next up previous contents
Next: Elements With Beam Section Up: Property Definitions Previous: Elements Without Physical Properties

Elements With A Thickness Property

The elements in Table 3.2 should be assigned a single thickness/area value defined thus:

PROPERTY PHYSICAL THICKNES [propname] value

A single offset value can be defined for shell elements thus:

PROPERTY PHYSICAL THICKNES [propname] OFFSET value


ELEMENT
TYPE ABAQUS Element Names
Two Dimensional CPE3 CPE3H CPS3 DC2D3 M3D3
Continuum and AC2D4 CPE4 CPE4H CPE4R CPE4RH
Membrane CPS4 CPS4R DC2D4 M3D4 M3D4R
CPE4T CPE4HT CPS4T CPE6 CPE6H
CPS6 DC2D6 M3D6 CPE8R AC2D8
CPE8 CPE8H CPE8P CPE8PH CPE8R
CPE8RH CPE8RP CPE8RPH CPE8RT CPE8T
CPS8 CPS8R CPS8RT CPS8T DC2D8
M3D8 M3D8R CPE8HT CPE8RHT M3D9
M3D9R CPE3E CPS3E CPE4I CPE4IH
CPS4I CPS4IH DCC2D4 DCC2D4D CPE4E
CPS4E CINPE4 CINPS4 CPE6E CPS6E
CPE8E CPE8RE CPS8E CPS8RE CINPE5R
CINPS5R CPS6M CPE6M CPE6MH MAX1
MAX2 MGAX1 MGAX2 CPE4P CPE4PH
Shell SAX1 SAX2 SAX2T STRI3 STRI35
DS4 S4R S4R5 STRI65 DS8
S8R S8R5 S8RT S9R5 SAXA1N
SAXA2N S3RF S4RF S3R S4
S3 DS3 DS6 S4RS S3RS
S4RSW
Link and AC1D2 C1D2 C1D2H C1D2T DC1D2
Truss AC1D3 C1D3 C1D3H C1D3T DC1D3
DCC1D2 DCC1D2D C1D2E DCCAX2 DCCAX2D
C1D3E T2D2 T2D2H T3D2 T3D2H
T2D2T T3D2T T2D2E T3D2E T2D3
T2D3H T3D3 T3D3H T2D3T T3D3T
T2D3E T3D3E
Acoustic ASI2 ASI3 ASI1
Interface
Rigid Body RIGID2 R2D2 RB2D2 RB3D2 RAX2
R3D3 R3D4
Fluid F2D2
Table 3.2: Elements With A Thickness/Area Property
 


next up previous contents
Next: Elements With Beam Section Up: Property Definitions Previous: Elements Without Physical Properties

Femsys Limited
9/9/1999