ProductsAbaqus/StandardAbaqus/Explicit
TypeModel data
LevelPartPart instance
Required parameters
- PARAMETER
Set this keyword parameter equal to the name of the parameter to which the
shape variation data refer. If this parameter is also a design parameter, the
shape variations are used to define the design gradients of the nodal
coordinates for design sensitivity analysis.
Optional parameters (mutually exclusive—if neither parameter is
specified,
Abaqus
assumes that the shape variation data will be entered directly on the data
lines)
- FILE
Set this parameter equal to the name of the results file from a previous
Abaqus/Standard
analysis containing either the mode shapes from a
BUCKLE or
FREQUENCY analysis or the nodal displacements from a
STATIC analysis. This option cannot be used for models defined in
terms of an assembly of part instances.
- INPUT
Set this parameter equal to the name of the alternate input file containing
the shape variation data. See
Input Syntax Rules
for the syntax of such file names.
Required parameter if the FILE parameter is used
- STEP
Set this parameter equal to the step number (in the analysis whose results
file is being used as input to this option) from which the modal or
displacement data are to be read.
Optional parameters if the FILE parameter is used
- INC
Set this parameter equal to the increment number (in the analysis whose
results file is being used as input to this option) from which the displacement
data are to be read. If this parameter is omitted,
Abaqus
will read the data from the last increment available for the specified step on
the results file.
- MODE
Set this parameter equal to the mode number (in the analysis whose results
file is being used as input to this option) from which the modal data are to be
read. If this parameter is omitted,
Abaqus
will read the data from the first mode available for the specified step on the
results file.
- NSET
Set this parameter equal to the node set to which the shape variation values
are to be applied. If this parameter is omitted, the shape variation will be
applied to all nodes in the model.
Optional parameter if the FILE parameter is omitted
- SYSTEM
Set SYSTEM=R (default) to specify the shape variation as values of
Cartesian coordinates. Set SYSTEM=C to specify the shape variation as values of cylindrical
coordinates. Set SYSTEM=S to specify the shape variation as values of spherical
coordinates. See
Figure 1.
The SYSTEM parameter is entirely local to this option and should not be
confused with the
SYSTEM option. As the data lines are read, the shape variation
values specified are transformed to the global rectangular Cartesian coordinate
system. This transformation requires that the object be centered about the
origin of the global coordinate system; i.e., the
SYSTEM option should be off when specifying shape variations as
values using either cylindrical or spherical coordinates. The details of how
the shape variation is computed in particular coordinate systems are given in
Parametric Shape Variation.
Data lines to define the shape variation if the FILE and INPUT parameters are omitted
- First line
Node number or node set.
Component of shape variation in the first coordinate direction.
Component of shape variation in the second coordinate direction.
Component of shape variation in the third coordinate direction.
Shape variation in the first normal component.
Shape variation in the second normal component.
Shape variation in the third normal component.
Repeat this data line as often
as necessary to define the shape variation. The data given on this data line
cannot be
parameterized.