1. Finite Element Method CHAPTER 13: USING ABAQUS
for readers of all backgrounds
G. R. Liu and S. S. Quek
CHAPTER 13:
USING ABAQUS

2. CONTENTS
ABAQUS INPUT FILE
GENERAL PROCEDURES

3. ABAQUS INPUT FILE Model data Option block: History data Node cards
*HEADING
Model of a cantilever beam with a downward force **
*NODE
1, 0.
11, 2.0
*NGEN
1, 11
*ELEMENT, TYPE=B21
1, 1, 2
*ELGEN, ELSET=RECT_BEAM
1, 10
*BEAM SECTION, ELSET=RECT_BEAM, SECTION=RECT, MATERIAL=ALU
0.025, 0.040
0., 0., -1.0
*MATERIAL, NAME=ALU
*ELASTIC, TYPE=ISOTROPIC
69.E9, 0.33
*BOUNDARY
1, 1, 6, 0.
*STEP, PERTURBATION
*STATIC
*CLOAD
11, 2,
*NODE PRINT, FREQ=1 U,
*NODE FILE, FREQ=1
*ELEMENT PRINT, FREQ=1 S, E
*ELEMENT FILE, FREQ=1
*ENDSTEP
ABAQUS INPUT FILE
Node cards
Element cards
Model data
Property cards
Option block:
Material cards
*ELEMENT, TYPE=B23
1, 1, 2
Keyword line
Boundary cards
Data line
Control cards
Parameter
Data
Keyword
Load cards
History data
Output cards

4. GENERAL PROCEDURES GEOMETRY DEFINITION ELEMENT PROPERTIES DEFINITION
Node Definitions
(*NODE, *NGEN, *NCOPY, *NFIL, *NSET)
GEOMETRY
DEFINITION
Element Definitions
(*ELEMENT, *ELGEN, *ELCOPY,
*ELSET)
ELEMENT
*BEAM SECTION, *SHELL SECTION,
*SOLID SECTION,
*MEMBRANE
PROPERTIES
SECTION,
etc.
DEFINITION
MATERIAL
*MATERIAL, *ELASTIC, *DE
NSITY,
PROPERTIES
*VISCOELASTIC, *DAMPING,
etc.
DEFINITION
BOUNDARY
*BOUNDARY, *CONTACT
INTERFERENCE, *CONTACT PAIR,
AND
INITIAL
*INITIAL CONDITIONS
, etc.
CONDITIONS
*CLOAD, *DLOAD, *DFLUX,
LOADING
*CECHARGE
, *DECHARGE,
CONDITIONS
*TEMPERATURE, etc.
*STATIC, *STEADY STATE DYNAMICS,
ANALYSIS
*PIEZOELECTRIC, *MASS DIFFUSION,
TYPES
*HEAT TRANSFER, etc.
*NODE PRINT, *NODE FILE, *EL PRINT,
OUTPUT
*EL FILE,
etc.
REQUESTS