ProductsAbaqus/Explicit Element typesStress/displacement element
Active degrees of freedom1, 2, 3 Nodal coordinates requiredX, Y, Z Element property definitionInput File Usage SOLID SECTION Element-based loadingDistributed loadsGravity loads as described in Distributed loads are the only distributed loads that are available for particle elements. You define gravity loading in a specified direction, and the magnitude is input as acceleration. Element outputOutput is in global directions unless a local coordinate system is assigned to the element through the section definition (Orientations), in which case output is in the local coordinate system (which rotates with the motion in large-displacement analysis). See State storage for details. Stress, strain, and other tensor componentsStress, strain, and other tensors are available. All tensors have the same components. For example, the stress components are as follows:
Note: the order shown above is not the same as that used in user subroutine VUMAT. Nodes associated with the element1 node. |