blank space to define default data for the first use of this data line.
Element number or element set for subsequent data lines.
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Repeat this data line as often
as necessary to define the data for element numbers or element
sets.
Data lines
to define a distribution of the aspect ratio for a multiscale
material
- First
line
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Blank space to define default data for the first use of this data line.
Element number or element set for subsequent data lines.
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Repeat this data line as often
as necessary to define the data for element numbers or element
sets.
Data
lines to define a distribution of the second-order orientation tensor for a
multiscale material
- First
line
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Blank space to define default data for the first use of this data line.
Element number or element set for subsequent data lines.
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Repeat this data line as often
as necessary to define the data for element numbers or element
sets.