Altair HyperMesh Interfacing with ABAQUS

Version 5.1

Contact Altair Engineering at: Web site FTP site www.altair.com Address: Login: Password: ftp.altair.com or ftp2.altair.com ftp <your e-mail address>

Location North America Germany India

Telephone 248.614.2425 49.7031.6208.22 91.80.658.8540 91.80.658.8542 39.0832.315.573 39.800.905.595 81.3.5396.1341 46.46.286.2052 44.1327.810.700

e-mail hmsupport@altair.com support@altair.de support@altair-eng.soft.net

Italy

support@altairtorino.it

Japan Scandinavia United Kingdom

aj-support@altairjp.co.jp support@altair.se support@uk.altair.com

2002 Altair Engineering, Inc. All rights reserved. Trademark Acknowledgments: HyperWorks, HyperMesh, OptiStruct, HyperForm, MotionView, HyperView, HyperGraph, HyperOpt, HyperShape/Pro, StudyWizard, HyperView Player and Templex are registered trademarks of Altair Engineering, Inc. All other trademarks and registered trademarks are the property of their respective owners.

ABAQUS Translation Overview

This section describes the HyperMesh ABAQUS input translator, the output template, summary templates, and the results translator. HyperMesh treats ABAQUS as a card image code. Follow these guidelines when creating models that interface with ABAQUS: The ABAQUS interface is based on ABAQUS version 6.2.1. The ABAQUS input translator supports free and fixed formats, however, the export template writes all cards in free format, as required by Abaqus 6.2.1. If you import an ABAQUS 5.8 file, the input translator will convert all the cards to ABAQUS 6.2.1 format. HyperMesh supports some abbreviated card names and parameters and is case insensitive. HyperMesh ignores spaces in keyword lines. Place all elements into separate components, based on property. Each component, from HyperMesh, is written out as a set in the Abaqus input deck. By placing the elements in a component, you are adding them to a set that will be assigned to the property attached to that component. HyperMesh does not support set names longer than 32 characters. Set names longer than 32 characters are truncated. The loads and constraints organized under a load collector constitute a step in ABAQUS history definition. Warnings and error messages are written to a file named abaqus.msg. Unrecognized lines are written to a *.hmx file. These files are created in the same directory from where HyperMesh is launched.

See Also Components Control Cards Coordinate Systems Elements Groups Load Collectors Loads Materials Multi-point Constraints Nodes Properties Results Translation Sets Summary Templates Supported Cards Supported Data Types Templates

Supported Cards
To create an ABAQUS card in HyperMesh, load the appropriate template (Standard.2d, Standard.3d, or Explicit) using the global/template file = option. The supported ABAQUS cards and parameters listed below are arranged according to their corresponding HyperMesh entities: Components Loads

Altair Engineering

Interfacing with ABAQUS

Control Cards Coordinate Systems Elements Groups Load Collectors

Materials Multi-point Constraints Nodes Properties Sets

Control Cards
ABAQUS Card *HEADING *RESTART READ, WRITE, STEP, INC, END STEP, FREQUENCY and OVERLAY CONTACT, ECHO, HISTORY, and MODEL Supported Parameters

*PREPRINT *DEPVAR

To create a control card:

1. Select the cntl cards panel on the BCs page. 2. Click the ABAQUS card you want to create. 3. Type in the necessary information for the control card you are creating. 4. Click return.

Coordinate Systems
ABAQUS Card *SYSTEM *TRANSFORM TYPE and NSET Supported Parameters Notes On export, each system card is followed by the nodes defined in that coordinate system. During export, each *TRANSFORM card references an automatically generated *NSET card through the NSET parameter. This *NSET card is followed by a list of the nodes assigned to the coordinate system. The NAME of the ORIENTATION card is automatically assigned as the name of the systcol containing this coordinate system. Because of this, each ORIENTATION system should be placed in its own separate system collector.

*ORIENTATION

NAME, SYSTEM DEFINITION = COORDINATES

Interfacing with ABAQUS

Altair Engineering

*ORIENTATION with DEFINITION = NODES option is converted to COORDINATES upon feinput. *ORIENTATION with SYSTEM = Z RECTANGULAR is converted to RECTANGULAR upon feinput.

NOTE

The default card image for a local coordinate system is a *SYSTEM card. *TRANSFORM card images are not available for review inside HyperMesh.

To create a local coordinate system:

1. Ensure that at least three nodes are available to create a coordinate system. 2. Select the systems panel on the BCs page. 3. Select the create subpanel. 4. Click origin. 5. Pick the node that defines the origin. (If the nodes are not visible, use the temp nodes panel to add pick handles to the nodes.) 6. Pick the node that defines the x-direction. 7. Pick the node that defines the x-y plane. 8. Select the coordinate system type you want to create: rectangular, spherical, or cylindrical. 9. Click create. NOTE For cylindrical and spherical systems, the x-axis defines the radial direction ( =0) and the xy-plane defines the r- plane.

To create a *SYSTEM card:

1. Ensure that the local coordinate system is already created. 1. Select the systems panel on the BCs page. 2. Select the assign subpanel. 3. Click nodes. 4. Pick the nodes that need to be defined in this coordinate system. 5. Click system. 6. Pick the coordinate system. 7. Click set reference.

Altair Engineering

Interfacing with ABAQUS

To create a *TRANSFORM card:

1. Ensure that the local coordinate system is already created. 2. Select the systems panel on the BCs page. 3. Select the assign subpanel. 4. Click nodes. 5. Pick the nodes that have dof directions defined using this coordinate system. 6. Click system. 7. Pick the coordinate system. 8. Click set analysis.

To create a *ORIENTATION card:

1. Ensure that the local coordinate system is already created. 2. Select the card panel from the permanent menu. 3. Click the switch and select systs. 4. Click systs and select the system that you want to define as the *ORIENTATION. 5. Click edit. Note A *SYSTEM card image is displayed as the default. A *SYSTEM card is not exported unless nodes are assigned to this coordinate system. See To create a *SYSTEM card for more information.

6. Select the ORIENTATION option from the menu. 7. If necessary, select the locdir_alpha option to define an additional rotation. Note The NAME for the *ORIENTATION card is automatically set using the name of the system collector containing the local coordinate system. Because of this, a separate system collector should be created for each new *ORIENTATION card. This NAME is used to tie the *ORIENTATION card to various property cards by typing the name of the system collector into the property card image.

Nodes
ABAQUS Card *NODE Supported Parameters NSET and SYSTEM Notes The NSET parameter is supported only for feinput. A new node set is created during import to maintain the set definition and a corresponding *NSET card is written. The SYSTEM parameter is created

Interfacing with ABAQUS

Altair Engineering

automatically during export based upon the type of reference coordinate system that is assigned to the nodes. The card image for a node is displayed in global Cartesian coordinates in HyperMesh.

To create a node card:

1. Select the create nodes panel on the geom page. 2. Select the type in subpanel and enter the coordinates for the node. 3. Click create node. 4. Click return. NOTE If a local coordinate system has already been defined, you can define the node in a reference coordinate system by specifying the system ID in the system = field before clicking create.

Components
To define element properties, create and edit a component entity with the appropriate card image and place the elements belonging to that property into that component. ABAQUS Card *BEAM GENERAL SECTION Supported Parameters ELSET, DENSITY, DEPENDENCIES, POISSON, ZERO, SECTION= BOX, CIRC, PIPE, GENERAL, HEX, ELBOW, NONLINEAR GENERAL, RECT, I-SECTION, LSECTION, TRAPEZOID, ARBITRARY *BEAM SECTION ELSET, MATERIAL, POISSON, SECTION=BOX, CIRC, PIPE, HEX, I-SECTION, L-SECTION, ELBOW, RECT, TRAPEZOID, ARBITRARY *MEMBRANE SECTION ELSET, MATERIAL, ORIENTATION, NODAL THICKNESS, POISSON ORIENTATION, ELSET, DENSITY, MATERIAL, COMPOSITE, USER, OFFSET, Notes Only one *BEAM GENERAL SECTION card is output per component. Therefore, the beam elements in each component must have the same cross-sectional properties. Sub-options *CENTROID, *SHEAR CENTER, *AXIAL, *THERMAL EXPANSION are supported. Only one *BEAM SECTION card is output per component. Therefore, the beam elements in each component must have the same cross-sectional properties. Sub-option *HOURGLASS STIFFNESS is supported. Sub-option *HOURGLASS STIFFNESS is supported.

*SHELL GENERAL SECTION

Altair Engineering

Interfacing with ABAQUS

NODAL THICKNESS, POISSON, ZERO *SHELL SECTION ELSET, MATERIAL, OFFSET, ORIENTATION, SECTION INTEGRATION, NODAL THICKNESS, POISSON, TEMPERATURE, COMPOSITE ELSET, MATERIAL, ORIENTATION, STACK DIRECTION, COMPOSITE ELSET, REFNODE Sub-option *HOURGLASS STIFFNESS is supported.

*SOLID SECTION

Sub-option *HOURGLASS STIFFNESS is supported. This is the *RIGID BODY card as supported in ABAQUS 5.8. The new ABAQUS 6.2 options will be added in a future release. Not in Explicit template. Only one *MASS card is output per component. Therefore, the mass elements in each component must have the same properties. Only one *ROTARY INERTIA card is output per component. Therefore, the mass elements in each component must have the same properties. Only one *SPRING card is output per component. Therefore, the spring elements in each component must have the same properties. When the *SPRING card is written for SPRING1 elements, both dof1 and dof2 are written, but ABAQUS only reads dof1. For SPRINGA elements, choose the SPRINGA option in the *SPRING card image.

*RIGID BODY

*GASKET SECTION *MASS

ELSET, MATERIAL, BEHAVIOR, ORIENTATION ELSET, COMPOSITE, ALPHA

*ROTARY INERTIA

ELSET, ALPHA, COMPOSITE, ORIENTATION

*SPRING

ELSET, NONLINEAR, ORIENTATION, DEPENDENCIES

*DASHPOT

ELSET, NONLINEAR, ORIENTATION, DEPENDENCIES

Only one *DASHPOT card is output per component. Therefore, the spring elements in each component must have the same properties. When the *DASHPOT card is written for DASHPOT1 elements, both dof1 and dof2 are written, but ABAQUS only reads dof1.

Interfacing with ABAQUS

Altair Engineering

For DASHPOTA elements, choose the DASHPOTA option in the *DASHPOT card image. *GAP ELSET Only one *GAP card is output per component. Therefore, the gap elements in each component must have the same properties. Not in Explicit template. *JOINT ELSET, ORIENTATION Only one *JOINT card is output per component. Therefore, the spring elements in each component must have the same properties. The *SPRING and *DASHPOT cards in the *JOINT property behave the same way as the individual cards mentioned above. See the How do I section below for more information. Not in Explicit template.

NOTE

Only one type of card image can be loaded into each component collector. Each component should contain only elements appropriate to the loaded card image. Properties for BEAM GENERAL SECTION, SECTION = GENERAL, and NONLINEAR GENERAL can be entered manually or tied to a HyperBeam beam cross section. For more information, see HyperBeam. A User Comments block is supported for all components. See below for information on how to add comments to any component card image. These comments will be preserved during import and export of the ABAQUS input deck.

To create a component card:

1. Select the collectors panel. 2. Select the create subpanel. 3. Click the upper switch and select comps. 4. Enter a component name after name =. 5. Click card image = and select the card image type. 6. Click material = and select a mat collector. 7. Click color and select a color for this component collector.

Altair Engineering

Interfacing with ABAQUS

8. Click create/edit. 9. Enter the relevant data for the card image. 10. Click return.

To add comments to a component card image:

1. Select the collectors panel. 2. Select the card image subpanel. 3. Click the upper switch and select comps. 4. Select a component name after name =. 5. Click edit. 6. Click the drop down box below the User Comments heading in the menu. 7. Select Show In Menu/Export option. 8. Enter an integer in the Num_Comments field to describe the number of lines you want for making comments. 9. Enter text in the fields below the Entity_Comments heading in the card image. 10. Click return.

To create a beam element:

1. Select the elem types panel on the 1-D page. 2. Select the bar2 or bar3 element type you want to create. 3. Click return. 4. Select the global panel from the permanent menu. 5. Click component = and select the component which has the appropriate property card image loaded. 6. Click return. 7. Select the bars panel on the 1-D page. 8. If you want to select a direction node to specify the n1 vector orientation Click the leftmost switch, and from the pop-up menu, select node.

9. If the direction of the n1 axis of the bar is to be specified by typing in the components, you can edit the *BEAM SECTION or *BEAM GENERAL SECTION card image that is attached to the current component. In order to create beam elements, a pseudo-direction vector must still be chosen in the bars panel for visualization purposes. To do this: Click the leftmost switch, and from the pop-up menu, select vectors.

Interfacing with ABAQUS

Altair Engineering

Click the rightmost switch, and from the pop-up menu, select x-axis. This orientation vector is not used when exporting the elements. Only the vector components entered into the *BEAM SECTION or *BEAM GENERAL SECTION card image are maintained.

NOTE

10. To add a *RELEASE card to this element, click pins a = and pins b = and type in the HyperMesh dof code for the ABAQUS release combination code you want from the following table: HyperMesh dof Code ABAQUS Release Combination Code T M2 M2-T M1 M1-T M1-M2 ALLM For 2-D problems, only dof6 (M1) is active.

4 5 45 6 46 56 456 Note

11. Click node A. 12. Select the first node in the element connectivity from the graphics area. 13. Click node B. 14. Select the second node in the element connectivity from the graphics area. If you selected components or vectors as the vector orientation method, HyperMesh creates the bar2 element after both node A and node B have been selected. If you are creating a bar3 element, click node C and select the third node in the element connectivity from the graphics area.

15. If you clicked node as the vector orientation method, pick the direction node on your model. HyperMesh creates the bar2 or bar3 element after the direction node has been selected.

16. To create more bars with the same properties, repeat steps 10-14.

To create a MASS, ROTARY, SPRING1, or DASHPOT1 element:

1. Select the elem types panel on the 1-D page. 2. Select the mass element type you want to create. NOTE SPRING1 and DASHPOT1 elements are created from the masses panel and are displayed as mass elements in the graphics window.

3. Click return.

Altair Engineering

Interfacing with ABAQUS

4. Select the global panel from the permanent menu. 5. Click component = and select a component which has the appropriate property card image loaded. 6. Click return. 7. Select the masses panel on the 1-D page. 8. Select the create subpanel. 9. Click nodes. 10. Indicate the nodes on which you want to place masses by picking them from the graphics window, or click nodes and choose from the extended entity selection menu. NOTE The mass =, property =, and system fields are not used for ABAQUS. The *MASS, *ROTARY INERTIA, *SPRING or *DASHPOT card image must be edited to input this information.

12. Click create.

To create a SPRING2, SPRINGA, DASHPOT2, DASHPOTA, or JOINTC element:

1. Select the elem types panel on the 1-D page. 2. Select the spring element type you want to create. 3. Click return. 4. Select the global panel from the permanent menu. 5. Click component = and select a component which has the appropriate property card image loaded. 6. Click return. 7. Select the springs panel on the 1-D page. 8. Select the create subpanel. 9. Click the upper node. 10. Select the first node in the element connectivity from the graphics area. 11. Click the lower node. 12. Select the second node in the element connectivity from the graphics area. HyperMesh creates the spring element after both nodes have been selected. The dof, property =, and orient vector fields are not used for ABAQUS. The *SPRING, *DASHPOT, or *JOINT card image must be edited to input this information.

NOTE

10 Interfacing with ABAQUS

Altair Engineering

To create a GAPUNI, GAPCYL, or GAPSPHER element:

1. Select the elem types panel on the 1-D page. 2. Select the gap element type you want to create. 3. Click return. 4. Select the global panel from the permanent menu. 5. Click component = and select a component which has the appropriate property card image loaded. 6. Click return. 7. Select the gaps panel on the 1-D page. 8. Select the create subpanel. 9. Click from node. 10. Select the first node in the element connectivity from the graphics area. 11. Click to node. 12. Select the second node in the element connectivity from the graphics area. HyperMesh creates the gap element after both nodes have been selected. The property =, and orient vector fields are not used for ABAQUS.

NOTE

To define non-linear SPRING or DASHPOT properties:

1. Ensure that the component collector has already been created with a *SPRING or *DASHPOT card image loaded. 2. Select the card panel from the permanent menu. 3. Click the switch and select comps. 4. Click comps and select the component collector for which you want to define nonlinear properties. 5. Click edit. 6. Select the nonlinear option from the menu. 7. Select the SPRINGSTIFCARDS = or DASHPOTDATACARDS = field. 8. Enter the number of Force/Deflection or Force/Velocity lines required for the property definition. 9. Enter the Force/Deflection or Force/Velocity information in the table displayed in the card image.

Altair Engineering

Interfacing with ABAQUS

11

To define frequency dependent SPRING or DASHPOT properties:

1. Ensure that the component collector has already been created with a *SPRING or *DASHPOT card image loaded. 2. Select the card panel from the permanent menu. 3. Click the switch and select comps. 4. Click comps and select the component collector for which you want to define frequency dependant properties. 5. Click edit. 6. Select the SPRINGSTIFCARDS = or DASHPOTDATACARDS = field. 7. Enter the number of Stiffness/Frequency or DashpotCoeff/Frequency lines required for the property definition. Enter the Stiffness/Frequency or DashpotCoeff/Frequency information in the table displayed in the card image.

Properties
To define the SURFACE INTERACTION card, create and edit a property entity with the SURFACE INTERACTION card image loaded. ABAQUS Card *SURFACE INTERACTION Supported Parameters NAME Notes This card has been moved from the CONTACT_PAIR card image in groups to a property card image. This change allows for the SURFACE INTERACTION card to be referenced multiple times by separate CONTACT PAIR cards. This card is a sub-option in the *SURFACE INTERACTION card image.

*SURFACE BEHAVIOR

NO SEPERATION PRESSUREOVERCLOSURE= HARD, EXPONENTIAL, LINEAR, TABULAR

*CONTACT DAMPING *FRICTION

DEFINITION=DAMPING COEFFICIENT ANISOTROPIC, EXPONENTIAL DECAY, TAUMAX, DEPENDENCIES, ROUGH, USER, ELASTIC SLIP, LAGRANGE, SLIP TOLERANCE, DEPVAR, PROPERTIES

This card is a sub-option in the *SURFACE INTERACTION card image. This card is a sub-option in the *SURFACE INTERACTION card image.

12 Interfacing with ABAQUS

Altair Engineering

*SECTION CONTROLS

NAME, WEIGHT FACTOR, SECOND ORDER ACCURACY HOURGLASS=VISCOUS, COMBINED, ENHANCED, RELAXED STIFFNESS, STIFFNESS KINEMATIC SPLIT=CENTROID, AVERAGE STRAIN, ORTHOGONAL

Only found in Explicit template.

To create a property collector:

1. Select the collectors panel. 2. Select the create subpanel. 3. Click the upper switch and select props. 4. Enter a property name after name =. 5. Click card image = and select the card image type. 6. Click material = and select a mat collector. 7. Click create/edit. 8. Enter the relevant data. 9. Click return.

Groups
ABAQUS Card *CONTACT PAIR *SURFACE *CONTACT NODE SET Supported Parameters INTERACTION, ADJUST, EXTENSION ZONE, SMALL SLIDING, SMOOTH, TIED, HCRIT NAME, TRIM, TYPE=ELEMENT, NODE NAME

*TIE *PRE-TENSION SECTION NOTE

POSITION TOLERANCE, TIED NSET, ADJUST, CYCLIC SYMMETRY, NO ROTATION NODE, ELEMENT, SURFACE

Use the interfaces panel on the BCs page to create a group entity in HyperMesh. A User Comments block is supported for all groups. See information below on how to

Altair Engineering

Interfacing with ABAQUS

13

add comments to any group card image. These comments are preserved during import and export of the ABAQUS input deck. There have been significant changes in the support of Abaqus contact in HyperMesh. Please refer to the ABAQUS Contact Tutorial for information on how to define different types of contact. The *SURFACE INTERACTION card has been moved from the CONTACT_PAIR card image to a property card image. This change allows for the SURFACE INTERACTION card to be referenced multiple times by separate CONTACT PAIR cards.

To create a group entity:

1. Select the interfaces panel on the BCs page. 2. Select the create subpanel. 3. Click name = and specify a name for the interface. 4. Click type = and select the type of card you want to create. 5. Click interface color and select a color. 6. Click create.

To add comments to a group card image:

1. Select the interfaces panel. 2. Select the card image subpanel. 3. Select a group name after name =. 4. Click edit. 5. Click the drop down box below the User Comments heading in the menu. 6. Select the Show In Menu/Export option. 7. Enter an integer in the Num_Comments field to describe the number of lines you want for making comments. 8. Enter text in the fields below the Entity_Comments heading in the card image. 9. Click return.

To define a *SURFACE card by selecting element faces:

1. Select the interfaces panel on the BCs page. 2. Select the add subpanel. 3. Click name = and select the group for which you want to define a *SURFACE. 4. Click the switch under slave: and select face.

14 Interfacing with ABAQUS

Altair Engineering

5. Click solid elems to the right of slave and select the elements whose faces make up the surface. 6. Click nodes to the right of face of nodes and pick two corner nodes of any of the elements selected. 7. Click add to the right of slave to add these faces to the *SURFACE. 8. Click return.

To define a *SURFACE using sets or components:

1. Select the interfaces panel on the BCs page. 2. Select the add subpanel. 3. Click name = and select the group for which you want to define a *SURFACE. 4. Click the switch under slave and select comps or sets from the pop-up window. 5. Click comps or sets and select a component or set from the list. 6. Click update on the same line as slave to add this component or set to the slave *SURFACE. 7. Click return. 8. Select the card image subpanel. 9. Click edit. 10. Click the selection box under Label and choose the appropriate face label from the pop-up menu Notice that HyperMesh does not display a *SURFACE that is defined using sets. 11. Click return to exit the panel. Comments Only one option (entities, comps, or sets) can be used to define a surface. If using the comps or sets option, only one component or set can be selected to define the surface.

To add elements to the *PRE_TENSION SECTION with element option:

1. Select the interfaces panel on the BCs page. 2. Select the card image subpanel. 3. Click name = and select the group entity with the *PRE_TENSION card to define. 4. Click edit. 5. Click ptnid in the card image and select a node from the graphics window, or click ptnid again to

Altair Engineering

Interfacing with ABAQUS

15

enter the ID of the node involved in the *PRE_TENSION_SECTION. 6. Click elemop in the card image and select an element from the graphics window, or click elemop again to enter the ID of the element involved in the *PRE_TENSION_SECTION. 7. To enter a user-defined normal to the SECTION, click vcomps and enter the values in the card image. 8. Click return.

To edit or add options to *CONTACT_PAIR CARD:

1. Select the interfaces panel on the BCs page. 2. Select the card image subpanel. 3. Click name = and select the group entity with the *CONTACT_PAIR card to define. 4. Click edit. 5. Click the Property field in the card image and select the property from the list that contains the *SURFACE INTERACTION card for this contact pair. 6. Click the Slave_Surface field in the card image and select the group from the list that contains the slave surface definition for this contact pair. 7. Click the Master_Surface field in the card image and select the group from the list that contains the master surface definition for this contact pair. 8. Select options that you want to include on the *CONTACT PAIR card and enter the appropriate values in the card image. 9. Click return. NOTE For self-contact, only the Slave_Surface field needs to be selected.

To edit or add options to *PRE_TENSION SECTION with surface option:

1. Select the interfaces panel on the BCs page. 2. Select the card image subpanel. 3. Click name = and select the group entity with the *PRE_TENSION_SECTION card to define. 4. Click edit. 5. Select Surface Option from the option list in the card image. 6. Click the Surface field in the card image and select the group from the list that contains the surface definition for this contact pair. 7. To enter a user-defined normal to the SECTION, click vcomps and enter the values in the card image. 8. Click return.

16 Interfacing with ABAQUS

Altair Engineering

To define a *SURFACE INTERACTION card:

1. Select the collectors panel. 2. Select the create subpanel. 3. Click the upper switch and select props. 4. Enter a property name after name =. 5. Click card image = and select the SURFACE_INTERACTION card image type. 6. Click create/edit. 7. Click SurfaceBehavior, ContactDamping or Friction options to define *SURFACE BEHAVIOR, *CONTACT DAMPING or *FRICTION cards respectively. 8. Click the DataLine option to input the optional out-of-plane thickness of the surface or crosssectional area for every node in the node-based surface. 9. Click return

Materials
To create material data cards for an ABAQUS model in HyperMesh, create a material collector, then load and edit the material card image ABAQUS_MATERIAL or GASKET_MATERIAL. ABAQUS Card *MATERIAL *CONDUCTIVITY *DAMPING *CREEP Supported Parameters NAME DEPENDENCIES, TYPE=ISO, ORTHO, ANISO ALPHA, BETA, COMPOSITE DEPENDENCIES LAW=STRAIN, TIME, HYPERB, USER *DENSITY *DIELECTRIC *ELASTIC DEPENDENCIES TYPE=ISO, ORTHO, ANISO DEPENDENCIES, MODULI, TYPE=ISOTROPIC, LAMINA, ENGINEERING CONSTANTS, ORTHOTROPIC, ANISOTROPIC ZERO, DEPENDENCIES, PORE FLUID, USER, This card is a sub-option in the *MATERIAL card image. This card is a sub-option in the *MATERIAL card image. This card is a sub-option in both the *MATERIAL and *GASKET MATERIAL card images. Not in Explicit template. This card is a sub-option in the *MATERIAL card image. This card is a sub-option in the *MATERIAL card image. This card is a sub-option in the *MATERIAL card image. Notes

*EXPANSION

This card is a sub-option in both the *MATERIAL and *GASKET MATERIAL

Altair Engineering

Interfacing with ABAQUS

17

TYPE=ISO, ORTHO, ANISO, SHORT FIBER *HYPERELASTIC N, OGDEN, POLYNOMIAL, USER, TEST DATA INPUT

card images. This card is a sub-option in the *MATERIAL card image. Sub-options supported: *UNIAXIAL TEST DATA *BIAXIAL TEST DATA *PLANAR TEST DATA *VOLUMETRIC TEST DATA

*HYPERFOAM

N, TEST DATA INPUT, POISSON, MODULI

This card is a sub-option in the *MATERIAL card image. Sub-options supported: *UNIAXIAL TEST DATA *BIAXIAL TEST DATA *SIMPLE SHEAR TEST DATA *PLANAR TEST DATA *VOLUMETRIC TEST DATA

*PIEZOELECTRIC

TYPE=S, E

This card is a sub-option in the *MATERIAL card image. Not in Explicit template.

*PLASTIC

RATE, DATA TYPE HARDENING=ISOTROPIC, KINEMATIC, COMBINED,

*SPECIFIC HEAT *VISCOELASTIC

DEPENDENCIES ERRTOL, NMAX FREQUENCY=FORMULA, TABULAR TIME= CREEP TEST DATA, RELAXATION TEST DATA, PRONY

This card is a sub-option in the *MATERIAL card image. This card is a sub-option in the *MATERIAL card image. Sub-options supported: *SHEAR TEST DATA *VOLUMETRIC TEST DATA *COMBINED TEST DATA For the sub-options, the parameters SHRINF and VOLINF are supported.

*USER OUTPUT VARIABLES *GASKET BEHAVIOR *GASKET ELASTICITY NAME DEPENDENCIES COMPONENT=MEMBRANE, TRANSVERSE SHEAR

This card is a sub-option in both the *MATERIAL and *GASKET MATERIAL card images. Not in Explicit template. This card is a sub-option in the *GASKET BEHAVIOR card image.

18 Interfacing with ABAQUS

Altair Engineering

VARIABLE=STRESS, FORCE *GASKET CONTACT AREA *GASKET ELASTICITY DEPENDENCIES DEPENDENCIES COMPONENT=MEMBRANE, TRANSVERSE SHEAR VARIABLE=STRESS, FORCE *GASKET THICKNESS BEHAVIOR DEPENDENCIES, TENSILE STIFFNESS FACTOR, SLOPE DROP, YIELD ONSET DIRECTION=LOADING, UNLOADING VARIABLE=STRESS, FORCE TYPE=ELASTIC-PLASTIC, DAMAGE A User Comments block is supported for all materials. See the information below on how to add comments to any material card image. These comments are preserved during import and export of the ABAQUS input deck. This card is a sub-option in the *GASKET BEHAVIOR card image. This card is a sub-option in the *GASKET BEHAVIOR card image. This card is a sub-option in the *GASKET BEHAVIOR card image.

To create a MAT card:

1. Select the collectors panel. 2. Select the create subpanel. 3. Click the upper switch and select mats. 4. Click name = and enter the name for the material collector. 5. Click card image = and select ABAQUS_MATERIAL or GASKET_MATERIAL. 6. Click create/edit. 7. Select the material model cards you want to use for the material collector. 8. Enter the appropriate values into the card image. 9. Click return.

To add comments to a material card image:

1. Select the collectors panel. 2. Select the card image subpanel. 3. Click the upper switch and select mats. 4. Select a material collector name after name =.

Altair Engineering

Interfacing with ABAQUS

19

5. Click edit. 6. Click the drop down box below the User Comments heading in the menu. 7. Select the Show In Menu/Export option. 8. Enter an integer in the Num_Comments field to describe the number of lines you want for making comments. 9. Enter text in the fields below the Entity_Comments heading in the card image. 10. Click return.

Elements
Standard.3d Template ABAQUS Card *MPC *ELEMENT Mass Rigid RBE3 Spring Bar2 Bar3 Rod Gap Tria3 Quad4 Tria6 Quad8 Tetra4 Penta6 Hexa8 HyperMesh Name Rigid Supported Parameters BEAM, LINK, PIN, TIE TYPE and ELSET MASS, ROTARYI, SPRING1, DASHPOT1 RB3D2, KINCOUP DCOUP 3D SPRING2, SPRINGA, DASHPOT2, DASHPOTA, JOINTC B31, B31H, B33, B33H, PIPE31, PIPE31H, GK3D2, GK3D2N B32 T3D2, T3D2H, T3D2T, T3D2E GAPUNI, GAPCYL, GAPSPHER S3, S3R, STRI3, M3D3, R3D3, DS3 S4, S4R, S4R5, M3D4, M3D4R, R3D4, DS4 STRI65, DS6, M3D6 S8R, S8R5, S8RT, DS8, M3D8, M3D8R C3D4, C3D4H, DC3D4, C3D4E, DC3D4E C3D6, C3D6H, DC3D6, C3D6E, DC3D6E, GK3D6, GK3D6N C3D8I, C3D8, C3D8T, C3D8H, C3D8HT, C3D8IH, C3D8R, C3D8RH, C3D8E, DC3D8, AC3D8, DC3D8E, DCC3D8, DCC3D8D, GK3D8, GK3D8N C3D10, C3D10H, C3D10M, C3D10MH, DC3D10, C3D10E, DC3D10E C3D15, C3D15H, DC3D15, C3D15E,

Tetra10 Penta15

20 Interfacing with ABAQUS

Altair Engineering

DC3D15E Hexa20 C3D20, C3D20H, C3D20R, C3D20RH, DC3D20, AC3D20, C3D20E, C3D20RE, C3D20T, C3D20HT, C3D20RT, C3D20RHT, DC3D20E

Standard.2d Template ABAQUS Card *MPC *ELEMENT Mass Rigid RBE3 Spring Bar2 Bar3 Rod Gap Tria3 HyperMesh Name Rigid Supported Parameters BEAM, LINK, PIN, TIE TYPE and ELSET MASS, ROTARYI, SPRING1, DASHPOT1 R2D2, RAX2, RB2D2, KINCOUP DCOUP2D SPRING2, SPRINGA, DASHPOT2, DASHPOTA, JOINTC SAX1, B21, B21H, B23, B23H, PIPE21, PIPE21H B22 T2D2, T2D2H, T2D2T, T2D2E, GK2D2, GK2D2N GAPUNI, GAPCYL, GAPSPHER CPE3, CPS3, CPS3E, CPE3H, CPE3E, CAX3, CAX3H, CAX3E, CGAX3, CGAX3H, DCAX3, DCAX3E, DC2D3, DC2D3E CPE4I, CPS4, CPS4I, CPS4R, CPS4T, CPS4E, CPE4, CPE4H, CPE4IH, CPE4R, CPE4RH, CPE4T, CPE4HT, CPE4E, CAX4, CAX4H, CAX4I, CAX4IH, CAX4R, CAX4RH, CGAX4, CGAX4H, CGAX4R, CGAX4RH, DCAX4, DCCAX4, DCCAX4D, DCAX4E, CAX4T, CAX4HT, ACAX4, CAX4E, DC2D4, DC2D4E, AC2D4, CAXA4N, CAXA4HN, CAXA4RN, CAXA4RHN, GKPS4, GKPE4, GKPS4N DCAX6, CPS6, CPS6M, CAX6, CAX6H, CAX6M, CAX6MH, CGAX6, CGAX6H, CPE6, CPE6H, CPE6M, CPE6MH, DC2D6, DCAX6E, DC2D6E CPS8, CAX8, CAX8H, CAX8R, CAX8RH, CGAX8, CGAX8H, CGAX8R, CGAX8RH, CPE8, CPE8H, CPE8R, CPE8RH, CPS8R, DC2D8, AC2D8, CAXA8N, CAXA8HN, CAXA8PN, CAXA8RN, CAXA8RHN, CAXA8RPN, DCAX8, DCAX8E, DC2D8E

Quad4

Tria6

Quad8

Explicit Template

Altair Engineering

Interfacing with ABAQUS

21

ABAQUS Card *MPC *ELEMENT

HyperMesh Name Rigid

Supported Parameters BEAM, LINK, PIN, TIE TYPE and ELSET

Mass Rigid RBE3 Spring Bar2 Bar3 Rod Tria3 Quad4 Tetra4 Penta6 Hexa8 Tetra10

MASS, ROTARYI R2D2, RAX2 DCOUP2D, DCOUP3D SPRINGA, DASHPOTA B21, B31, SAX1 B22, B32 T2D2, T3D2 CPS3, CPE3, CAX3, S3R, R3D3, M3D3, S3RS CPS4R, CPE4R, CAX4R, S4R, R3D4, M3D4R, S4RS, S4RSW C3D4 C3D6 C3D8R C3D10M

To select an element type:

1. Select the elem types panel on the 1-D, 2-D, or 3-D page. 2. Set the ABAQUS type you want to use for each configuration of element. These types are used for any new elements created. 3. Click return.

To check an existing elements type:

1. Select the appropriate ABAQUS template. 2. Select the card panel on the permanent menu. 3. Click the leftmost switch and select elems from the pop-up menu. 4. Select the element for which you want to find the element type from the graphics window. 5. Click edit. 6. Verify the element type. 7. Click return.

22 Interfacing with ABAQUS

Altair Engineering

To change an existing elements type:

1. Select the elem types panel from the 1-D, 2-D, or 3-D page. 2. Set the ABAQUS type you want to use for each configuration of element. 3. Click elems. 4. Indicate which elements you want to update by picking them from the graphics window, or click elems and choose from the extended entity selection menu. 5. Click update. 6. Click return.

To create a rod element:

1. Select the elem types panel on the 1-D page. 2. Select the rod element type you want to create. 3. Click return. 4. Select the global panel from the permanent menu. 5. Click component = and select the component which has the appropriate property card image loaded. 6. Click return. 7. Select the rods panel on the 1-D page. 8. Select the first node in the element connectivity from the graphics area. 9. Select the second node in the element connectivity from the graphics area. 10. To create more bars with the same properties, repeat steps 8 and 9.

Load Collectors
A load collector in HyperMesh corresponds to a step in the history definition of an ABAQUS model. After loading the card image ABAQUS_STEP, edit each load collector in the card previewer to set the analysis type, output requests, and so on. Loads organized into the load collectors are output within the corresponding step definition in the ABAQUS input deck. ABAQUS Card *STEP Supported Parameters INCREMENT, NAME, NLGEOM, PERTURBATION, UNSYMMETRIC AMPLITUDE=STEP, RAMP EXTRAPOLATION=LINEAR, PARABOLIC, NO Notes NAME and NLGEOM only parameters in Explicit template.

Altair Engineering

Interfacing with ABAQUS

23

*BUCKLE

This card is a sub-option in the *STEP card image. Not in Explicit template.

*DYNAMIC (Standard) *DYNAMIC (Explicit)

HAFTOL, DIRECT, DIRECT=NO STOP, SUBSPACE, ADIABATIC, ALPHA, INITIAL, NOHAF EXPLICIT, SCALE FACTOR, ADIABATIC FIXED TIME INCREMENTATION, DIRECT USER CONTROL, ELEMENT BY ELEMENT

This card is a sub-option in the *STEP card image. This card is a sub-option in the *STEP card image.

*MONITOR *HEAT TRANSFER

DOF, NODE, FREQUENCY

This card is a sub-option in the *STEP card image. This card is a sub-option in the *STEP card image. Not in Explicit template.

*MODAL DYNAMIC

This card is a sub-option in the *STEP card image. Not in Explicit template.

*STATIC

ADIABATIC, FULLY PLASTIC, RIKS, STABALIZE, DIRECT, DIRECT=NO STOP PROPERTY EVALUATION EIGENSOLVER=SUBSPACE, LANCZOS NORMALIZATION=MASS, DISPLACEMENT

This card is a sub-option in the *STEP card image. Not in Explicit template. This card is a sub-option in the *STEP card image. Not in Explicit template.

*FREQUENCY

*NODE FILE *EL FILE

NSET, FREQUENCY ELSET, FREQUENCY, POSITION

This card is a sub-option in the *STEP card image. This card is a sub-option in the *STEP card image. POSITION = NODES is not supported. It is converted to POSITION = AVERAGED AT NODES on feinput.

*CONTACT FILE *ENERGY FILE *NODE PRINT ELSET, FREQUENCY NSET, FREQUENCY, SUMMARY, TOTALS

This card is a sub-option in the *STEP card image. This card is a sub-option in the *STEP card image. This card is a sub-option in the *STEP card image.

24 Interfacing with ABAQUS

Altair Engineering

Not in Explicit template. *EL PRINT ELSET, FREQUENCY, POSITION, SUMMARY, TOTALS This card is a sub-option in the *STEP card image. Not in Explicit template. *CONTACT PRINT NSET, FREQUENCY This card is a sub-option in the *STEP card image. Not in Explicit template. *ENERGY PRINT NSET, FREQUENCY This card is a sub-option in the *STEP card image. Not in Explicit template. *FILE FORMAT ASCII, BINARY, ZERO INCREMENT This card is a sub-option in the *STEP card image. Not in Explicit template. *PRINT CONTACT, MODEL CHANGE, FREQUENCY, PLASTICITY, RESIDUAL, SOLVE READ, WRITE, STEP, INC, ENDSTEP, FREQUENCY, OVERLAY This card is a sub-option in the *STEP card image. Not in Explicit template. This card is a sub-option in the *STEP card image. Not in Explicit template.

*RESTART

NOTE

The ABAQUS_STEP card image must be loaded into the load collector for loads to be output to the ABAQUS deck.

To create a load collector:

1. Select the collectors panel. 2. Select the create subpanel. 3. Click the upper switch and select loadcols. 4. Enter a load collector name after name =. 5. Click card image = and select ABAQUS_STEP. 6. Click color and select a color from the menu. 7. Click create/edit. The ABAQUS_STEP card image displays the *STEP and *END STEP cards with a field for you to input the STEPHEADING.

8. To add a heading to this step: Click the STEPHEADING header. Click the input buffer below the now-blue STEPHEADING header, and type in the heading text.

Altair Engineering

Interfacing with ABAQUS

25

9. To define additional options on the *STEP card: Click StepParameters and select the appropriate options.

10. Select the analysis type you want to perform for this step. 11. Select the output requests for this step. 12. Click return NOTE Only one output request card of the same type is allowed per step.

To set the OP parameter for a load:

1. Ensure that the loads have already been created and organized into load collectors correctly. Note This load collector should already have the ABAQUS_STEP card image loaded. If it does not, see To create a load collector for more information.

2. Select the card panel from the permanent menu. 3. Click the switch and select loadcols. 4. Click loadcols and select the load collector that contains the loads for which you want to define the OP parameter. 5. Click edit. HyperMesh displays the ABAQUS_STEP card image for the load collector with additional loading cards added (*BOUNDARY, *CLOAD, etc.). 6. Set the OP parameter for each loading keyword in the card image. This sets the OP parameter for all loads of that type in that load collector.

Loads
ABAQUS Card *BOUNDARY (structural) HyperMesh Name CONSTRAINT Supported Parameters OP. See To set the OP parameter for a load. Notes Creates specified structural boundary conditions. Creates concentrated forces. Creates concentrated moments. Creates flux loads. Specifies

*CLOAD

FORCE

OP

*CLOAD

MOMENT

OP

*CFLUX *CECHARGE

FLUX FLUX

OP OP

26 Interfacing with ABAQUS

Altair Engineering

concentrated electric charges for piezoelectric analysis. *CECURRENT FLUX OP Specifies concentrated current in electric conduction. Specifies flux boundary conditions for piezoelectric analysis. Specifies distributed loads. Distributes fluxes for heat transfer analysis. Defines film coefficients. Specifies initial temperature condition for heat transfer analysis. Specifies predefined temperature field. Specifies temperature boundary conditions. Specifies initial conditions for dynamic analysis. Distributes electric charges for piezoelectric analysis.

*BOUNDARY (flux)

FLUX

OP

*DLOAD

PRESSURE

OP

*DFLUX

PRESSURE

OP

*FILM *INITIAL CONDITIONS (temp)

PRESSURE TEMPERATURE

OP TYPE (=TEMPERATURE) OP

*TEMPERATURE

TEMPERATURE

OP

*BOUNDARY(temp)

TEMPERATURE

OP

*INITIAL CONDITIONS (velocity)

VELOCITY

TYPE(=VELOCITY) OP

*DECHARGE

PRESSURE

OP

NOTE

The ABAQUS_STEP card image must be loaded into the load collector for loads to be output to the ABAQUS deck.

Altair Engineering

Interfacing with ABAQUS

27

To create a load card:

1. Select the type of load to create on the BCs page, . 2. Select the create subpanel. 3. Enter the relevant data. 4. Click create. 5. Click return

To select a load type:

1. Select the load types panel on the BCs page. 2. Set the ABAQUS type you want to use for each loads configuration. These types are used for any new loads created. 3. Click return.

To check an existing loads type:

1. Select the appropriate ABAQUS template. 2. Select the card panel on the permanent menu. 3. Click the leftmost switch and select loads from the pop-up menu. 4. Select the load for which you want to find the load type from the graphics window. 5. Click edit. 6. Verify the load type. 7. Click return.

To change an existing loads type:

1. Select the load types panel on the BCs page. 2. Set the ABAQUS type you want to use for each loads configuration. 3. Click loads. 4. Indicate the loads you want to update by picking them from the graphics window, or click loads and choose from the extended entity selection menu. 5. Click update. 6. Click return.

28 Interfacing with ABAQUS

Altair Engineering

Multi-point Constraints
ABAQUS Card *EQUATION Supported Parameters Notes Explicit node IDs are supported. Node sets are not supported. Equations are considered loads in HyperMesh and therefore, they are collected in load collectors. Upon export, they write to the bulk data portion of the ABAQUS deck. *MPC BEAM, LINK, PIN, TIE See Elements.

To create multi-point constraint cards:

1. Select the equations panel on the BCs page. 2. Select the create subpanel. 3. Enter the relevant data. 4. Click create. 5. Click return. Note To modify individual node dofs or weighting factors, you must use the update subpanel on the equations panel. See the equations panel for more information.

Sets
ABAQUS Card *NSET *ELSET Supported Parameters NSET, GENERATE ELSET, GENERATE Notes GENERATE is supported for feinput only. GENERATE is supported for feinput only.

A User Comments block is supported for all sets. See the information below on how to add comments to any set card image. These comments will be preserved during import and export of the ABAQUS input deck.

To create *NSET or *ELSET cards:

1. Select the entity sets panel on the BCs page. 2. Enter a set collector name after name =.

Altair Engineering

Interfacing with ABAQUS

29

ABAQUS set names cannot begin with a number. 3. Click the upper switch and select nodes or elems. 4. Indicate the nodes or elems you want to include in the set by picking them from the graphics window, or click nodes or elems and choose from the extended entity selection menu. 5. Click create. 6. Click return.

To reveiw a *NSET or *ELSET card:

1. Select the entity sets panel on the BCs page. 2. Click review. 3. Select the set you want to review. HyperMesh highlights and selects the entities contained in the set that you selected.

To update a *NSET or *ELSET card:

1. Select the entity sets panel on the BCs page. 2. Click review. 3. Select the set to update. HyperMesh highlights and selects the entities contained in the set you selected. 4. Select or deselect nodes or elements to change the definition of the set. 5. Click update.

To add comments to a set card image:

1. Select the card panel on the permanent menu. 2. Click the leftmost switch and select sets from the pop-up menu. 3. Select the set which you want to add comments to. 4. Click edit. 5. Click the drop down box below the User Comments heading in the menu. 6. Select Show In Menu/Export. 7. Enter an integer in the Num_Comments field to describe the number of lines you want for making comments. 8. Enter text in the fields below the Entity_Comments heading in the card image. 9. Click return.

30 Interfacing with ABAQUS

Altair Engineering

Templates
The following templates can be used to generate ABAQUS input decks: Standard.2d Generates a deck for two-dimensional models containing planar or axisymmetric elements for use with ABAQUS STANDARD. Generates a deck for three-dimensional models containing bar, shell, and solid elements for use with ABAQUS STANDARD. Generates a deck for use with ABAQUS EXPLICIT.

Standard.3d

Explicit

Summary Templates
The following summary templates are available for ABAQUS: elements.2d elements.3d elements.exp loads ctr_of_gravity components Summarizes the number and type of 2-D elements in the current HyperMesh database. Summarizes the number and type of 3-D elements in the current HyperMesh database. Summarizes the number and type of elements in the current HyperMesh model for an ABAQUS EXPLICIT analysis. Summarizes the forces and moments applied to the current model. Calculates the center of gravity of the model. Summarizes the component information in the current HyperMesh database. Calculates the moment of inertia of each component of the model as well as the moment of inertia of the entire model.

mom_of_inertia

Results Translation
hmabaqus translates a binary or ASCII ABAQUS results file into a HyperMesh binary results file. The syntax to run the translator is: hmabaqus [options] <inputfile> <outputfile> <modelfile> One or more of the following options can be used. Use the command hmabaqus-u to obtain these options. Flag -d -rot -v -a Meaning Displacements Rotations Velocities Accelerations

Altair Engineering

Interfacing with ABAQUS

31

-nflux -nflxrot -von -tr -hydropr -tsi -pstrs -shstrs -sed -temp -sinktemp -filmcoef -ecursmag -ncursmag -recurmag -ecdmag -ecd1 -ecd2 -ecd3 -resflux -conflux -intflux -fluxs -nodetemp -ts -ls -ns -ps -pstrn -pnomsn -plogsn -stress -rmsstrs -rmsstrn -rf -rm -pl

NFLUX nflux rotations von Mises Tresca Hydrostatic Pressure Third Stress Invariant Principal Stresses Shear Stresses Strain Energy Density Temperature Sink Temperature Film Coefficient ECURS magnitude NCURS magnitude RECUR magnitude ECD magnitude ECD1 ECD2 ECD3 Residual Flux Concentrated flux Internal Flux FLUXS Nodal Temperatures Total Strains Logarithmic Strains Nominal Strains Plastic Strains Principal Strains Principal Nominal Strains Principal Logarithmic Strains Stresses RMS Stresses RMS Strains Reaction Forces Reaction Moments Point Loads

32 Interfacing with ABAQUS

Altair Engineering

-thick -sinv -s1 -s2 -cr -epot -por -ps1v -ps2v -ps3v -sh1v -sh2v -sv1 -sv2 -svn -sv20 -notrans -pc56 -maxsim -step -inc -disk -size -file -h3d

Shell Thickness Maximums (default off) First Surface (default off) Second Surface (default off) Contact Results Electrical Potential Pore or Acoustic Pressure (default off) Principal Stress 1 (Vector) Principal Stress 2 (Vector) Principal Stress 3 (Vector) Shear Stress 1 (Vector) Shear Stress 2 (Vector) State Variable 1 (default off) State Variable 2 (default off) State Variable n (default off) State Variable 20 (default off) Do not convert local displacements into global (default off) Read results for v5.6 on PC (default off) Max simulations (default 999) (default off) For specific STEP results (default off) For specific ITERATION results (default off) Translation is performed on disk Number of entities (10000 default) Scratch file name Outputs file to an H3D file instead of to an hmresults file. The file includes model and results information that was translated. The model must contain geometry for it to be output to an H3D file. (default off) Turns off all processing of element integration point values. If you ask ABAQUS to average values to element centroids, this option makes a considerable difference in the amount of memory needed. If you also specify a result type that is found on element integration points, and the translator comes across such a result during processing, it reports an error. (default off) State variables were being treated differently for some element groups from others. For some element types, they were always included, and, for others, they were processed only if specifically listed, with the default listing all of them. Now, all are uniform. They are translated only if you requests them to be translated. Also, the translator used to allocate memory to process all 20 allowable state variables whether you asked for any or not. Now, you can turn them on individually, and use just the minimum memory necessary, or you

-noip

-sv1, -sv2,..., -sv20

Altair Engineering

Interfacing with ABAQUS

33

-nsdv <number>

can turn on the first N of them using -nsdv. (default off) Turns on the first <number> state variables (max of 20). If you list both individual state variables and also the -nsdv option, the listed ones are the only ones processed. You can get complete compatibility with older versions by using "-nsdv 20". (default off)

In addition, the following parameters are also available when the results translation is not performed on the analysis machine and when the results file is binary. One of these parameters may need to be specified to indicate where the analysis result file was created. Parameter -cray -dec -decalpha -hp -ibm -pc -sgi -sun Analysis File Created On Cray Dec 5000 Dec Alpha Hewlett Packard. IBM RS\6000 PC SGI Sun.

Supported Data Types

The following records in the ABAQUS .fil results file are supported: ABAQUS/Standard Record Keys 1 2 4 5 10 11 12 14 21 22 27 33 48 63 66 89 90 101 102 103 104 105 106 108 138 201 204 206 Element Header Temperature Distributed Flux Solution-dependent state variables Nodal Flux Stresses Stress Invariants Energy Densities Total Strain Components Plastic Strains Shell Thickness Film Coefficients Transverse shear stresses RMS values of stress RMS values of strain Logarithmic Strains Nominal Strains Displacements Velocities Accelerations Reaction Forces Electrical Potential Point, Loads, Moments, Fluxes Pore or Acoustic Pressure Electrical Reaction Current Nodal Temperatures Residual Flux Concentrated Flux ABAQUS/Standard Output Request Identifier <none> TEMP FLUX5 SDV NFLUX S SINV ENER E PE STH FILM TSHR RS RE LE NE U V A RF EPOT CF POR RECUR NT RFL CFL

34 Interfacing with ABAQUS

Altair Engineering

214 401 403 404 405 425 426 427 1503 1504 1511 1521 1900 1901 1902 1911 1921 1980 2000 2001

Internal Flux Principal Stresses Principal Strains Principal Nominal Strains Principal Logarithmic Strains Electrical Current Density Distributed Electrical Current Density Nodal Current Output Request Definition Node Header Contact Tractions Contact Clearances Element Definitions Nodal Definitions Active Degrees of Freedom Output Request Definition ABAQUS Version Modal Results Increment Start Record Increment End Record

RFLE SP EP NEP LEP ECD ECURS NCURS <none> <none> CSTRESS (CPRESS, CSHEAR) CDISP (COPEN, CSLIP) <none> <none> <none> <none> <none> <none> <none> <none> ABAQUS/Explicit Output Request Identifier <none> TEMP SDV S ENER E PE STH TSHR PEEQ MISES LE NE U V A RF NT RFL SP EP NEP LEP <none> <none> <none> <none> <none> <none> <none>

ABAQUS/Explicit Record Keys 1 2 5 11 14 21 22 27 48 73 75 89 90 101 102 103 104 201 204 401 403 404 405 1900 1901 1902 1911 1921 2000 2001 Element Header Temperature Solution-dependent state variables Stresses Energy Densities Infinitesimal Strains Plastic Strains Shell Thickness Tranverse Shear Stresses Equivalent Plastic Strain Mises equivalent stress Logarithmic Strains Nominal Strains Displacements Velocities Accelerations Reaction Forces Nodal Temperatures Reaction Flux Principal Stresses Principal Infinitesimal Strains Principal Nominal Strains Principal Logarithmic Strains Element Definitions Nodal Definitions Active Degrees of Freedom Output Request Definition ABAQUS Version Increment Start Record Increment End Record

Altair Engineering

Interfacing with ABAQUS

35