Some further restrictions may apply regarding specific design responses.
Please check remarks for this.
SIMULIA Tosca Structure-element
type |
Abaqus-element
type |
Design element (see below) |
PLANE_QUAD_4 |
CAX4 CAX4H CAX4HT CAX4I CAX4IH CAX4R CAX4RH CAX4RHT CAX4RT CAX4T |
C, S, F C,
S C, S C, S C, S C, S, F C, S C, S C, S C,
S |
PLANE_QUAD_4 |
CGAX4 CGAX4H CGAX4HT CGAX4R CGAX4RH CGAX4RHT CGAX4RT CGAX4T |
C, S C, S C, S C, S C,
S C, S C, S C, S |
PLANE_QUAD_4 |
CPE4 CPE4H CPE4HT CPE4I CPE4IH CPE4R CPE4RH CPE4RHT CPE4RT CPE4T |
C, S, F C,
S C, S C, S C, S C, S, F C, S C, S C, S C,
S |
PLANE_QUAD_4 |
CPEG4 CPEG4H CPEG4HT CPEG4I CPEG4IH CPEG4R CPEG4RH CPEG4RHT CPEG4RT CPEG4T |
C, S C, S C, S C, S C,
S C, S C, S C, S C, S C, S |
PLANE_QUAD_4 |
CPS4 CPS4I CPS4R CPS4RT CPS4T |
C, S, F C,
S C, S, F C, S C, S |
PLANE_QUAD_8 |
CPE8RT CPE8T CPEG8 CPEG8H CPEG8HT CPEG8R CPEG8RH CPEG8RHT CPEG8T |
C,
S C, S C, S C, S C, S C, S C, S C,
S C, S |
PLANE_QUAD_8 |
CPS8 CPS8R CPS8RT CPS8T |
C, S, F C,
S, F C, S C, S |
PLANE_QUAD_8 |
CAX8 CAX8H CAX8HT CAX8R CAX8RH CAX8RHT CAX8RT CAX8T |
C, S, F C,
S C, S C,
S, F C, S C, S C, S C,
S |
PLANE_QUAD_8 |
CGAX8 CGAX8H CGAX8HT CGAX8R CGAX8RH CGAX8RHT CGAX8RT CGAX8T |
C, S C, S C, S C, S C,
S C, S C, S C, S |
PLANE_QUAD_8 |
CPE8 CPE8H CPE8HT CPE8R CPE8RH CPE8RHT |
C, S, F C,
S C, S C,
S, F C, S C, S |
PLANE_TRIANG_3 |
CAX3 CAX3H CAX3T |
C, S, F C,
S C, S |
PLANE_TRIANG_3 |
CGAX3 CGAX3H CGAX3HT CGAX3T |
C, S C, S C, S C, S |
PLANE_TRIANG_3 |
CPE3 CPE3H CPE3T CPEG3 CPEG3H CPEG3HT CPEG3T |
C, S, F C,
S C, S C, S C, S C, S C, S |
PLANE_TRIANG_3 |
CPS3 CPS3T |
C, S, F C,
S |
PLANE_TRIANG_6 |
CPE6H CPE6M CPE6MH CPE6MHT CPE6MT |
C, S C, S C,
S C, S C,
S |
PLANE_TRIANG_6 |
CPEG6 CPEG6H CPEG6M CPEG6MH CPEG6MHT CPEG6MT |
C, S C, S C, S C, S C,
S C, S |
PLANE_TRIANG_6 |
CPS6 CPS6M CPS6MT |
C, S, F C,
S C, S |
SOLID_BRICK_8 |
C3D8 C3D8H C3D8HT C3D8I C3D8IH C3D8R C3D8RH C3D8RHT C3D8RT C3D8T SC8R |
C, S, F C,
S C, S C, S C, S C, S, F C, S C, S C, S C,
S C, S |
SOLID_BRICK_20 |
C3D20 C3D20H C3D20HT C3D20R C3D20RH C3D20RHT C3D20RT C3D20T |
C, S, F C,
S C, S C,
S, F C, S C, S C, S C,
S |
SOLID_TETRA_4 |
C3D4 C3D4H C3D4T |
C, S, F C,
S C, S |
SOLID_TETRA_10 |
C3D10 C3D10H C3D10M C3D10MH C3D10MHT C3D10MT |
C, S, F C,
S C, S C, S C, S C, S |
SOLID_PENTA_6 |
C3D6 C3D6H C3D6T SC6R |
C, S, F C,
S C, S C, S |
SOLID_PENTA_15 |
C3D15 C3D15H |
C, S, F C, S |
SHELL_QUAD_4 |
M3D4 M3D4R S4 S4R S4R5 |
C, S, F C, S, F C, S, F, Z C,
S, F, Z C |
SHELL_QUAD_8 |
M3D8 M3D8R S8R S8R5 S8RT |
C, S, F C, S, F C, S, F, Z C C,
S |
SHELL_TRIANG_3 |
M3D3 S3 S3R STRI3 |
C, S, F C, S, F, Z C, S, F, Z C,
S, F |
SHELL_TRIANG_6 |
M3D6 STRI65 |
C, S, F C, Z (only supported if user ensures,
that rotational DOFs are written to ODB-file) |
BEAM_2D |
B21 B21H R2D2 RAX2 RB2D2 T2D2 T2D2H T2D2T |
F, S, Z F - - - - - - Beam elements are allowed
as restriction elements in shape optimization |
BEAM_3D |
B31 B31H RB3D2 T3D2 T3D2H T3D2T SPRINGA SPRING2(S) |
F, S, Z F - - - - F F Beam elements are allowed
as restriction elements in shape optimization |
MASS_1 |
MASS |
|
DUMMY_ELEM_TYPE |
all not supported element types |
|
C=allowed for controller-based
optimization (bead, shape and topology); S=allowed for sensitivity-based
topology optimization; F=allowed for the design responses that use the
element based reaction and internal forces and for frequency response; Z=allowed
for sizing optimization |
For shape and bead optimization, only nodes belonging to elements
supported by SIMULIA Tosca Structure
can be used as design nodes, see
About Design variables (DV_SHAPE)
and
Design variables (DV_BEAD)
for details.
More solver specific information about Sensitivity based algorithm is found in Remarks for Sensitivity-Based Optimizations.
For sensitivity based bead optimization, see Special Remarks Using Sensitivity-Based Algorithm.
The following are the acoustic elements supported specifically for NVH analysis. Apart from these, conventional shell elements are supported for modeling of solid structures.
| Acoustic continuum elements: |
Element type |
| One-dimensional: |
|
| AC1D2 AC1D3 |
2-node link 3-node link |
| Two-dimensional: |
|
| AC2D3 AC2D4 AC2D4R AC2D6 AC2D8 |
3-node linear 4-node bilinear 4-node bilinear reduced integration with hourglass control 6-node quadratic 8-node biquadratic |
| Three-dimensional: |
|
| AC3D4 AC3D6 AC3D8R AC3D10 AC3D15 AC3D20 |
4-node linear tetrahedron 6-node linear triangular prism 8-node linear brick reduced integration with hourglass control 10-node quadratic tetrahedron 15-node quadratic triangular prism 20-node quadratic brick |
| Axisymmetric: |
|
| ACAX3 ACAX4R ACAX4 ACAX6 ACAX |
3-node linear 4-node linear, reduced integration with hourglass control 4-node linear 6-node quadratic 8-node quadratic |
| Acoustic Infinite Elements |
|
2-D acoustic infinite elements: |
|
| ACIN2D2 ACIN2D3 |
| 2-node linear, acoustic infinite 3-node quadratic, acoustic infinite |
| 3-D acoustic infinite elements: |
|
| ACIN3D3 ACIN3D4 ACIN3D6 ACIN3D8 |
3-node linear, acoustic infinite triangular element 4-node linear, acoustic infinite quadrilateral element 6-node quadratic, acoustic infinite triangular element 8-node quadratic, acoustic infinite quadrilateral element |
| Axisymmetric acoustic infinite elements: |
|
| ACINAX2 ACINAX3 |
2-node linear, acoustic infinite 3-node quadratic, acoustic infinite |
|