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A.1 ABAQUS keyword browser table
Use
the
following
table
to
determine
which
ABAQUS/CAE
module
(or
toolset)
contains
the
functionality
associated
with a
particular
ABAQUS
keyword.
To view
documentation for the module (or toolset), click
the module (or
toolset)
name
shown
in
the
table.
Most
currently
unsupported
keywords
can
be
added
to
your
model
using
the
Keywords
Editor
;
see
“
Adding
unsupported
keywords
to
your
ABAQUS/CAE
model,
”
Section
9.9.1
,
for
more
information.
To
see
keywords
beginning
with
a
particular
letter
of
alphabet,
click
that
letter
in the table below.
A
B
C
D
E
F
G
H
I
J
K
L
M
N
O
P
Q
R
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T
U
V
W
X
Y
Z
Table
A
–
1
Keyword
browser table.
Keyword
*ACOUSTIC MEDIUM
*ACOUSTIC WAVE
FORMULATION
Purpose
Module
Products
Specify an acoustic
Property module
ABAQUS/Standard
medium.
ABAQUS/Explicit
Specify the
type of
Unsupported
formulation in
acoustic
problems
with incident wave
loading.
ABAQUS/Standard
ABAQUS/Explicit
*ADAPTIVE
MESH
Define an adaptive
Supported for
ABAQUS/Standard
mesh domain.
ABAQUS/Explicit
ABAQUS/Explicit
analyses in
the
Step module
;
only one
adaptive mesh
domain can be
defined per
step.
ABAQUS/Standard
ABAQUS/Explicit
*ADAPTIVE
MESH
CONSTRAINT
Specify constraints
Unsupported
on the motion of
the
mesh for an adaptive
mesh domain.
*ADAPTIVE MESH
CONTROLS
Specify controls
for Supported for
ABAQUS/Standard
Keyword
Purpose
Module
Products
the adaptive meshing
ABAQUS/Explicit
ABAQUS/Explicit
and
advection
analyses in the
algorithms.
Step
module
.
*AMPLITUDE
Define
an amplitude
Amplitude
ABAQUS/Standard
curve.
toolset
; bubble
ABAQUS/Explicit
loading is
not
supported.
Anneal
the
structure.
Step module
ABAQUS/Explicit
Specify
material
Property module
ABAQUS/Standard
properties
for
ABAQUS/Explicit
modeling
annealing
or
melting.
Define fluid
Unsupported
variables for use in
loading
immersed
beam-type
structures.
Begin an
assembly
definition.
ABAQUS/Aqua
*ANNEAL
*ANNEAL
TEMPERATURE
*AQUA
*ASSEMBLY
Assembly module
ABAQUS/Standard
ABAQUS/Explicit
ABAQUS/Standard
*ASYMMETRIC-
AXISYMMETRIC
Define areas of
Unsupported
integration for
contact
elements
used
with
CAXA
n
or
SAXA
n
elements.
*AXIAL
Used to
define the
Unsupported
axial
behavior of
beams.
Define
the base
Unsupported
motion
for linear,
eigenmode-based,
dynamic procedures.
Include
baseline
correction.
Define
additional
beam inertia.
Amplitude
toolset
Unsupported
ABAQUS/Standard
ABAQUS/Explicit
ABAQUS/Standard
*BASE
MOTION
*BASELINE
CORRECTION
*BEAM ADDED
INERTIA
*BEAM FLUID
INERTIA
ABAQUS/Standard
ABAQUS/Standard
ABAQUS/Explicit
ABAQUS/Standard
ABAQUS/Explicit
ABAQUS/Standard
Define
additional
Unsupported
beam
inertia due to
immersion
in
a
fluid.
Specify
a beam
General beam
*BEAM
GENERAL SECTION
Keyword
Purpose
Module
Products
section when
sections with
ABAQUS/Explicit
numerical
linear response
integration
over the
are
supported
in
section is not
the
Property
required.
module
.
*BEAM SECTION
Specify a beam
Property
module
ABAQUS/Standard
section when
ABAQUS/Explicit
numerical
integration over
the
section is required.
ABAQUS/Standard
*BEAM
SECTION GENERATE
Generate
beam
section
Unsupported
properties for a
meshed
cross-section.
*BIAXIAL TEST DATA
Used to provide
Property
module
ABAQUS/Standard
equibiaxial
test
data
ABAQUS/Explicit
(compression and/or
tension).
Define bonds and
Unsupported
bonding
properties.
Specify boundary
conditions.
ABAQUS/Explicit
*BOND
*BOUNDARY
Load
module
;
ABAQUS/Standard
fluid cavity
ABAQUS/Explicit
pressure and
generalized
plane strain
boundary
conditions are
not
supported.
ABAQUS/Explicit
ABAQUS/Explicit
ABAQUS/Explicit
*BRITTLE
CRACKING
*BRITTLE
FAILURE
*BRITTLE
SHEAR
Define brittle
Unsupported
cracking
properties.
Specify brittle
Unsupported
failure
criterion.
Define the
Unsupported
postcracking
shear
behavior of a
material
used with
the brittle cracking
model.
Obtain eigenvalue
Step module
buckling estimates.
*BUCKLE
ABAQUS/Standard
Keyword
*BUCKLING ENVELOPE
Purpose
Module
Products
ABAQUS/Standard
Define a nondefault
Unsupported
buckling
envelope
for
buckling strut
response of
frame
elements with PIPE
sections.
Define buckling
Unsupported
length data for
buckling strut
response of
frame
elements with PIPE
sections.
Define buckling
Unsupported
reduction
factors
for
buckling strut
response of
frame
elements with PIPE
sections.
Modify
bulk
viscosity
Step module
parameters.
Specify
concentrated
Unsupported
added mass in a
*FREQUENCY
step.
Define
the
molar
heat
Unsupported
capacity at constant
pressure
for
an
ideal
gas species.
*BUCKLING LENGTH
ABAQUS/Standard
*BUCKLING
REDUCTION
FACTORS
ABAQUS/Standard
*BULK
VISCOSITY
*C ADDED
MASS
ABAQUS/Explicit
ABAQUS/Aqua
*CAPACITY
ABAQUS/Explicit
*CAP
CREEP
Specify a cap creep
Property module
ABAQUS/Standard
law and
material
properties.
Specify
Property module
ABAQUS/Standard
Drucker-
Prager/Cap
ABAQUS/Explicit
plasticity
hardening.
Specify the Modified
Property module
ABAQUS/Standard
Drucker-
Prager/Cap
ABAQUS/Explicit
plasticity model.
*CAP
HARDENING
*CAP
PLASTICITY
*CAST IRON
COMPRESSION
Specify hardening in
Property module
ABAQUS/Standard
HARDENING
compression for the
gray
cast iron
Keyword
*CAST IRON
PLASTICITY
Purpose
plasticity model.
Module
Products
Specify plastic
Property module
ABAQUS/Standard
material
properties
for gray cast iron.
Specify hardening in
Property module
ABAQUS/Standard
tension for
the gray
cast iron plasticity
model.
Define a cavity for
Unsupported
thermal
radiation.
Specify concentrated
Load module
electric charges in
piezoelectric
analysis.
Specify concentrated
Load
module
current in an
electric conduction
analysis.
ABAQUS/Standard
ABAQUS/Standard
*CAST IRON
TENSION
HARDENING
*CAVITY DEFINITION
*CECHARGE
*CECURRENT
ABAQUS/Standard
*CENTROID
Define
the position
Property module
ABAQUS/Standard
of
the
centroid
of
the
ABAQUS/Explicit
beam section.
Define film
Interaction
coefficients and
module
associated
sink
temperatures at one
or
more nodes or
vertices.
Specify concentrated
Load
module
fluid flow.
Specify concentrated
Load
module
fluxes in heat
transfer or mass
diffusion
analyses.
Change friction
properties.
Interaction
module
ABAQUS/Standard
ABAQUS/Explicit
*CFILM
*CFLOW
*CFLUX
ABAQUS/Standard
ABAQUS/Standard
ABAQUS/Explicit
*CHANGE
FRICTION
*CLAY
HARDENING
ABAQUS/Standard
Specify
hardening
for
Property
module
ABAQUS/Standard
the clay plasticity
model.
Specify the extended
Property module
ABAQUS/Standard
*CLAY
PLASTICITY
Keyword
Purpose
Cam-clay plasticity
model.
Module
Products
*CLEARANCE
Specify a particular
Unsupported
initial
clearance
value and a contact
direction for the
slave
nodes on a
surface.
Specify
concentrated
Load module
forces and moments.
ABAQUS/Standard
ABAQUS/Explicit
*CLOAD
ABAQUS/Standard
ABAQUS/Explicit
ABAQUS/Aqua
*COHESIVE SECTION
Specify element
Property
module
ABAQUS/Standard
properties for
ABAQUS/Explicit
cohesive
elements.
Specify
Property
module
ABAQUS/Standard
simultaneously the
ABAQUS/Explicit
normalized
shear and
bulk compliances or
relaxation moduli as
functions of time.
Extract
complex
Step module
eigenvalues
and
modal
vectors.
ABAQUS/Standard
*COMBINED
TEST DATA
*COMPLEX
FREQUENCY
*CONCRETE
Define
concrete
Property module
ABAQUS/Standard
properties
beyond
the
elastic range.
Define
compression
Property module
ABAQUS/Standard
damage
properties
for
ABAQUS/Explicit
the
concrete damaged
plasticity model.
Define hardening in
Property
module
ABAQUS/Standard
compression for the
ABAQUS/Explicit
concrete
damaged
plasticity model.
Define flow
Property
module
ABAQUS/Standard
potential, yield
ABAQUS/Explicit
surface,
and
viscosity parameters
for
the concrete
damaged plasticity
*CONCRETE COMPRESSION
DAMAGE
*CONCRETE
COMPRESSION
HARDENING
*CONCRETE DAMAGED
PLASTICITY
Keyword
Purpose
model.
Module
Products
*CONCRETE TENSION
DAMAGE
Define postcracking
Property module
ABAQUS/Standard
damage
properties
for
ABAQUS/Explicit
the
concrete damaged
plasticity model.
*CONCRETE TENSION
STIFFENING
Define
postcracking
Property module
ABAQUS/Standard
properties
for the
ABAQUS/Explicit
concrete damaged
plasticity
model.
Specify thermal
conductivity.
Property
module
ABAQUS/Standard
ABAQUS/Explicit
ABAQUS/Standard
ABAQUS/Explicit
ABAQUS/Standard
ABAQUS/Explicit
*CONDUCTIVITY
*CONNECTOR BEHAVIOR
Begin the
Interaction
specification of a
module
connector
behavior.
*CONNECTOR CONSTITUTIVE
Define reference
Interaction
REFERENCE
lengths
and
angles
to
module
be
used
in
specifying
connector
constitutive
behavior.
*CONNECTOR DAMAGE
EVOLUTION
*CONNECTOR DAMAGE
INITIATION
Specify connector
Interaction
damage evolution
for
module
connector elements.
Specify
connector
Interaction
damage
initiation
module
criteria for
connector
elements.
Define connector
damping behavior.
Interaction
module
ABAQUS/Explicit
ABAQUS/Explicit
*CONNECTOR
DAMPING
*CONNECTOR DERIVED
COMPONENT
*CONNECTOR ELASTICITY
*CONNECTOR FAILURE
ABAQUS/Standard
ABAQUS/Explicit
ABAQUS/Standard
ABAQUS/Explicit
ABAQUS/Standard
ABAQUS/Explicit
ABAQUS/Explicit
Specify
user-defined
Unsupported
components in
connector
elements.
Define connector
elastic behavior.
Interaction
module
Define a
failure
Interaction
criterion for
module
connector
elements.
Define friction
Interaction
forces
and
moments
in
module
*CONNECTOR
FRICTION
ABAQUS/Standard
ABAQUS/Explicit
Keyword
*CONNECTOR HARDENING
Purpose
connector elements.
Module
Products
ABAQUS/Standard
ABAQUS/Explicit
Define
the
plasticity
Interaction
initial yield
value
module
and
hardening
behavior
in
connector
elements.
Specify loads for
Load
module
available components
of
relative
motion
in
connector elements.
Define a
locking
Interaction
criterion for
module
connector
elements.
Specify
the
motion
of
Load
module
available components
of
relative
motion
in
connector elements.
Define
plasticity
Interaction
behavior
in
connector
module
elements.
Specify user-
defined
Unsupported
potentials in
connector
elements.
Specify connector
Interaction
attributes for
module
connector
elements.
Specify connector
Interaction
stops for
connector
module
elements.
Reset
overconstraint
Unsupported
checking controls.
Begin the
definition
Interaction
of
general contact.
module
Define contact
clearance
properties.
Unsupported
*CONNECTOR LOAD
ABAQUS/Standard
ABAQUS/Explicit
*CONNECTOR
LOCK
ABAQUS/Standard
ABAQUS/Explicit
ABAQUS/Standard
ABAQUS/Explicit
*CONNECTOR
MOTION
*CONNECTOR
PLASTICITY
ABAQUS/Standard
ABAQUS/Explicit
ABAQUS/Standard
ABAQUS/Explicit
ABAQUS/Standard
ABAQUS/Explicit
ABAQUS/Standard
ABAQUS/Explicit
ABAQUS/Standard
ABAQUS/Explicit
ABAQUS/Explicit
*CONNECTOR
POTENTIAL
*CONNECTOR
SECTION
*CONNECTOR
STOP
*CONSTRAINT
CONTROLS
*CONTACT
*CONTACT CLEARANCE
*CONTACT CLEARANCE
ASSIGNMENT
Assign
contact
Unsupported
clearances between
surfaces
in the
ABAQUS/Explicit
Keyword
Purpose
general contact
domain.
Module
Products
*CONTACT CONTROLS
*CONTACT CONTROLS
ASSIGNMENT
Specify additional
Interaction
controls
for
contact.
module
Assign
contact
controls for the
general contact
algorithm.
Unsupported
ABAQUS/Standard
ABAQUS/Explicit
ABAQUS/Explicit
*CONTACT
DAMPING
Define viscous
Interaction
damping between
module
contacting
surfaces.
Specify self-contact
Interaction
surfaces or
surface
module
pairings to exclude
from the
general
contact domain.
ABAQUS/Standard
ABAQUS/Explicit
ABAQUS/Explicit
*CONTACT
EXCLUSIONS
*CONTACT
FILE
Define results file
Unsupported;
ABAQUS/Standard
requests for contact
ABAQUS/CAE
variables.
reads output
from the output
database file
only.
Specify a nondefault
Interaction
contact
formulation
module
for the general
contact
algorithm.
Specify self-contact
Interaction
surfaces or
surface
module
pairings to include
in the
general
contact domain.
Prescribe
time-dependent
allowable
interferences of
contact pairs and
contact
elements.
Interaction
module
ABAQUS/Explicit
*CONTACT
FORMULATION
*CONTACT
INCLUSIONS
ABAQUS/Explicit
*CONTACT INTERFERENCE
ABAQUS/Standard
*CONTACT
OUTPUT
Specify contact
Step module
variables to be
written
to
the
output
ABAQUS/Standard
ABAQUS/Explicit
Keyword
*CONTACT PAIR
*CONTACT PRINT
Purpose
database.
Module
Products
ABAQUS/Standard
ABAQUS/Explicit
ABAQUS/Standard
Define
surfaces that
Interaction
contact each other.
module
Define
print
requests
Unsupported
for contact
variables.
Assign contact
Interaction
properties for
the
module
general contact
algorithm.
Define contact
Unsupported
responses for design
sensitivity
analysis.
Provide contour
Interaction
integral estimates.
module
Reset
solution
controls.
Step
module
*CONTACT PROPERTY
ASSIGNMENT
ABAQUS/Explicit
*CONTACT
RESPONSE
ABAQUS/Design
*CONTOUR INTEGRAL
*CONTROLS
*CORRELATION
ABAQUS/Standard
ABAQUS/Standard
ABAQUS/Standard
Define
Unsupported
cross-
correlation
properties
for
random
response loading.
Define coupling
Unsupported
regions and
quantities to be
communicated to and
from
another
analysis
process.
*CO-
SIMULATION
ABAQUS/Standard
ABAQUS/Explicit
*COUPLED
Fully coupled,
Step
module
TEMPERATURE-
DISPLACEMENT
simultaneous
heat
transfer and stress
analysis.
*COUPLED
THERMAL-ELECTRICAL
Fully coupled,
Step
module
simultaneous heat
transfer and
electrical
analysis.
Define a
Interaction
surface-based
module
coupling
constraint.
ABAQUS/Standard
ABAQUS/Standard
*COUPLING
ABAQUS/Standard
ABAQUS/Explicit
Keyword
*CRADIATE
Purpose
Module
Products
ABAQUS/Standard
ABAQUS/Explicit
Specify
radiation
Interaction
conditions and
module
associated
sink
temperatures at one
or
more nodes or
vertices.
Control loadings
Unsupported
based on the maximum
equivalent creep
strain
rate.
*CREEP
*CREEP STRAIN RATE
CONTROL
Define a
creep law.
Property module
ABAQUS/Standard
ABAQUS/Standard
*CRUSHABLE
FOAM
Specify
the
crushable
Property
module
ABAQUS/Standard
foam plasticity
ABAQUS/Explicit
model.
*CRUSHABLE
FOAM
HARDENING
Specify
hardening
for
Property module
ABAQUS/Standard
the
crushable foam
ABAQUS/Explicit
plasticity model.
*CYCLED
PLASTIC
Specify cycled yield
Property module
ABAQUS/Standard
stress data
for the
*ORNL
model.
Define cyclic
Unsupported
symmetry
for
a
cavity
radiation heat
transfer analysis.
ABAQUS/Standard
*CYCLIC
*CYCLIC
HARDENING
Specify the size
of
Property module
ABAQUS/Standard
the
elastic
range
for
ABAQUS/Explicit
the
combined
hardening model.
ABAQUS/Standard
*CYCLIC
SYMMETRY MODEL
Define the
number of
Unsupported
sectors and the axis
of
symmetry for a
cyclic symmetric
structure.
*D ADDED
MASS
Specify distributed
Unsupported
added mass in a
*FREQUENCY
step.
Specify material
Unsupported
properties to define
the
evolution of
damage.
ABAQUS/Aqua
*DAMAGE
EVOLUTION
ABAQUS/Standard
ABAQUS/Explicit
Keyword
*DAMAGE INITIATION
Purpose
Module
Products
ABAQUS/Standard
ABAQUS/Explicit
Specify
material
Unsupported
properties to define
the
initiation of
damage.
Specify material
damping.
Define dashpot
behavior.
*DAMPING
*DASHPOT
Property
module
ABAQUS/Standard
ABAQUS/Explicit
Property
module
ABAQUS/Standard
and
Interaction
ABAQUS/Explicit
module
;
supported
only
for linear
behavior
independent of
field
variables. For
nonlinear
behavior or to
include field
variables, use
connectors in
the
Interaction
module.
Unsupported
ABAQUS/Standard
*DEBOND
Activate
crack
propagation
capability
and
specify debonding
amplitude curve.
*DECHARGE
Input
distributed
Load module
electric charges for
piezoelectric
analysis.
Specify distributed
Load
module
current densities in
an electric
conduction
analysis.
ABAQUS/Standard
*DECURRENT
ABAQUS/Standard
*DEFORMATION
PLASTICITY
Specify the
deformation
plasticity
model.
*DENSITY
Property module
ABAQUS/Standard
Specify
material
mass
Property module
ABAQUS/Standard
density.
ABAQUS/Explicit
Keyword
*DEPVAR
Purpose
Module
Products
Specify
Property
module
ABAQUS/Standard
solution-dependent
ABAQUS/Explicit
state
variables.
Directly specify
Unsupported
design gradients
for
design sensitivity
analysis.
Specify design
parameters with
respect to
which
sensitivities are
calculated.
Unsupported
ABAQUS/Design
*DESIGN
GRADIENT
*DESIGN
PARAMETER
ABAQUS/Design
*DESIGN RESPONSE
Specify
responses
for
Unsupported
design sensitivity
analysis.
ABAQUS/Design
*DETONATION
POINT
Define detonation
Property module
ABAQUS/Explicit
points for
a JWL
explosive
equation
of
state.
Specify
distributed
seepage flows for
consolidation
analysis.
Unsupported;
ABAQUS/Standard
similar
functionality
is available in
the
Load
module
.
ABAQUS/Standard
ABAQUS/Explicit
*DFLOW
*DFLUX
Specify
distributed
Load module
fluxes in heat
transfer or
mass
diffusion analyses.
Control diagnostic
Unsupported
messages.
*DIAGNOSTICS
*DIELECTRIC
*DIFFUSIVITY
*DIRECT CYCLIC
ABAQUS/Explicit
Specify
dielectric
Property module
ABAQUS/Standard
material
properties.
Specify mass
diffusivity.
Property
module
ABAQUS/Standard
ABAQUS/Standard
Obtain
the
stabilized
Unsupported
cyclic response
of a
structure directly.
Define a part
Interaction
instance
that
will
be
module
*DISPLAY
BODY
ABAQUS/Standard
ABAQUS/Explicit
Keyword
Purpose
used for display
only.
Module
Products
*DISTRIBUTION
*DISTRIBUTING
Define spatial
distributions.
Unsupported
ABAQUS/Standard
ABAQUS/Explicit
ABAQUS/Standard
ABAQUS/Explicit
Define
a
distributing
Interaction
coupling
constraint.
module
*DISTRIBUTING COUPLING
Specify nodes and
weighting
for
distributing
coupling
elements.
Unsupported;
ABAQUS/Standard
this option
has
been superseded
by
the
*COUPLING
and
*DISTRIBUTING
options.
ABAQUS/Standard
ABAQUS/Explicit
ABAQUS/Aqua
ABAQUS/Standard
*DLOAD
Specify
distributed
Load module
loads.
Specify parameters
Unsupported
for drag chain
elements.
*DRAG
CHAIN
*DRUCKER
PRAGER
Specify the extended
Property module
ABAQUS/Standard
Drucker-
Prager
ABAQUS/Explicit
plasticity model.
Specify a
Property module
ABAQUS/Standard
Drucker-
Prager creep
law and material
properties.
*DRUCKER PRAGER
CREEP
*DRUCKER
PRAGER
HARDENING
Specify
hardening
for
Property
module
ABAQUS/Standard
Drucker-Prager
ABAQUS/Explicit
plasticity
models.
*DSA CONTROLS
*DSECHARGE
Set
DSA solution
controls.
Input
distributed
electric surface
charges for
piezoelectric
analysis.
Unsupported
Load module
ABAQUS/Design
ABAQUS/Standard
*DSECURRENT
Specify distributed
Load
module
current densities
over a surface in an
ABAQUS/Standard
Keyword
Purpose
electric conduction
analysis.
Module
Products
*DSFLOW
Specify distributed
Load
module
seepage flows normal
to a surface.
Specify
distributed
Load module
surface fluxes for
heat
transfer
analysis.
Specify
distributed
Load module
surface loads.
Dynamic
Step module
stress/displacement
analysis.
Step
module
ABAQUS/Standard
*DSFLUX
ABAQUS/Standard
ABAQUS/Explicit
*DSLOAD
*DYNAMIC
ABAQUS/Standard
ABAQUS/Explicit
ABAQUS/Standard
ABAQUS/Explicit
ABAQUS/Explicit
*DYNAMIC
Dynamic coupled
TEMPERATURE-
DISPLACEMENT
thermal-stress
analysis using
explicit
integration.
*EL
FILE
Define results file
Unsupported;
ABAQUS/Standard
requests for element
ABAQUS/CAE
ABAQUS/Explicit
variables.
reads output
from the output
database
file
only.
Define data file
Unsupported
requests for
element
variables.
ABAQUS/Standard
*EL
PRINT
*ELASTIC
*ELCOPY
Specify
elastic
Property module
ABAQUS/Standard
material
properties.
ABAQUS/Explicit
Create elements by
Not
applicable;
ABAQUS/Standard
copying from an
copying
ABAQUS/Explicit
existing
element
set.
portions of
sketches and
instancing of
parts serve
similar
purposes.
*ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY
Specify electrical
Property
module
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conductivity.
Keyword
*ELEMENT
Purpose
Module
Products
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Define
elements by
Mesh module
giving their nodes.
*ELEMENT
MATRIX OUTPUT
Write element
Unsupported
stiffness
matrices
and
mass
matrices
to
a
file.
*ELEMENT
OUTPUT
Define output
Step module
database
requests
for
element variables.
Modify element
Unsupported
properties on an
element-by-
element
basis.
Define
element
Unsupported
responses for design
sensitivity
analysis.
ABAQUS/Standard
ABAQUS/Explicit
ABAQUS/Standard
*ELEMENT
PROPERTIES
*ELEMENT
RESPONSE
ABAQUS/Design
*ELGEN
Incremental element
Not
applicable;
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generation.
elements are
ABAQUS/Explicit
generated
when
you
mesh
the
model.
Assign
elements
to
an
Set toolset
element set.
Specify
an
element
or
Interaction
a group of
elements
module
that
lie
embedded
in
a
group of
“host”
elements in a model.
Specify surface
emissivity.
Unsupported
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ABAQUS/Explicit
ABAQUS/Standard
ABAQUS/Explicit
*ELSET
*EMBEDDED
ELEMENT
*EMISSIVITY
*END
ASSEMBLY
*END
INSTANCE
ABAQUS/Standard
End
the
definition
of
Assembly module
ABAQUS/Standard
an assembly.
ABAQUS/Explicit
End
the
definition
of
Assembly module
ABAQUS/Standard
an instance.
for part
ABAQUS/Explicit
instances not
imported from
a
previous
analysis;
Load
module
for
part
Keyword
Purpose
Module
Products
instances
imported from a
previous
analysis
*END LOAD CASE
End
the
definition
of
Load module
a
load case for
multiple load case
analysis.
End
the
definition
of
Part module
a
part.
End
the
definition
of
Step module
a
step.
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*END
PART
*END STEP
*ENERGY FILE
ABAQUS/Standard
ABAQUS/Explicit
ABAQUS/Standard
ABAQUS/Explicit
Write
energy output
Unsupported;
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to the
results file.
ABAQUS/CAE
ABAQUS/Explicit
reads
output
from the output
database file
only.
Define output
Step
module
database
requests
for
whole model or
element set
energy
data.
Print
a
summary
of
the
Unsupported
total energies.
ABAQUS/Standard
ABAQUS/Explicit
*ENERGY
OUTPUT
*ENERGY
PRINT
*EOS
*EOS COMPACTION
ABAQUS/Standard
Specify an
equation
Property module
ABAQUS/Explicit
of state
model.
Specify plastic
Unsupported
compaction
behavior
for an equation of
state model.
Specify shear
behavior for an
equation of
state
material.
ABAQUS/Explicit
*EOS
SHEAR
Property
module
ABAQUS/Explicit
*EPJOINT
Define
properties
for
Unsupported
elastic-plastic
joint elements.
Define
linear
Interaction
ABAQUS/Standard
*EQUATION
ABAQUS/Standard
Keyword
Purpose
multi-point
constraints.
Module
module
Products
ABAQUS/Explicit
*EXPANSION
Specify thermal
expansion.
Property module
ABAQUS/Standard
ABAQUS/Explicit
Unsupported
ABAQUS/Explicit
*EXTREME
ELEMENT VALUE
Define element
variables to be
monitored.
*EXTREME NODE VALUE
Define nodal
variables to be
monitored.
Unsupported
ABAQUS/Explicit
*EXTREME
VALUE
Define element and
Unsupported
nodal
variables
to
be
monitored.
ABAQUS/Explicit
*FAIL STRAIN
Define
parameters
for
Property
module
ABAQUS/Standard
strain-based failure
ABAQUS/Explicit
measures.
Define
parameters
for
Property
module
ABAQUS/Standard
stress-based failure
ABAQUS/Explicit
measures.
Define the shape of
Property
module
ABAQUS/Standard
the failure surface
for a
*CONCRETE
model.
Define
mesh-independent
fasteners.
Unsupported
ABAQUS/Standard
ABAQUS/Explicit
ABAQUS/Standard
ABAQUS/Explicit
ABAQUS/Standard
ABAQUS/Explicit
*FAIL
STRESS
*FAILURE
RATIOS
*FASTENER
*FASTENER PROPERTY
Prescribe
Unsupported
mesh-independent
fastener
properties.
Specify predefined
Unsupported
field variable
values.
*FIELD
*FILE FORMAT
Specify format for
Unsupported;
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results file output
ABAQUS/CAE does
and invoke
not use the
zero-increment
results file.
results file
output.
Define
output
written
Unsupported;
to the results file.
ABAQUS/CAE
ABAQUS/Explicit
*FILE OUTPUT
Keyword
Purpose
Module
Products
reads output
from the output
database file
only.
*FILM
Define film
coefficients and
associated
sink
temperatures.
Unsupported;
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similar
ABAQUS/Explicit
functionality
is available
in
the
Interaction
module
.
ABAQUS/Standard
ABAQUS/Explicit
*FILM
PROPERTY
Define a film
Interaction
coefficient as a
module
function
of
temperature
and
field
variables.
*FILTER
*FIXED
MASS SCALING
Define a filter
for
Filter toolset
ABAQUS/Explicit
output
filtering.
Specify mass scaling
Step module
at
the beginning of
the step.
Define seepage
Unsupported
coefficients and
associated
sink pore
pressures.
Define
fluid
behavior
Unsupported
for a fluid
cavity.
Define
Unsupported
compressibility
for
a
hydraulic fluid.
Define a fluid
cavity.
Unsupported
ABAQUS/Explicit
*FLOW
ABAQUS/Standard
*FLUID
BEHAVIOR
*FLUID BULK
MODULUS
ABAQUS/Explicit
ABAQUS/Standard
ABAQUS/Explicit
ABAQUS/Explicit
ABAQUS/Standard
ABAQUS/Explicit
ABAQUS/Explicit
ABAQUS/Explicit
*FLUID
CAVITY
*FLUID
DENSITY
*FLUID
EXCHANGE
*FLUID EXCHANGE
INTERACTION
Specify hydrostatic
Unsupported
fluid density.
Define fluid
exchange.
Activate fluid
exchange
definitions.
Unsupported
Unsupported
*FLUID EXCHANGE
PROPERTY
Define the fluid
Unsupported
ABAQUS/Explicit
Keyword
Purpose
Module
Products
exchange
property
for
flow in or out of a
fluid cavity.
*FLUID
EXPANSION
Specify the
thermal
Unsupported
expansion
coefficient for a
hydraulic fluid.
Change the
amount of
Unsupported
fluid
in a
fluid-filled cavity.
Define a fluid
inflator.
Activate fluid
inflator
definitions.
Unsupported
Unsupported
ABAQUS/Standard
ABAQUS/Explicit
*FLUID
FLUX
ABAQUS/Standard
ABAQUS/Explicit
ABAQUS/Explicit
ABAQUS/Explicit
*FLUID
INFLATOR
*FLUID INFLATOR
INTERACTION
*FLUID INFLATOR MIXTURE
Define gas species
Unsupported
used for a fluid
inflator.
*FLUID INFLATOR
PROPERTY
Define a fluid
Unsupported
inflator
property.
*FLUID LINK
*FLUID PROPERTY
Define
properties
for
Unsupported
fluid link elements.
Define
properties
for
Unsupported
hydrostatic
fluid
elements.
Prescribe
element
foundations.
Specify
crack
propagation
criteria.
Specify a frame
section.
Interaction
module
Unsupported
ABAQUS/Explicit
ABAQUS/Explicit
ABAQUS/Standard
ABAQUS/Explicit
ABAQUS/Standard
ABAQUS/Explicit
ABAQUS/Standard
ABAQUS/Standard
*FOUNDATION
*FRACTURE CRITERION
*FRAME SECTION
*FREQUENCY
Unsupported
ABAQUS/Standard
ABAQUS/Standard
Extract
natural
Step module
frequencies
and
modal
vectors.
Specify a friction
Interaction
model.
module
Specify
clearance
and Unsupported;
*FRICTION
*GAP
ABAQUS/Standard
ABAQUS/Explicit
ABAQUS/Standard
Keyword
Purpose
Module
Products
local geometry for
similar
GAP-type elements.
functionality
is available
using
connectors.
*GAP CONDUCTANCE
Introduce heat
Interaction
conductance between
module
interface
surfaces.
Specify electrical
Unsupported
conductance
between
surfaces.
Introduce
heat
Interaction
generation
due to
module
energy
dissipation
at
the interface.
Introduce heat
radiation
between
surfaces.
Interaction
module
ABAQUS/Standard
ABAQUS/Explicit
ABAQUS/Standard
*GAP
ELECTRICAL
CONDUCTANCE
*GAP HEAT GENERATION
ABAQUS/Standard
ABAQUS/Explicit
*GAP
RADIATION
ABAQUS/Standard
ABAQUS/Explicit
*GASKET
BEHAVIOR
Begin the
Property module
ABAQUS/Standard
specification of a
gasket
behavior.
Specify a gasket
contact area or
contact
width for
average pressure
output.
Property
module
ABAQUS/Standard
*GASKET CONTACT AREA
*GASKET ELASTICITY
Specify elastic
Property
module
ABAQUS/Standard
properties for the
membrane
and
transverse shear
behaviors of a
gasket.
Specify element
Property
module
ABAQUS/Standard
properties
for
gasket
elements.
Specify a gasket
Property
module
ABAQUS/Standard
thickness-direction
behavior.
Define a swelling
gel.
Property
module
ABAQUS/Standard
*GASKET SECTION
*GASKET THICKNESS
BEHAVIOR
*GEL
Keyword
*GEOSTATIC
*HEADING
*HEAT
GENERATION
Purpose
Module
Products
ABAQUS/Standard
ABAQUS/Standard
ABAQUS/Explicit
Obtain a
geostatic
Step module
stress field.
Print
a
heading
on
the
Job module
output.
Include volumetric
Property module
ABAQUS/Standard
heat
generation in
heat transfer
analyses.
Transient or
Step module
steady-state
uncoupled heat
transfer analysis.
Specify a
point
capacitance.
ABAQUS/Standard
*HEAT
TRANSFER
*HEATCAP
Property module
ABAQUS/Standard
and
Interaction
ABAQUS/Explicit
module
.
ABAQUS/Standard
*HOURGLASS
STIFFNESS
*HYPERELASTIC
Specify nondefault
Mesh
module
hourglass stiffness.
Specify elastic
properties
for
approximately
incompressible
elastomers.
Property module
ABAQUS/Standard
ABAQUS/Explicit
*HYPERFOAM
Specify elastic
Property
module
ABAQUS/Standard
properties for a
ABAQUS/Explicit
hyperelastic foam.
Specify
hypoelastic
Property module
ABAQUS/Standard
material
properties.
Specify a
rate-
dependent
elastomer model.
Property module
ABAQUS/Standard
*HYPOELASTIC
*HYSTERESIS
*IMPEDANCE
*IMPEDANCE PROPERTY
Define
impedances
for
Unsupported
acoustic analysis.
Define
the impedance
Unsupported
parameters for an
acoustic
medium
boundary.
Introduce
geometric
Unsupported
imperfections for
postbuckling
ABAQUS/Standard
ABAQUS/Explicit
ABAQUS/Standard
ABAQUS/Explicit
*IMPERFECTION
ABAQUS/Standard
ABAQUS/Explicit