Element section variables

You can request element section variable output to the results or output database file. These variables are available only for beam, pipe, and shell elements with the exception of STH, which is also available for membrane and plane stress elements. They are defined for particular elements in the element descriptions in the Abaqus Elements Guide.

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The output variables listed below are available in Abaqus/Explicit.

STH
.fil: yes  .odb Field: yes  .odb History: yes  

Section thickness (shell, membrane, and plane stress elements only).

STHIN
.fil: no  .odb Field: yes  .odb History: yes  

Section thinning or thickening is defined as STHIN=1-STHSTHorig, where STHorig is the original thickness specified on the section definition for shell, membrane, and plane stress elements.

SFAILRATIO
.fil: no  .odb Field: yes  .odb History: no  

Section failure ratio across all the shell's layers defined as SFailRatio=numFailedLayersnumTotalLayers, where numFailedLayers is the number of failed layers (a shell layer is considered failed when all of the section points in the layer failed), and numTotalLayers is the total number of layers in the shell.

SF
.fil: yes  .odb Field: yes  .odb History: yes  

All section resultant components, both translational (forces) and rotational (moments).

SFn
.fil: no  .odb Field: no  .odb History: yes  

Section force per unit width of component n, n=1,2,3,4,5 for conventional shells; n=1,2,3,4,5,6 for continuum shells; n=1,2,3 for beams and pipes.

SMn
.fil: no  .odb Field: no  .odb History: yes  

Section moment per unit width of component n, n=1,2,3.

SORIENT
.fil: no  .odb Field: yes  .odb History: no  

Composite shell section orientations.

SE
.fil: yes  .odb Field: yes  .odb History: yes  

All section nominal strains, both translational and rotational (e.g., midplane strain and curvature in shells).

SEn
.fil: no  .odb Field: no  .odb History: yes  

Section nominal strain component n, n=1,2,3,4,5,6 for shells; n=1,2,3 for beams and pipes.

SKn
.fil: no  .odb Field: no  .odb History: yes  

Section curvature change or twist n, n=1,2,3.

SSAVG
.fil: yes  .odb Field: yes  .odb History: no  

All average membrane and transverse shear stress components (shell elements only).

SSAVGn
.fil: no  .odb Field: no  .odb History: yes  

Average membrane or transverse shear stress component n, n=1,2,3,4,5,6 (shell elements only).