Nodal variables

You can request nodal variable output to the data, results, or output database file.

The following topics are discussed:

Related Topics
Node output
Node output

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

U
.dat: yes  .fil: yes  .odb Field: yes  .odb History: yes  

All physical displacement components, including rotations at nodes with rotational degrees of freedom (for output to the output database, only field-type output includes the rotations).

UT
.dat: no  .fil: no  .odb Field: yes  .odb History: yes  

All translational displacement components.

UR
.dat: no  .fil: no  .odb Field: yes  .odb History: yes  

All rotational displacement components.

Un
.dat: yes  .fil: no  .odb Field: no  .odb History: yes  

un displacement component (n=1,2,3).

URn
.dat: yes  .fil: no  .odb Field: no  .odb History: yes  

ϕn rotation component (n=1,2,3).

WARP
.dat: yes  .fil: no  .odb Field: no  .odb History: yes  

Warping magnitude. Available only for open-section beam elements.

V
.dat: yes  .fil: yes  .odb Field: yes  .odb History: yes  

All velocity components, including rotational velocities at nodes with rotational degrees of freedom (for output to the output database, only field-type output includes the rotational velocities).

VT
.dat: no  .fil: no  .odb Field: yes  .odb History: yes  

All translational velocity components.

VR
.dat: no  .fil: no  .odb Field: yes  .odb History: yes  

All rotational velocity components.

Vn
.dat: yes  .fil: no  .odb Field: no  .odb History: yes  

u˙n velocity component (n=1,2,3).

VRn
.dat: yes  .fil: no  .odb Field: no  .odb History: yes  

ϕ˙n rotational velocity component (n=1,2,3).

A
.dat: yes  .fil: yes  .odb Field: yes  .odb History: yes  

All acceleration components, including rotational accelerations at nodes with rotational degrees of freedom (for output to the output database, only field-type output includes the rotational accelerations).

AT
.dat: no  .fil: no  .odb Field: yes  .odb History: yes  

All translational acceleration components.

AR
.dat: no  .fil: no  .odb Field: yes  .odb History: yes  

All rotational acceleration components.

An
.dat: yes  .fil: no  .odb Field: no  .odb History: yes  

u¨n acceleration component (n=1,2,3).

ARn
.dat: yes  .fil: no  .odb Field: no  .odb History: yes  

ϕ¨n rotational acceleration component (n=1,2,3).

POR
.dat: yes  .fil: yes  .odb Field: yes  .odb History: yes  

Pore or acoustic pressure at a node.

CFF
.dat: yes  .fil: yes  .odb Field: yes  .odb History: yes  

Concentrated fluid flow at a node, including those imported using the CFLOW co-simulation field ID.

NT
.dat: yes  .fil: yes  .odb Field: yes  .odb History: yes  

All temperature values at a node, including those imported using the TEMP co-simulation field ID. These will be the temperatures defined as degrees of freedom if heat transfer elements are connected to the node, or predefined temperatures if the node is connected only to stress or mass diffusion elements without temperature degrees of freedom.

NTn
.dat: yes  .fil: no  .odb Field: no  .odb History: yes  

Temperature degree of freedom n at a node (n=11,12,).

EPOT
.dat: yes  .fil: yes  .odb Field: yes  .odb History: yes  

All electrical potential degrees of freedom at a node.

NNC
.dat: yes  .fil: yes  .odb Field: yes  .odb History: yes  

All normalized concentration values at a node.

NNCn
.dat: yes  .fil: no  .odb Field: no  .odb History: yes  

Normalized concentration degree of freedom n at a node (n=11).

RF
.dat: yes  .fil: yes  .odb Field: yes  .odb History: yes  

All components of reaction forces, including components of reaction moments at nodes with rotational degrees of freedom (conjugate to prescribed displacements and rotations). For output to the output database, only the field-type output includes the components of reaction moments at nodes with rotational degrees of freedom.

RT
.dat: no  .fil: no  .odb Field: yes  .odb History: yes  

All reaction force components.

RM
.dat: no  .fil: no  .odb Field: yes  .odb History: yes  

All reaction moment components.

RFn
.dat: yes  .fil: no  .odb Field: no  .odb History: yes  

Reaction force component n (n=1,2,3) (conjugate to prescribed displacement un).

RMn
.dat: yes  .fil: no  .odb Field: no  .odb History: yes  

Reaction moment component n (n=1,2,3) (conjugate to prescribed rotation ϕn).

RWM
.dat: yes  .fil: no  .odb Field: no  .odb History: yes  

Reaction bimoment in degree of freedom 7, conjugate to prescribed warping amplitude. Available only for open-section beam elements.

CF
.dat: yes  .fil: yes  .odb Field: yes  .odb History: yes  

All components of point loads and concentrated moments, including loads imported using the CF co-simulation field ID.

CFn
.dat: yes  .fil: no  .odb Field: no  .odb History: yes  

Point load component n (n=1,2,3).

CMn
.dat: yes  .fil: no  .odb Field: no  .odb History: yes  

Point moment component n (n=1,2,3).

CW
.dat: yes  .fil: no  .odb Field: no  .odb History: yes  

Load component in degree of freedom 7. Available only for open-section beam elements.

TF
.dat: yes  .fil: yes  .odb Field: yes  .odb History: yes  

All components of total forces, including components of total moments at nodes with rotational degrees of freedom. Total force is the sum of the reaction force and point loads. For output to the output database, only the field-type output includes the components of total moments at nodes with rotational degrees of freedom.

TFn
.dat: yes  .fil: no  .odb Field: no  .odb History: yes  

Total force component n (n=1,2,3).

TMn
.dat: yes  .fil: no  .odb Field: no  .odb History: yes  

Total moment component n (n=1,2,3).

VF
.dat: yes  .fil: yes  .odb Field: yes  .odb History: yes  

All components of viscous forces and moments due to static stabilization.

VFn
.dat: yes  .fil: no  .odb Field: no  .odb History: yes  

Stabilization viscous force component n (n=1,2,3).

VMn
.dat: yes  .fil: no  .odb Field: no  .odb History: yes  

Stabilization viscous moment component n (n=1,2,3).

COORD
.dat: yes  .fil: yes  .odb Field: yes  .odb History: yes  

Coordinates of the node. These are the current coordinates if the large-displacement formulation is being used.

COORn
.dat: yes  .fil: no  .odb Field: no  .odb History: yes  

Coordinate n (n=1,2,3).

STRAINFREE
.dat: no  .fil: no  .odb Field: yes  .odb History: no  

Strain-free adjustments to initial nodal positions (adjusted position minus unadjusted position; only written to the output database (.odb) file for the original field output frame at zero time).

RCHG
.dat: yes  .fil: yes  .odb Field: yes  .odb History: yes  

Reactive electrical nodal charge (conjugate to prescribed electrical potential).

CECHG
.dat: yes  .fil: yes  .odb Field: yes  .odb History: yes  

Concentrated electrical nodal charge.

RECUR
.dat: yes  .fil: yes  .odb Field: yes  .odb History: yes  

Reactive electrical nodal current (conjugate to prescribed electrical potential).

CECUR
.dat: yes  .fil: yes  .odb Field: yes  .odb History: yes  

Concentrated electrical nodal current.

PCAV
.dat: yes  .fil: yes  .odb Field: no  .odb History: yes  

Hydrostatic fluid gauge pressure (total pressure = ambient pressure + hydrostatic fluid gauge pressure).

CVOL
.dat: yes  .fil: yes  .odb Field: no  .odb History: yes  

Hydrostatic fluid cavity volume.

MOT
.dat: yes  .fil: yes  .odb Field: yes  .odb History: yes  

All components of motion in cavity radiation heat transfer analysis.

MOTn
.dat: yes  .fil: no  .odb Field: no  .odb History: yes  

mn motion component (n=1,2,3) in cavity radiation heat transfer analysis.