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1. Section 4 5 For information about using strategies to decide which search results are most likely to help you see Search strategies Section 4 6 4 4 HTML search details The search function is insensitive to case so capitalizing any letter has no effect on the search results The basic search function exhibits the following behaviors Word match criterion The basic search function matches the exact spelling of each word that you have typed in the search text field For example 4 4 SEARCHING THE Abaqus HTML DOCUMENTATION g g My Support Gi pi a Abaqus 6 12 q 5 i 7 E 25 SIMULIA E Advanced Search A Modeling and Visualization Reference 61 Abaqus CAE User s Manual 79 Abagus Keywords Reference Manual 39 Abaqus Theory Manual Analysis 68 Abaqus Verification Manual 224 Abaqus Analysis Users Manual 17 Abaqus User Subroutines Reference Manual Abaqus Glossary Examples 55 Abaqus Example Problems Manual Programming 45 Abaqus Benchmarks Manual Abaqus Scripting Users Manual 32 Abaqus Scripting Reference Manual Tutorials Abaqus GUI Toolkit Users Manual 23 Getting Started with Abaqus Interactive Edition Abaqus GUI Toolkit Reference Manual 35 Getting Started with Abaqus Keywords Edition 4 Interfaces Information Abaqus Interface for MSC ADAMS Users Manual Usina Abaqus Online Documentation Abaqus Interface for Moldflow Users Manual Installation and Licensing Abaqus 6 12 Upd
2. Abaqus 6 12 Using Abaqus Online Documentation 2 DS SIMULIA Using Abaqus Online Documentation Legal Notices CAUTION This documentation is intended for qualified users who will exercise sound engineering judgment and expertise in the use of the Abaqus Software The Abaqus Software is inherently complex and the examples and procedures in this documentation are not intended to be exhaustive or to apply to any particular situation Users are cautioned to satisfy themselves as to the accuracy and results of their analyses Dassault Syst mes and its subsidiaries including Dassault Systemes Simulia Corp shall not be responsible for the accuracy or usefulness of any analysis performed using the Abaqus Software or the procedures examples or explanations in this documentation Dassault Syst mes and its subsidiaries shall not be responsible for the consequences of any errors or omissions that may appear in this documentation The Abaqus Software is available only under license from Dassault Syst mes or its subsidiary and may be used or reproduced only in accordance with the terms of such license This documentation is subject to the terms and conditions of either the software license agreement signed by the parties or absent such an agreement the then current software license agreement to which the documentation relates This documentation and the software described in this documentation are subject to change without prior notice No p
3. For example searching for any form of execut will find e execute executes e executed e executing e executable executables e execution 6 Click Search The search pane displays a list of the results SEARCHING THE PDF DOCUMENTATION 7 Click an item from the results list to display the PDF page Continue clicking items in the results list or click Find Next or Find Previous to see the next occurrence About SIMULIA SIMULIA is the Dassault Systemes brand that delivers a scalable portfolio of Realistic Simulation solutions including the Abaqus product suite for Unified Finite Element Analysis multiphysics solutions for insight into challenging engineering problems and lifecycle management solutions for managing simulation data processes and intellectual property By building on established technology respected quality and superior customer service SIMULIA makes realistic simulation an integral business practice that improves product performance reduces physical prototypes and drives innovation Headquartered in Providence RI USA with R amp D centers in Providence and in V lizy France SIMULIA provides sales services and support through a global network of regional offices and distributors For more information visit www simulia com About Dassault Systemes As a world leader in 3D and Product Lifecycle Management PLM solutions Dassault Systemes brings value to more than 100 000 customers in 80 countries A pion
4. General multi point constraints Analysis Techniques E Section 34 2 2 can be defined Y Figure 2 2 A sample HTML book window and information about the HTML documentation click the O icon to display information on browser version support and the documentation release 2 5 Opening an HTML book from another HTML book You can open another book from a book window by clicking the arrow in the list box at the top of the navigation frame to display a pull down list of book titles and selecting a different book title The book previously displayed in the book window closes and the newly selected book opens in the same browser window Note Choosing another book title from the pull down list closes the book from which you selected the new book title It does not close any previously opened book For example if you minimize a copy of the Abaqus CAE User s Manual open the Abaqus Analysis User s Manual from the collection page and select the Abaqus CAE User s Manual from the pull down list at the top of the Abaqus Analysis User s Manual the Abaqus Analysis User s Manual closes and a second copy of the Abaqus CAE User s Manual opens You can minimize a book from the collection and then bring that book to the forefront when you click a link to its content from another book window or from the collection page The minimized window reopens on top of the current window with the target page displayed In addition you can bring an open
5. Searching for hyper will find hyperbolic hyperelastic hyperelasticity HYPERELASTIC hyperfoam HYPERFOAM hyperlinks Since the wildcard character has special meaning in the search language the following restrictions apply You cannot search for words and phrases containing a wildcard character e You cannot use a wildcard character as the first character in a search term e You cannot use a wildcard character to search exclusively for occurrences of keywords in the text For example you cannot search for lastic or ELASTIC However you can search for an Abaqus keyword by using an Advanced Search option For more information see Narrowing the focus of a search Section 4 5 2 The wildcard character is commonly used as a single character replacement wildcard in other search engines It is not used in the Abaqus search engine 4 4 1 What text is included in a search The search function searches almost all the text you can scroll through in the text frame of a book window including section titles hyperlinks and figure titles Text that appears in equations graphics and captions and page headings is excluded from the search function In addition text that appears in the introductory sections of each book such as the Preface is excluded from the HTML documentation search function You can use the browser s search function to search the introductory sections The Abaqus HTML documentation search function automat
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7. Introduction 21 i9 28 Continuum Elements 120 29 Structural Elements 30 Inertial Rigid and Capacitance Elements 115 31 Connector Elements 20 9 31 1 Connector elements 95 31 2 Connector element behavior 7 amp 31 2 1 Connector behavior 30 31 2 2 Connector elastic behavior 2 o Overview 3 Defining linear uncoupled elastic beh 3 Defining linear coupled elastic behavi 5 Defining nonlinear elastic behavior 3 o Examples 8 Defining rigid connector behavior Y rf In the simplest case of linear uncoupled elasticity you define the spring stiffnesses for the selected components i e 211 for component 1 D22 for component 2 etc which are used in the equation F D u no sum on i where F is the force or moment in the i component of relative motion and u is the connector displacement or rotation in the direction The elastic stiffness can depend on frequency in Abaqus Standard temperature and field variables See input syntax rules Section 1 2 1 for further information about defining data as functions of frequency temperature and field variables If a frequency dependent damping behavior is specified in an Abaqus Standard analysis procedure other than direction nfi solution steady state dynamics the data for the lowest frequency given will be used Figure 4 2 Search hits displayed in the table of contents frame and the book window 2 If the search is successful click Nex
8. OVERVIEW OF THE Abaqus HTML DOCUMENTATION book window to the foreground by clicking a link to its content from another book window or from the collection page The window opens on top of the current window with the link target page displayed 2 6 Modifying the width of the table of contents frame You can change the width of the table of contents frame and the text frame by dragging the dividing line between the frames to the right or left or by clicking the E tool or the E tool in the table of contents controls frame To return the frames to their default sizes click the browser window s reload or refresh button In addition you can use the and tools in the table of contents control frame to vary the level of detail displayed in the table of contents frame see Expanding or collapsing the table of contents Section 3 1 1 2 7 Using your browser settings Your browser settings will affect the look of the HTML documentation for example your browser may be set to ignore or override the colors font styles or font sizes specified by the Abaqus HTML documentation You will use the browser functions for common tasks such as resizing book windows and frames See your browser help for more information 2 8 Printing from an HTML book The HTML documentation 1s broken into HTML pages which are the scrollable content of the text frames in a book window You can print only one page at a time using the HTML documentation Highlighting that
9. BULK VISCOSITY Use the following options to define bulk viscosity for an individual element set Ea r Figure 4 5 Search hits displayed in the book window You can use an Advanced Search option that narrows the search by finding words inside the same paragraph or sentence see Limiting the search results by proximity or context Section 4 5 3 Matching phrases You can search for words that appear together in sequence by placing them between double quotation marks You can also place a hyphen between the words in the Search text field to search for words that contain a hyphen For example Searching for cut loft feature will find cut loft feature Searching for step dependent will find step dependent step dependent The use of quotation marks controls word order only not word variations See Using the Advanced Search options Section 4 5 for information about searching for word derivations 4 6 SEARCHING THE Abaqus HTML DOCUMENTATION Wildcard characters The wildcard character can stand for any character or set of characters and enables you to search for words or phrases that contain certain letters or patterns of letters For example Searching for hy lastic will find hyperelastic hyperelasticity HYPERELASTIC hypoelastic hypoelasticity HYPOELASTIC Such a search will also find a string of words that include hy and lastic such as hyperbolic Drucker Prager plasticity
10. all the books in the HTML collection 4 g My Support i p Geaiek ai Books Clear Search E gt Search Tips Rbaqus 6 12 gt DS SIMULIA NOLLGLN3IWNDO G Figure 4 3 The navigation frame of the collection window The collection window search function works the same way as the book window search function that is you type a particular term or phrase into the text field and press Enter or click Search All Books An hourglass icon displays while the search is in progress When the collection search is complete the number of hits that match your search criteria in each book appears to the left of the book titles see Figure 4 4 If the search is unsuccessful a message indicates that no hits were found To view the search results in a book click a book title in the collection window The book opens with the search term or phrase in the Search text field and the number of hits in the book displayed in the table of contents frame see Figure 4 5 Click Next Match or Previous Match in the navigation frame to move through the document from one hit to the next As you step through each hit the highlighting color of the hit that you are viewing 1s different from that of the remaining hits When you move from one section to another the highlighting in the table of contents frame moves to the new section For information about using Advanced Search to focus your search see Using the Advanced Search options
11. are several useful navigation techniques for locating information within the PDF documentation collection Navigating Use the Page Navigation toolbar see Figure 5 1 to navigate through documents You can also use menu commands and keyboard shortcuts for paging through documents See Adobe Reader Help for more information OVERVIEW OF THE Abaqus PDF DOCUMENTATION w zus Figure 5 1 Using bookmarks You can display the bookmarks in the navigation pane that represent a hierarchical outline of the topics in the book see Figure 5 2 Bookmarks ur gf Abaqus 6 12 PDF Documentation e Abaqus Analysis User s Manual E Legal Notices E Locations E Preface EHE Part I Introduction Spatial Modeling and Execution EHE 1 Introduction 1 1 Introduction E E 1 2 Abagus syntax and conventions EN d E Overview E Keyword lines E E Data lines E Sets E Labels EK Repeating data lines E Example Multiple data lines due to field Ordering the data v Acrobat navigation controls INPUT SYNTAX RULES 124 INPUT SYNTAX RULES Products Abaqus Standerd Abaqus Explieit Reference Defining a model in Abaqus Section 1 3 1 Overview This section describes the syntax rules that govern an Abaqus input file All data definitions in Abaqus are accomplished with option blocks sets of data describing a part of the problem definition You choose those options th
12. documentation The capabilities of the search function vary widely depending on the PDF viewer viewer version and platform This section explains how to conduct searches using Adobe Reader 8 or 9 for Windows platforms Adobe Reader offers two levels of search options basic search options and advanced search options Use of the advanced search options allows you to use indexed searching to accelerate the search process The following topics are covered e Indexed searching with Adobe Reader Section 6 1 Conducting a search of a single PDF book or the entire PDF collection Section 6 2 For information on conducting searches using other PDF viewers refer to the user documentation for those applications Indexed searching with Adobe Reader The Abaqus PDF documentation includes a compiled search index index 612 pdx to enable accelerated collection level documentation searches Searching this index is much faster than searching all the text in the individual books If possible you should use this approach for searching the Abaqus PDF documentation Adobe Reader 8 and 9 for Windows provide the indexed searching capability Note To use indexed searching you must open Adobe Reader from your desktop rather than from within your Web browser The index name associated with the index 612 pdx file is Abaqus 6 12 PDF Documentation A search of the Abaqus 6 12 PDF Documentation index produces a results list with links to the occurrenc
13. documentation e Adobe Reader 8 or 9 on Windows and Linux x86 64 platforms e Adobe Reader 7 on Linux Itanium and UNIX platforms Note To view current information on platform support for PDF viewers consult the System Information section of the Support page at www simulia com The ability to view PDF documents on a particular platform depends on the availability of PDF viewer software on that platform Search capabilities in PDF viewers vary from platform to platform and with the viewer software version To view the Abaqus PDF documentation on Windows platforms 1 Use the Start menu shortcut Programs Abaqus 6 12 Documentation PDF Documentation 2 If the PDF documentation was configured instead of the HTML when Abaqus was installed you can type abaqus doc on the command line where abaqus is the command to run Abaqus See Abaqus documentation Section 3 2 9 of the Abaqus Analysis User s Manual 3 Alternatively you can open the collection index file index pd directly in your PDF viewer e f the HTML and PDF documentation were installed the PDF index file is located in the following subdirectory under the SIMULIA installation directory simulia_dir Documentation docs v6 12 pdf_books index pdf 5 1 El OVERVIEW OF THE Abaqus PDF DOCUMENTATION e If only the PDF documentation was installed the PDF index file is located in the following subdirectory simulia_dir Documentation pdf_docs v6 12 index pdf 4 Click atitle to o
14. exact match of the phrase in the search field For example if you search for finite strain you will find occurrences of finite strain This search will not locate occurrences of the phrase finite plastic strain For additional information about searching techniques see HTML search details Section 4 4 and Using the Advanced Search options Section 4 5 You can combine search terms and search phrases in a single search procedure For example if you search for plastic finite strain you will find occurrences of finite strain and plastic within the proximity range le SEARCHING THE Abaqus HTML DOCUMENTATION 4 1 4 1 4 2 1 Default search proximity and highlighting The default search proximity range is used when you search for multiple terms and when you use the advanced search options to search for one term without another In all Abaqus manuals the default search proximity range corresponds to the smallest section size that appears in the table of contents for that book To locate search results in any book you should use the table of contents to open a section that indicates a number of search hits and scroll through the section or use the Next Match and Previous Match buttons to locate highlighted search terms 2 Using search terms and phrases Use search terms without quotes for broad searching or to locate words that occur infrequently Use search phrases to narrow a search or to loca
15. help new users become familiar with the Abaqus input file syntax for static and dynamic stress analysis simulations The Abaqus keyword interface is used to model examples similar to those included in Getting Started with Abaqus Interactive Edition 1 1 7 Using Abaqus Online Documentation This manual contains instructions for navigating viewing and searching the Abaqus HTML and PDF documentation 1 1 8 Abaqus Installation and Licensing Guide This manual describes how to install Abaqus and how to configure the installation for particular circumstances Some of this information of most relevance to users is also provided in the Abaqus Analysis User s Manual 1 1 9 Abaqus Keywords Reference Manual This manual contains a complete description of all the input options that are available in Abaqus Standard Abaqus Explicit and Abaqus CFD 1 1 10 Abaqus Theory Manual This manual contains detailed precise discussions of all theoretical aspects of Abaqus It is written to be understood by users with an engineering background INTRODUCTION 1 1 11 Abaqus Verification Manual This manual describes basic test cases providing verification of each individual program feature procedures output options MPCs etc against exact calculations and other published results It may be useful to run these problems when learning to use a new capability In addition the supplied input data files provide good starting points to check the behavior o
16. to the right of the Return results containing field and select one of the following options Match Exact word or phrase This search option finds the exact form and the plural form of each word that you type in the search field The option searches for the entire string of characters including spaces in the order in which they were typed For example searching for element will find SEARCHING THE PDF DOCUMENTATION oscar Arrange Window What word or phrase would you like to search For Return results containing Match Any of the words y Look In s The Current PDF Document Use these additional criteria whole words only Case Sensitive E Proximity Stemming 7 Include Bookmarks Include Comments 7 Include Attachments Search Begin a New Search Find a word in the current PDF document Figure 6 1 The Search window element elements Element Elements ELEMENT ELEMENTS Words that are formed from element such as elemental or elementary are not found by the search Match Any of the words This search option finds any of the words that you type in the search field as well as different forms of each word For example searching for metal plasticity will find e metal plasticity Metal Plasticity e metal Metal 5 SEARCHING THE PDF DOCUMENTATION e plasticity Plasticity e viscoplasticity Viscoplasticity 4 Click the arrow to the right of the Look In fie
17. typically written as FORTRAN code CREEP is an example of an Abaqus user subroutine e MPC names MPCs multi point constraints allow constraints to be imposed between different degrees of freedom of the model BEAM is an example of an Abaqus MPC Connector names Connector elements in Abaqus provide an easy and versatile way to model many types of physical mechanisms whose geometry is discrete i e node to node yet the kinematic and kinetic relationships describing the connection are complex REVOLUTE is an example of an Abaqus connector element e GUI text GUI text includes buttons and labels Interference Fit is an example of GUI text e Abaqus Scripting Interface object A Python object defined by the Abaqus Scripting Interface MeshEdge is an example of a Python object For example if you are looking for the ELASTIC keyword and not just any occurrence ofthe word elastic type elastic in the Search text field and select the Abaqus keywords search filter The search function finds only cases where the word appears as part of a keyword name such as ELASTIC and POROUS ELASTIC If you type elastic in the Search text field without using a search filter 4 10 SEARCHING THE Abaqus HTML DOCUMENTATION the search result includes any usage of the word elastic If you are looking for occurrences of the word creep and you select the Abaqus keywords search filter the search function finds only cases where the word appears as p
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19. By default the search function locates words in All searchable text To limit your search choose from the following options see Figure 4 8 e Abaqus keywords Keywords also known as options are preceded by an asterisk and appear in uppercase letters in the Abaqus documentation SOLID SECTION is an example of an Abaqus keyword 4 9 5 SEARCHING THE Abaqus HTML DOCUMENTATION Document Abaqus Analysis User s Manual Search term s Without the text Limit search to Aut searchable text Display occurrences within P UECCIPIEMPACIN Abaqus keywords Match Abaqus parameters o Parameter values User subroutine names MPC names Connector names GUI text Abaqus Scripting Interface object Figure 4 8 The Limit search to menu in the Advanced Search window e Abaqus parameters In Abaqus Standard and Abaqus Explicit the term is used to refer to a parameter that follows a keyword in an Abaqus input file Keyword parameters which can be optional or required provide additional information concerning the keyword NLGEOM is an example of an Abaqus parameter This option also finds execution command line parameters such as job e Parameter values The value of an Abaqus parameter NEW is an example of an Abaqus parameter value User subroutine names User subroutines are subroutines you write to increase the functionality of Abaqus options for which data line usage may be too restrictive User subroutines are
20. Elements ELEMENT ELEMENTS Words that are formed from element such as elemental or elementary are not found by the search Match Any of the words This search option finds any of the words that you type in the search field as well as different forms of each word For example searching for metal plasticity will find e metal plasticity Metal Plasticity e metal Metal e plasticity Plasticity e viscoplasticity Viscoplasticity 4 Click the arrow to the right of the Look In field and select Select Index The Index selection dialog box appears 5 In the Index selection dialog box a Select the Abaqus 6 12 PDF Documentation index Once the index has been selected Adobe Reader saves the selection b Ifthe index is not listed click Add locate the index_612 pdx file and click Open c Verify that no other indexes are selected d Click OK to close the Index selection dialog box 6 Select any of the additional search criteria El SEARCHING THE PDF DOCUMENTATION Note Some of the search characteristics available in Adobe Reader to refine a search are not appropriate for Abaqus documentation searches Whole words only This search option matches the exact form of each word that you type in the search pane For example searching for element will find element Element ELEMENT Without this option you might also find words such as elements elementary 66 elemental and Proximity This op
21. M Abaqus Glossary Examples xample Pr Man Programming Abaqus Benchmarks Manual Abaqus Scripting Users Manual Abaqus Scripting Reference Manual Tutorials Ik e 1 Getting Started with Abaqus Interactive Edition Abaqus GUI Toolkit Reference Manual ttin with us Keywor ition Interfaces Information Abaqus Interface for MSC ADAMS Users Manual Using Abagus Online Documentation Abaqus Interface for Moldflow Users Manual Installation and Licensing Abaqus 6 12 Update Information Lstallsti wenn Abaqus Release Notes y UA afl Figure 2 1 The Abaqus HTML documentation collection window OVERVIEW OF THE Abaqus HTML DOCUMENTATION To see brief descriptions of each book hold the cursor over the book titles in the collection For example if you hold the cursor over the title for the Abaqus Analysis User s Manual the following description appears Abaqus Analysis Users Manual This manual is a complete reference for all of the capabilities of Abaqus Standard Abaqus Explicit and Abaqus CFD and contains a description of the elements material models procedures input specifications etc Usage information is provided for both the keyword and the Abaqus CAE interfaces where applicable 2 3 Opening an HTML book from the collection window When you click the title of a book in the collection window a book window opens in a new browser window or tab depending on the browser setting Note You can open additional book windows from the colle
22. Search The search pane displays a list of the results 7 Click an item from the results list to display the PDF page Continue clicking items in the results list or click Find Next or Find Previous to see the next occurrence 6 2 2 Conducting a search of the entire PDF collection This section explains how to conduct a search of the entire PDF collection 1 Display the Search window in one of two ways e Select Edit Search from the main menu bar e Click the arrow in the Find toolbar and select Open Full Reader Search The Search window appears 2 In the search field labeled What word or phrase would you like to search for enter the word or phrase that you want to find 3 In the field labeled Look in select the directory containing the PDF collection 4 Click the arrow to the right ofthe Return results containing field and select one ofthe following options Match Exact word or phrase This search option finds the exact form and the plural form of each word that you type in the search field The option searches for the entire string of characters including spaces in the order in which they were typed For example searching for element will find element elements Element Elements ELEMENT ELEMENTS Words that are formed from element such as elemental or elementary are not found by the search Match Any of the words This search option finds any of the words that you type in the search field as well as differ
23. appears in the text frame after searching an HTML book does not appear in the printed document For information about printing a range of pages or obtaining a higher quality printed copy see Printing from a PDF book Section 5 3 To print from an HTML book 1 In the navigation frame of the book window click the icon The browser s print dialog box appears 2 Specify the printing options 3 3 1 NAVIGATING THE Abaqus HTML DOCUMENTATION Navigating the Abaqus HTML documentation This section explains how to navigate the Abaqus HTML documentation The following topics are covered Locating information in the Abaqus HTML documentation Section 3 1 Using the table of contents frame Section 3 2 Locating information in the Abaqus HTML documentation 3 1 3 1 There are several useful techniques for locating information within a book in the HTML collection The following topics are covered e Expanding or collapsing the table of contents Section 3 1 1 Browsing Section 3 1 2 e Searching Section 3 1 3 1 Expanding or collapsing the table of contents Use the tools in the table of contents control frame to vary the level of detail displayed in the table of contents frame Click the tool to expand several levels in the table of contents of an HTML book Click the E tool to collapse all expanded sections in the table of contents The a tool expands the table of contents entries t
24. arameters must be separated by commas Blanks on a keyword line are ignored A line can include no more than 256 characters including blanks Keywords and parameters are not case sensitive Parameter values usually are not case sensitive The only exceptions to this rule are those imposed externally to Abaqus such as file names on case sensitive operating systems Keywords parameters and in most cases parameter values need nat be spelled out completely but there must be enough characters given to distinguish them from other keywords parameters 124 1 Figure 5 2 Bookmarks in the navigation pane This outline allows you to move quickly from one part of the book to another When you click a bookmark the text frame displays the corresponding section in the book To display the bookmarks click the Bookmarks tab on the left side of the Adobe Reader window The bookmarks can display varying levels of detail You can choose to display only major topic headings or to expand any or all of the topic headings to show subtopic headings as well To expand an individual section of the bookmarks click the plus sign to the left of the topic heading The headings of the subtopics appear under the topic heading To collapse an expanded section of the bookmarks click the minus sign next to the topic heading El OVERVIEW OF THE Abaqus PDF DOCUMENTATION Searching Use the Find toolbar open by default or the Search window see F
25. art of a keyword name such as CREEP and CREEP STRAIN If you select the User subroutine names search filter the search function finds only cases where the word is used as the name of user subroutine CREEP 4 5 3 Limiting the search results by proximity or context To search for a particular word or phrase near another word or phrase use the Display occurrences within menu button By default the search function locates multiple search terms that appear inside the same section To control the area within which all words listed in the Search text field must appear choose from the following options see Figure 4 9 The same section the default this option locates multiple search terms that appear in any order within the default proximity range For more information see Default search proximity and highlighting Section 4 1 1 e The same paragraph this option locates multiple search terms that appear in any order within the same paragraph e The same sentence this option locates multiple search terms that appear in any order within the same sentence Document Abaqus Analysis User s Manual Search term s PO Without the text Poo Limit search to AI searchable text y Display occurrences within The same section y Match MEMES The same paragraph The same sentence Titles Abaqus CAE usage examples Input file usage examples Figure 4 9 The Display occurrences within search menu in
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27. at are relevant for a particular application Options are defined by lines in the input file Three types of input lines are used in an Abaqus input file keyword lines data lines and comment lines Only 7 bit ASCII characters are supported and a carriage retum is required at the end of each line in an input file Keyword lines introduce options and often have parameters which appear as words or phrases separated by commas on the keyword line Parameters are used to define the behavior of an option Parameters can stand alone or have a value and they may be required or optional Data lines which are used to provide numeric or alphanumeric entries follow most keyword lines Any line that begins with stars in columns 1 and 2 is a comment line Such lines can be placed anywhere in the file They are ignored by Abaqus so they will be printed only in the initial listing ofthe file There is no restriction an how many or where such lines occur in the file Relevant parameters and data lines including the number of entries per data line are described in the sections of the Abaqus Keywords Reference Manual describing each option This section describes the general rules that apply to all keyword and data lines Keyword lines The following rules apply when entering a keyword line The first non blank character of each keyword line must be a star 9 The keyword must be followed by a comma if any parameters are given P
28. ate Information Abaqus Installation and Licensing Guide 2 Abaqus Release Notes a s Figure 4 4 Search hits displayed in the collection window Searching for element will find element Element ELEMENT 99 Ge Variations from the root word element such as elements elemental or elementary are not found by the default search You can use an Advanced Search option that widens the search by increasing the number of word forms that are found see Search word match criteria Section 4 5 4 Proximity If you enter more than one word in the Search text field the default search function finds those words inside the default proximity range The default proximity range is based on the smallest section size that appears in the table of contents for each book see Search terms and search phrases Section 4 1 For example Searching for twist beam will find Occurrences of twist and beam 5 SEARCHING THE Abaqus HTML DOCUMENTATION Abaqus Analysis User s Manual y amp 2 viscosity X Search Search Previous Match Next Match gt Ip Abaqus 6 12 gt DS SIMULIA NOLLHLN3WNI0G BEBE 176 Abaqus Analysis Users Manual amp Introduction Spatial Modeling and Execu 4 Output 55 amp Analysis Procedures Solution and Contr 55 G 6 Analysis Procedures amp 6 1 Introduction 6 2 Static stress displacement anal 37 6 3 Dynami
29. c stress displacement ar 6 3 1 Dynamic analysis procedur 2 6 3 2 Implicit dynamic analysis u 37 6 3 3 Explicit dynamic analysis Overview Explicit dynamic analysis Numerical implementation Nodal mass and inertia 3 amp Stability Dilatational wave speed Time incrementation Advantages of the explicit metl Computational cost 32 amp Bulk viscosity 4 Linear bulk viscosity 7 Quadratic bulk viscosity 3 Fraction of critical damping 5 Rotational bulk viscosity for y Bulk viscosity introduces damping associated with volumetric straining Its purpose is to improve the modeling of high speed dynamic events see Stability above for a discussion of the effect of damping on the stable time increment Abaqus Explicit contains two forms of bulk viscosity linear and quadratic Linear bulk viscosity is included by default in an Abaqus Explicit analysis The bulk viscosity parameters and defined below can be redefined and can be changed from step to step If the default values are changed in a step the new values will be used in subsequent steps until they are redefined Bulk viscosities defined this way apply _ to the whole model For an individual element set the linear and quadratic bulk viscosities can be scaled by a factor by defining section controls see Section controls Section 27 1 4 Input File Usage Use the following option to define bulk viscosity for the entire model
30. ction window by clicking the book titles The book windows will remain open until you close them You can open one window to each book from the collection window See Opening an HTML book from another HTML book Section 2 5 for information about using the list box of book titles in the navigation frame to open another book from a book window 2 4 Viewing the book window The book window contains four frames the navigation frame top frame the table of contents frame left frame the table of contents control frame directly above the table of contents frame and the text frame right frame The title of the book appears in the list box located at the top of the navigation frame Figure 2 2 shows a sample book window You can access the collection window from any book in the collection by selecting Abaqus Documentation Collection from the top of the list of book titles in the list box in the navigation frame In addition to the list box of book titles the navigation frame contains a search function see Chapter 4 Searching the Abaqus HTML documentation a print function see Printing from an HTML book Section 2 8 a link to tips for searching the Abaqus HTML documentation collection a link to the Advanced Search options see Using the Advanced Search options Section 4 5 El OVERVIEW OF THE Abaqus HTML DOCUMENTATION search field Abaqus 6 12 gt DS SIMULIA list box 3 Abaqus Analysis User s Manua
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32. ent forms of each word For example searching for metal plasticity will find e metal plasticity Metal Plasticity e metal Metal e plasticity Plasticity e viscoplasticity Viscoplasticity 5 SEARCHING THE PDF DOCUMENTATION 5 Select any of the additional search criteria Note Some of the search characteristics available in Adobe Reader to refine a search are not appropriate for Abaqus documentation searches Whole words only This search option matches the exact form of each word that you type in the search pane For example searching for element will find element Element ELEMENT 3 66 Without this option you might also find words such as elements elemental and elementary Proximity This option finds search terms that are within 900 words of each other This option is available only for multiple document searches or index definition files and if Match All of the words is selected Case Sensitive This option finds only occurrences of the words that are in the same case as the word or words you type in the search field Stemming This option finds words that contain part the stem ofthe specified search word or phrase when searching in the current file or Acrobat indexes For example stemming will find instances of the search word that end in ing ed x ion and so on Note An exception is the ending er Words ending in er are excluded from the search results
33. er to print one or more pages of the PDF documentation To print selected sections of the manual use the navigation controls and bookmarks to identify the starting and end page numbers in the PDF document then specify the pages to be printed in the Print dialog box To print from a PDF book 1 Select File Print from the main menu bar or click the icon on the toolbar The Print dialog box appears 2 Specify the printing options 5 3 2 Printing an entire section of a PDF book All books in the Abaqus PDF collection except the Abaqus Scripting Reference Manual and the Abaqus GUI Toolkit Reference Manual contain a e icon in the top left corner of each page that allows you to print a selected section without specifying a page range To print an entire section 1 In the section you wish to print click the icon on any page in the section 2 In the dialog box that appears confirm the printer you are using the section number and title of the PDF section to be printed and the page range of the section to be printed 5 OVERVIEW OF THE Abaqus PDF DOCUMENTATION e To print the section using the default settings click Yes e To select a different printer click No and select the desired printer in the Print Setup dialog box e To print a different section click Cancel to cancel the print job navigate to the appropriate section and click the E icon in that section 6 1 SEARCHING THE PDF DOCUMENTATION Searching the PDF
34. es in the individual books By default when you open the Search window the basic search options are displayed and you can search the current PDF document or search a folder containing the entire PDF collection To search an index you must use the advanced search options To display the advanced search options click Use Advanced Search Options or reset your preferences by selecting Edit Preferences from the main menu bar selecting Search from the list of Categories and toggling on Always use advanced search options 6 1 1 Conducting a search of the Abaqus compiled search index Use the following procedure to conduct a search of a PDF index 1 Display the Search window in one of two ways 6 1 SEARCHING THE PDF DOCUMENTATION e Select Edit Search from the main menu bar e Click the arrow in the Find toolbar and select Open Full Reader Search The Search window appears 2 In the search field labeled What word or phrase would you like to search for enter the word or phrase that you want to find 3 Click the arrow to the right of the Return results containing field and select one of the following options Match Exact word or phrase This search option finds the exact form and the plural form of each word that you type in the search field The option searches for the entire string of characters including spaces in the order in which they were typed For example searching for element will find element elements Element
35. f elements materials etc 1 1 12 Abaqus User Subroutines Reference Manual This manual provides a complete description of all the user subroutines available for use in Abaqus analyses It also discusses the utility routines that can be used when writing user subroutines 1 1 13 Abaqus Glossary This manual defines technical terms as they apply to the Abaqus Unified FEA Product Suite 1 1 14 Abaqus Scripting User s Manual This manual provides a description of the Abaqus Scripting Interface which is an application programming interface API to the models and data used by Abaqus The manual describes how commands can be used to create and analyze Abaqus CAE models to view the results of the analysis and to automate repetitive tasks It also contains information on using the Abaqus Scripting Interface or C as an API to the output database 1 1 15 Abaqus Scripting Reference Manual This manual provides a command reference that lists the syntax of each command in the Abaqus Scripting Interface 1 1 16 Abaqus GUI Toolkit User s Manual This manual provides a description of the Abaqus GUI Toolkit which allows you to customize the Abaqus CAE Graphical User Interface by creating your own dialog boxes GUI modules and even applications The manual explains how to use the components of the toolkit by providing snippets of example code INTRODUCTION 1 1 17 Abaqus GUI Toolkit Reference Manual This manual provides a complete listing of t
36. he Abaqus GUI Toolkit programming interface but it does not describe how to use the toolkit For an explanation of how to use the Abaqus GUI Toolkit see the Abaqus GUI Toolkit User s Manual 1 1 18 Abaqus Interface for MSC ADAMS User s Manual This manual describes how to use the Abaqus Interface for MSC ADAMS which creates Abaqus models of MSC ADAMS components and converts the Abaqus results into an MSC ADAMS modal neutral file that can be used by the ADAMS Flex program 1 1 19 Abaqus Interface for Moldflow User s Manual This manual describes how to use the Abaqus Interface for Moldflow which creates a partial Abaqus input file by translating results from a Moldflow polymer processing simulation 1 1 20 Abaqus Release Notes This manual contains brief descriptions of the new features available in the latest release of the Abaqus product line Part Il Using the Abaqus HTML Documentation e Chapter 2 Overview of the Abaqus HTML documentation e Chapter 3 Navigating the Abaqus HTML documentation e Chapter 4 Searching the Abaqus HTML documentation OVERVIEW OF THE Abaqus HTML DOCUMENTATION 2 Overview of the Abaqus HTML documentation This section explains how to access and use the Abaqus HTML documentation The following topics are covered e Viewing the Abaqus HTML documentation Section 2 1 e The Abaqus HTML documentation collection page Section 2 2 e Opening an HTML book from the collecti
37. ically ignores the words a and the You can search for phrases that include a and the by enclosing the search phrase in quotation marks 6699 Note Using quotations marks around a or the alone produces no hits 4 7 5 SEARCHING THE Abaqus HTML DOCUMENTATION You cannot search for punctuation marks alone or for punctuation marks enclosed by quotation marks You can search for punctuation marks such as periods or commas as part of a search phrase that is enclosed by quotation marks You can also search for words connected by a hyphen without the surrounding quotation marks However punctuation marks such as periods commas or hyphens cannot be the first or last character of the search phrase You can search for special characters but you must use a blackslash before the character You can search for the following special characters preceded by a backslash 4 5 Using the Advanced Search options This section contains information on using the Advanced Search options available in the Abaqus HTML documentation in both the book and collection windows Click Advanced Search in the navigation frame to display the Advanced Search window see Figure 4 6 Document Abaqus Analysis Users Manual Search term s PO Without the text 1 Limit search to AIl searchabletet y Display occurrences within The same section y Match Exact spelling bi Search x Help Fig
38. ics are covered e Search terms and search phrases Section 4 1 e Conducting a search from the book window Section 4 2 e Conducting a search from the collection window Section 4 3 e HTML search details Section 4 4 Using the Advanced Search options Section 4 5 e Search strategies Section 4 6 4 1 Search terms and search phrases Search phrases are multiple terms that are enclosed in double quotation marks to indicate that terms will be found in a specific order Search terms are individual words or strings of letters and characters with no white space You can enter one or more search terms in the search field If multiple search terms are entered without quotation marks around the words the search procedure displays hits where e The search terms appear in any order e The search terms may or may not be adjacent e All search terms appear within a section or subsection see Default search proximity and highlighting Section 4 1 1 e Advanced search allows you to control the proximity range see Limiting the search results by proximity or context Section 4 5 3 For example if you search for finite strain you will find occurrences of finite and strain within the proximity range the result is order independent Search phrases are made up of multiple search terms enclosed in double quotation marks The search procedure displays hits only when the documentation contains an
39. igure 5 3 to search for specific words or phrases what word or phrase would you like to search For Return results containing match Any of the words y Look In s The Current PDF Document Use these additional criteria whole words only Case Sensitive E Proximity Stemming Include Bookmarks Include Comments Include Attachments Search Begin a New Search Find a word in the current PDF document Figure 5 3 The Acrobat Reader Search window To open the Search window select Edit Search from the main menu bar or click the arrow in the Find toolbar and select Open Full Reader Search See Chapter 6 Searching the PDF documentation for more information OVERVIEW OF THE Abaqus PDF DOCUMENTATION 5 3 Printing from a PDF book The PDF documentation produces a higher quality printed copy than the HTML documentation There are two methods for printing from the Abaqus PDF documentation Using the print function in the PDF viewer Section 5 3 1 e Printing an entire section of a PDF book Section 5 3 2 Note You cannot use an Adobe print driver to create a copy of the Abaqus PDF documentation Although the books can be sent to a printer to produce a hard copy the books are stored in an encrypted format that produces an error if the files are sent to an Adobe print driver 5 3 1 Using the print function in the PDF viewer You can use the print function in the PDF view
40. l zl n avigatio n E NL N Eme frame a table of contents gags control frame Abaqus Analysis User s Manual 5 Introduction Spatial Modeling and 1 Introduction 1 1 Introduction 1 2 Abaqus syntax and conve 3 1 3 Abaqus model definition 1 3 1 Defining a model in Overview The input file Model data Required model data Optional model data 8 History data Including model or histo 1 4 Parametric modeling 2 Spatial Modeling 3 Job Execution 8 Output Analysis Procedures Solution anc table of contents frame Optional model data The following model data can be included as necessary Parts and an assembly The geometry of a model can be defined by organizing it into parts which are positioned relative to one another in an assembly Defining an assembly Section 2 10 1 Initial conditions Nonzero initial conditions such as initial stresses temperatures or velocities can be specified Initial conditions Section 332 Boundary conditions Zero valued boundary conditions including symmetry conditions can be imposed on individual solution variables Such as displacements or rotations Boundary conditions in Abaqus Standard and Abaqus Explicit Section 33 3 1 text frame Kinematic constraints Equations involving several of the fundamental solution variables in the model Linear constraint equations Section 34 2 1 or multi point constraints
41. ld and select The Current PDF Document 5 Select any of the additional search criteria Note Some of the search characteristics available in Adobe Reader to refine a search are not appropriate for Abaqus documentation searches Whole words only This search option matches the exact form of each word that you type in the search pane For example searching for element will find element Element ELEMENT 3 66 Without this option you might also find words such as elements elemental and elementary Proximity This option finds search terms that are within 900 words of each other This option is available only for multiple document searches or index definition files and if Match All of the words is selected Case Sensitive This option finds only occurrences of the words that are in the same case as the word or words you type in the search field Stemming This option finds words that contain part the stem ofthe specified search word or phrase when searching in the current file or Acrobat indexes For example stemming will find instances of the search word that end in ing ed x ion and so on Note An exception is the ending er Words ending in er are excluded from the search results For example searching for any form of execut will find e execute executes e executed e executing e executable executables e execution SEARCHING THE PDF DOCUMENTATION 6 Click
42. ll structure ofthe documentation collection contents significantly enhances the effectiveness of searching This section discusses strategies to help you maximize the effectiveness of searches in the Abaqus HTML collection The following topics are covered e Determining which book to view Section 4 6 1 Determining which part of the book to view Section 4 6 2 e Specifying relevant search terms and using the table of contents to navigate search results Section 4 6 3 4 6 1 Determining which book to view The book containing the most search results may not have the information for which you are searching You will obtain search results faster if you are able to identify which book most likely contains the information you need For example if you are looking for information related to interactive modeling or visualization procedures start by searching the Abaqus CAE User s Manual If you are looking for details on a specific analysis type or procedure start with a search ofthe Abaqus Analysis User s Manual 4 13 5 SEARCHING THE Abaqus HTML DOCUMENTATION Ifyou are looking for an example ofan analysis start by searching the Abaqus Example Problems Manual or the Abaqus Benchmarks Manual If you are not sure where to start you can search the collection level and see how many related hits occur in each book the number of hits in each book on a particular topic may provide some guidance For more information about the books i
43. n installed on your computer contact your system administrator for the URL for the Abaqus HTML documentation collection on your network For quick access to the documentation save the location as a bookmark in your browser For information on installing and configuring the HTML documentation see Chapter 2 Installing Abaqus of the Abaqus Installation and Licensing Guide 2 1 El OVERVIEW OF THE Abaqus HTML DOCUMENTATION 2 2 The Abaqus HTML documentation collection page The Abaqus HTML documentation books are available from a collection page When you open the documentation in your Web browser the collection window appears The top frame of the collection window contains a search function see Chapter 4 Searching the Abaqus HTML documentation a link to the My Support page at www simulia com the 1 icon which allows you to display information on browser version support and the documentation release the icon which allows you to open the Abaqus PDF documentation collection a link to the Advanced Search options and a link to tips for searching the Abaqus HTML documentation collection The collection window lists all the book titles in the collection grouped by function as shown in Figure 2 1 Abaqus 6 12 2 DS SIMULIA a qu Modeling and Visualization Reference A ICAI rs Manual Abaqus Keywords Reference Manual Abagus Theory Manual Analysis Verifi Jgnual Abaqus Analysis Users Manual A 14 f n rence
44. n the documentation collection see The Abaqus documentation collection Section 1 1 4 6 2 Determining which part of the book to view When performing a search you can use the table of contents to find the most relevant hits The total number of hits in the book are displayed next to the book title which is the first entry in the table of contents If you find many hits and are unsure where to look in the book collapse the table of contents and look for sections with the highest number of hits Look for section titles related to your search topic and expand those sections In addition you can use the Advanced Search options to search for titles that may help identify relevant sections 4 6 3 Specifying relevant search terms and using the table of contents to navigate search results Specifying relevant search terms is critical to locating information New users performing general searches should begin with obvious search terms and navigate the search results using the number of hits shown in the table of contents frame as a guide along with titles in the table of contents As the search proceeds more specific terms can be added to narrow the results see Narrowing the focus of a search Section 4 5 2 for more information For example if you are looking for general information on elements you could search for elements at the collection level This will produce large numbers of search hits in essentially every manual If you are l
45. ngle PDF book or the entire PDF collection This section explains how to conduct a basic or advanced search of a single PDF book or the entire PDF collection Use these procedures if indexed searching is not available or if you want to limit your search to a single book or to a subsection of the collection The following topics are covered e Conducting a basic or advanced search of a single PDF book Section 6 2 1 e Conducting a search of the entire PDF collection Section 6 2 2 6 2 1 Conducting a basic or advanced search of a single PDF book This section explains how to conduct a basic search of a single PDF book and how to narrow the search results by conducting an advanced search of a single PDF book The following procedure explains how to conduct a basic search of a single PDF book 1 Enter the word or phrase that you want to find in the Find toolbar and press Enter The search term is highlighted 2 To see another occurrence of the search term click Find Next or Find Previous The following procedure explains how to conduct an advanced search of a single PDF book 1 Display the Search window in one of two ways e Select Edit Search from the main menu bar e Click the arrow in the Find toolbar and select Open Full Reader Search The Search window appears see Figure 6 1 2 In the search field labeled What word or phrase would you like to search for enter the word or phrase that you want to find 3 Click the arrow
46. o a default level of expansion Clicking the tool an additional time will have no effect Individual sections can be expanded by clicking book icons as described in Using the table of contents frame Section 3 2 However if you collapse one or all of the entries you can use the E tool to reopen the closed sections to the default level of expansion Note The default level of expansion is not the same for each book The default expansion levels were chosen to balance usefulness and performance based on the size and content of each book 2 Browsing Use the G and ES arrows in the text frame to navigate sequentially to the previous and next HTML page You can also use the Web browser functions to return to recently viewed pages 3 1 El NAVIGATING THE Abaqus HTML DOCUMENTATION 3 1 3 Use the Search text field in the navigation frame to search for specific terms or phrases You can conduct searches of the Abaqus HTML documentation from the book window or from the collection window See Chapter 4 Searching the Abaqus HTML documentation for more information Searching 3 2 Using the table of contents frame The table of contents frame on the left side of the book window contains a hierarchical outline of the topics in the book This outline allows you to move quickly from one part of the book to another When you click a table of contents entry the table of contents entry becomes highlighted and the text frame displays the c
47. on window Section 2 3 Viewing the book window Section 2 4 e Opening an HTML book from another HTML book Section 2 5 e Modifying the width of the table of contents frame Section 2 6 e Using your browser settings Section 2 7 Printing from an HTML book Section 2 8 2 1 Viewing the Abaqus HTML documentation The Abaqus HTML documentation collection allows you to view Abaqus documentation through a Web browser You can also view specific sections of the HTML documentation when you request context sensitive help from within Abaqus CAE or Abaqus Viewer For information about using context sensitive help see Displaying context sensitive help Section 2 6 1 of the Abaqus CAE User s Manual Note Links to the HTML documentation from context sensitive help function only if you have installed and configured the HTML documentation files If you have installed Abaqus products on your computer you can use one of the following methods to access the Abaqus HTML documentation e Type abaqus doc at the system prompt where abaqus is the command to run Abaqus e In Abaqus CAE select Search 8 Browse Manuals from the Help menu on the main menu bar On Windows platforms if you have Abaqus HTML documentation installed on your computer the following shortcut may be available from the Start menu Programs Abaqus 6 12 Documentation HTML Documentation If you do not have Abaqus products or Abaqus documentatio
48. ooking for information about new elements open the Abaqus Release Notes If you are looking for an overview of the Abaqus element library open the Abaqus Analysis User s Manual Expand the chapters on elements and navigate using the table of contents or refine the search terms to look for more specific information In addition add terms such as continuum shell or solid to refine the search 4 14 Part Ill Using the Abaqus PDF documentation e Chapter 5 Overview of the Abaqus PDF documentation Chapter 6 Searching the PDF documentation OVERVIEW OF THE Abaqus PDF DOCUMENTATION 5 Overview of the Abaqus PDF documentation This section explains how to access and how to use the Abaqus PDF documentation The following topics are covered Viewing the Abaqus PDF documentation Section 5 1 e Locating information in the PDF documentation Section 5 2 e Printing from a PDF book Section 5 3 5 1 Viewing the Abaqus PDF documentation The Abaqus documentation is available in portable document format PDF as an optional supplement to the online documentation in HTML format Both the HTML and PDF documentation collections can be installed using the Abaqus installer see Chapter 2 Installing Abaqus of the Abaqus Installation and Licensing Guide You can use a PDF viewer such as Adobe Reader to view the PDF documentation files The following PDF viewers are recommended for viewing the Abaqus PDF
49. order use quotation marks and Plural Possessive Derived form this option finds any words that can be derived from the search word to find such words in a specific order use quotation marks and Derived form Document Abaqus Analysis Users Manual Search term s a Without the text Limit search to Allsearchabletext y Display occurrences within The same section y Match Exact spelling m Exact spelling Plural Possessive Derived form Help Figure 4 10 The Match parameter in the Advanced Search window For example a search for the word element produces the following results depending on the match parameter selected 4 12 SEARCHING THE Abaqus HTML DOCUMENTATION e Exact spelling finds element e Plural Possessive finds element elements element s elements e Derived form finds element elements elem elementary elemental If the search returns no hits or the number of hits seems low widen the search by increasing the number of word forms that the search function attempts to locate 4 6 Search strategies The best strategy for locating information in the Abaqus HTML documentation involves a combination of searching for terms or phrases determining the appropriate book or books to view and using the table of contents to navigate to the most likely area The Abaqus HTML documentation allows you to search at both the book level and the collection level Familiarity with the overa
50. ords Reference Manual Abagus Theory Manual Analysis Abaqus Verification Manual Abaqus Analysis Users Manual Al Subroutin rence M Abaqus Glossary Examples A xample Problems Mani Programming Abagus Benchmarks Manual Abaqus Scripting Users Manual Abaqus Scripting Reference Manual Tutorials Abaqus GUI Toolkit Users Manual Getting Started with Abaqus Interactive Edition Al Tool ference N Getting Started with Abaqus Keywords Edition Interfaces Information Abaqus Interface for MSC ADAMS Users Manual Using Abagus Online Documentation Abaqus Interface for Moldflow User s Manual Installation and Licensing Abaqus 6 12 Update Information F E cse sanan Abaqus Release Notes X AAA A A AA A AAA D Figure 1 1 The Abaqus HTML documentation collection organized according to category For information about the manuals available in the Abaqus documentation collection see The Abaqus documentation collection Section 1 1 HTML is the primary format for the Abaqus documentation The HTML manuals which contain all the available content including context sensitive help pages for Abaqus CAE are viewed through a web browser Default and advanced searching techniques are available with the HTML documentation For more information about the HTML documentation see Part II Using the Abaqus HTML Documentation The same content with the exception of the context sensitive help pages for Abaqus CAE is available in the PDF documentation The PDF manuals a
51. orresponding section in the book see Figure 3 1 As you navigate through the book the highlighting in the table of contents frame moves indicating your location within the book Abaqus 6 12 gt DS SIMULIA Abaqus Analysis Users Manual 2 Introduction Spatial Modeling and 1 Introduction 1 1 Introduction 1 2 Abaqus syntax and conve 1 3 Abaqus model definition 2 1 3 1 Defining a model in 4 Overview The input file Model data Required model data Optional model data History data Including model or histo 1 4 Parametric modeling EE 2 Spatial Modeling 3 Job Execution Output Analysis Procedures Solution anc Optional model data Abaqus Analysis User s Manual g 2 SS SS 4l e G sms Advanced 1 Search la Y NOLLHLN3WND0G The following model data can be included as necessary Parts and an assembly The geometry of a model can be defined by organizing it into parts which are positioned relative to one another in an assembly Defining an assembly Section 2 10 1 Initial conditions Nonzero initial conditions such as initial stresses temperatures or velocities can be specified Initial conditions Section 33 2 Boundary conditions Zero valued boundary conditions including symmetry conditions can be imposed on individual solution variables such as displacements or rotations Boundary conditions in Abaqus Standard and Abaqus Explici
52. pen an individual book or use the search function to search the PDF documentation collection Note The PDF collection index file can also be accessed from within the HTML documentation by clicking the Adobe PDF file icon in the upper right corner of the HTML collection index file index html To view the Abaqus PDF documentation on Linux platforms 1 Ifthe PDF documentation was configured instead of the HTML when Abaqus was installed you can type abaqus doc on the command line where abaqus is the command to run Abaqus See Abaqus documentation Section 3 2 9 of the Abaqus Analysis User s Manual 2 Alternatively you can open the collection index file index pdf directly in your PDF viewer e f the HTML and PDF documentation were installed the PDF index file is located in the following subdirectory under the SIMULIA installation directory simulia dir Documentation docs v6 12 pdf books index pdf e If only the PDF documentation was installed the PDF index file is located in the following subdirectory simulia dir Documentation pdf docs v6 12 index pdf 3 Click a title to open an individual book or use the search function to search the PDF documentation collection Note The PDF collection index file can also be accessed from within the HTML documentation by clicking the Adobe PDF file icon in the upper right corner of the HTML collection index file index html 5 2 Locating information in the PDF documentation There
53. re viewed through a PDF viewer The PDF searching capabilities are determined by the PDF viewer used to display the documentation The PDF documentation provides a portable reference for Abaqus and offers the ability to obtain high quality printed documentation pages You can print from the HTML documentation but to print sections that are larger than a few pages it is recommended that you print the PDF documentation For more information about the PDF documentation see Part III Using the Abaqus PDF documentation 1 1 INTRODUCTION 1 1 The Abaqus documentation collection The Abaqus manuals are listed and described below 1 1 1 Abaqus CAE User s Manual This manual includes detailed descriptions of how to use Abaqus CAE for model generation analysis and results evaluation and visualization Abaqus Viewer users should refer to the information on the Visualization module in this manual 1 1 2 Abaqus Analysis User s Manual This manual contains a complete description of the elements material models procedures input specifications etc It is the basic reference document for Abaqus Standard Abaqus Explicit and Abaqus CFD Both input file usage and Abaqus CAE usage information are provided in this manual 1 1 3 Abaqus Example Problems Manual This manual contains detailed examples designed to illustrate the approaches and decisions needed to perform meaningful linear and nonlinear analysis Many of the examples are worked with se
54. t Section 33 3 1 Kinematic constraints Equations involving several of the fundamental solution variables in the model Linear constraint equations Section 34 2 1 or multi point constraints General multi point constraints Section 34 2 2 can be defined 3i Analysis Techniques of RETA A Figure 3 1 The table of contents entry is highlighted and the text frame displays the corresponding section in the text frame il The table of contents can display varying levels of detail You can choose to display only major topic headings or to expand any or all ofthe topic headings to show subtopic headings as well To expand an individual section of the table of contents click to the left of the topic heading The headings of 3 2 NAVIGATING THE Abaqus HTML DOCUMENTATION the subtopics appear under the topic heading and the sign changes to E see Figure 3 1 indicating that the section is expanded If appears beside a subsection there are no further levels within that section to expand To collapse an 7E section of the table of contents click next to the topic heading In addition you can use the and tools to expand or collapse topic and subtopic headings in a book to the default level of expansion 3 3 SEARCHING THE Abaqus HTML DOCUMENTATION 4 Searching the Abaqus HTML documentation This section contains information about searching the Abaqus HTML documentation The following top
55. t Match or Previous Match in the navigation frame to move forward through the document from one hit to the next As you step through each hit the highlighting color of the hit that you are viewing is different from that of the remaining hits When you move from one section to another the highlighting in the table of contents frame moves to the new section 3 If desired use the table of contents frame to move to a relevant section in the book and then click Next Match or Previous Match to continue the search process If you open another book in the collection the browser repeats the previous search in the newly opened book To clear the Search text field and to remove highlighting from the text frame and search feedback from the table of contents frame click Clear Search in the navigation frame Clear Search refreshes the page and moves the view to the top ofthe page To stop a search before the process 1s complete click the x icon in the navigation frame For information about using Advanced Search to focus your search see Using the Advanced Search options Section 4 5 For information about using strategies to decide which search results are most likely to help you see Search strategies Section 4 6 4 3 5 SEARCHING THE Abaqus HTML DOCUMENTATION 4 3 Conducting a search from the collection window The Search All Books text field in the navigation frame see Figure 4 3 of the collection window allows you to search
56. te specific information related to words that appear frequently in the documentation Conducting a search from the book window The Search text field in the navigation frame see Figure 4 1 of the book window allows you to search for a particular term or phrase in a book Abaqus Analysis User s Manual y g i y eh Ames 3 E Search Previous Match Next Match gt Tios Abaqus 6 12 gt DS SIMULIA NOLLULN3WNDOG Figure 4 1 The navigation frame of the book window To conduct a search 1 Type the term or phrase into the Search text field and press Enter or click Search An hourglass icon displays while the search is in progress When the search is complete the table of contents frame displays the number of hits next to each topic heading and the title of the current section is highlighted in the table of contents frame In addition all hits become highlighted in the text frame see Figure 4 2 If the search is unsuccessful a message indicates that no hits were found 4 2 5 SEARCHING THE Abaqus HTML DOCUMENTATION Abaqus Analysis User s Manual z elastic x B Defining linear uncoupled Abaqus 6 12 gt DS SIMULIA NOLULN3WMNDOO 459 Abaqus Analysis User s Manual Introduction Spatial Modeling and Execution Output Analysis Procedures Solution and Control Analysis Techniques Materials 378 E Elements 3 27 Elements
57. the Advanced Search window In addition you can search for words that appear within the following blocks of text e Titles this option locates a word or multiple search terms that appear in any order within any section title 4 11 5 SEARCHING THE Abaqus HTML DOCUMENTATION e Abaqus CAE usage examples this option locates a word or multiple search terms that appear in any order within sections in the Abaqus Analysis User s Manual and the Abaqus Release Notes that explain how to complete a specific procedure using Abaqus CAE e Input file usage examples this option locates a word or multiple search terms that appear in any order within sections in the Abaqus Analysis User s Manual that explain how to complete a specific procedure using the keyword interface If the number of hits seems excessive you can add more words to the Search text field or select another option to narrow the search 4 5 4 Search word match criteria To select the word form or derivative words that the search function will match use the Match parameter By default the search function matches the exact spelling of the search term or phrases The search function is insensitive to case To change the word match selection choose from the following options see Figure 4 10 e Exact spelling default this options finds only exact spelling matches e Plural Possessive this option finds words containing s es s and s to find such words in a specific
58. tion finds search terms that are within 900 words of each other This option is available only for multiple document searches or index definition files and if Match All of the words is selected Case Sensitive This option finds only occurrences of the words that are in the same case as the word or words you type in the search field Stemming This option finds words that contain part the stem ofthe specified search word or phrase when searching in the current file or Acrobat indexes For example stemming will find instances of the search word that end in ing ed x ion and so on Note An exception is the ending er Words ending in er are excluded from the search results For example searching for any form of execut will find e execute executes e executed e executing e executable executables execution 7 Click Search The search pane displays a list of the results nested under the document names and paths 8 Sort the search results as desired by clicking the arrow to the right of the Sort by field and selecting the option of your choice 9 To expand a list of results for a document click the plus sign next to a document name 5 SEARCHING THE PDF DOCUMENTATION 10 Click an item from the results list to display the PDF page Continue clicking items in the results list or select Edit Search Results Next Result to see the next occurrence 6 2 Conducting a search of a si
59. ure 4 6 The Advanced Search window The Advanced Search window allows you to vary the default search behavior The following topics are covered e Excluding unwanted terms Section 4 5 1 4 8 SEARCHING THE Abaqus HTML DOCUMENTATION e Narrowing the focus of a search Section 4 5 2 e Limiting the search results by proximity or context Section 4 5 3 e Search word match criteria Section 4 5 4 For information about basic search behavior and search procedures see HTML search details Section 4 4 4 5 1 Excluding unwanted terms To remove unwanted terms from the search enter a term or phrase in the Without the text field of the Advanced Search window For example you can search for occurrences of continuum without shell inside the same section as shown in Figure 4 7 Document Abaqus Analysis Users Manual Search term s continuum s S Without the text hel st lt CSsS Limit search to Allseachabletet y Display occurrences within The same section y Match Exact spelling v Search x Help Figure 4 7 Using the Advanced Search window to remove terms 4 5 2 Narrowing the focus of a search Use the Advanced Search options to restrict a search to a particular context Occurrences of the search phrase that do not appear in that context are not included in the search results The list of available search filters appears when you click the Limit search to menu button
60. veral different element types mesh densities and other variations Typical cases are large motion of an elastic plastic pipe hitting a rigid wall inelastic buckling collapse of a thin walled elbow explosive loading of an elastic viscoplastic thin ring consolidation under a footing buckling of a composite shell with a hole and deep drawing of a metal sheet It is generally useful to look for relevant examples in this manual and to review them when embarking on a new class of problems 1 1 4 Abaqus Benchmarks Manual This manual contains benchmark problems and analyses used to evaluate the performance of Abaqus the tests are multiple element tests of simple geometries or simplified versions of real problems The NAFEMS benchmark problems are included in this manual INTRODUCTION 1 1 5 Getting Started with Abaqus Interactive Edition This manual is a self paced tutorial designed to help new users become familiar with using Abaqus CAE to create solid shell and beam and truss models and Abaqus Standard or Abaqus Explicit to perform static quasi static and dynamic stress analysis simulations It contains a number of fully worked examples that provide practical guidelines for performing structural analyses with Abaqus In addition three comprehensive tutorials are provided to introduce users familiar with the Abaqus solver products to the Abaqus CAE interface 1 1 6 Getting Started with Abaqus Keywords Edition This manual is designed to
61. window 2 4 Opening an HTML book from another HTML book 2 5 Modifying the width of the table of contents frame 2 6 Using your browser settings 2 7 Printing from an HTML book 2 8 3 Navigating the Abaqus HTML documentation Locating information in the Abaqus HTML documentation 3 1 Using the table of contents frame 3 2 4 Searching the Abaqus HTML documentation Search terms and search phrases 4 1 Conducting a search from the book window 4 2 Conducting a search from the collection window 4 3 HTML search details 4 4 Using the Advanced Search options 4 5 Search strategies 4 6 CONTENTS PART III USING THE Abaqus PDF DOCUMENTATION 5 Overview of the Abaqus PDF documentation Viewing the Abaqus PDF documentation Locating information in the PDF documentation Printing from a PDF book 6 Searching the PDF documentation Indexed searching with Adobe Reader Conducting a search of a single PDF book or the entire PDF collection 5 1 5 2 5 3 6 1 6 2 Part I Overview of Abagus Documentation e Chapter 1 Introduction 1 INTRODUCTION Introduction This chapter provides an overview of the Abaqus documentation The documentation for Abaqus is organized into a collection with manuals grouped by function as shown in Figure 1 1 gt a E g My Support a FH Abaqus 6 12 Garma DS SIMULIR 3 LE Advanced Search Modeling and Visualization Reference Abaqus CAE Users Manual Abaqus Keyw
62. with SIMULIA an anonymous ftp account is available at ftp simulia com Login as user anonymous and type your e mail address as your password Contact support before placing files on the site Training All offices and representatives offer regularly scheduled public training classes The courses are offered in a traditional classroom form and via the Web We also provide training seminars at customer sites All training classes and seminars include workshops to provide as much practical experience with Abaqus as possible For a schedule and descriptions of available classes see www simulia com or call your local office or representative Feedback We welcome any suggestions for improvements to Abaqus software the support program or documentation We will ensure that any enhancement requests you make are considered for future releases If you wish to make a suggestion about the service or products refer to www simulia com Complaints should be made by contacting your local office or through www simulia com by visiting the Quality Assurance section of the Support page CONTENTS Contents PARTI OVERVIEW OF Abaqus DOCUMENTATION 1 Introduction The Abaqus documentation collection 1 1 PART II USING THE Abaqus HTML DOCUMENTATION 2 Overview of the Abaqus HTML documentation Viewing the Abaqus HTML documentation 2 1 The Abaqus HTML documentation collection page 2 2 Opening an HTML book from the collection window 2 3 Viewing the book
63. yParsons Pte Ltd Singapore Tel 65 6735 8444 abaqus sg worleyparsons com Turkey A Ztech Ltd Istanbul Tel 90 216 361 8850 info a ztech com tr Complete contact information is available at http www simulia com locations locations html Preface This section lists various resources that are available for help with using Abaqus Unified FEA software Support Both technical engineering support for problems with creating a model or performing an analysis and systems support for installation licensing and hardware related problems for Abaqus are offered through a network of local support offices Regional contact information is listed in the front of each Abaqus manual and is accessible from the Locations page at www simulia com Support for SIMULIA products SIMULIA provides a knowledge database of answers and solutions to questions that we have answered as well as guidelines on how to use Abaqus SIMULIA Scenario Definition Isight and other SIMULIA products You can also submit new requests for support All support incidents are tracked If you contact us by means outside the system to discuss an existing support problem and you know the incident or support request number please mention it so that we can query the database to see what the latest action has been Many questions about Abaqus can also be answered by visiting the Products page and the Support page at www simulia com Anonymous ftp site To facilitate data transfer

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