Element Section Variables

The output variables listed below are available in Abaqus/Explicit.

STH

Field: yes  History: yes  .fil: yes  

Section thickness (shell, membrane, and plane stress elements only).

STHIN

Field: yes  History: yes  .fil: no  

Section thinning or thickening is defined as $STHIN=1-\frac{STH}{ST{H}_{orig}}$, where $ST{H}_{orig}$ is the original thickness specified on the section definition for shell, membrane, and plane stress elements.

SFAILRATIO

Field: yes  History: no  .fil: no  

Section failure ratio across all the shell's layers defined as $SFailRatio=\frac{numFailedLayers}{numTotalLayers}$, where $numFailedLayers$ is the number of failed layers (a shell layer is considered failed when all of the section points in the layer failed), and $numTotalLayers$ is the total number of layers in the shell.

SF

Field: yes  History: yes  .fil: yes  

All section resultant components, both translational (forces) and rotational (moments).

SFn

Field: no  History: yes  .fil: no  

Section force per unit width of component n, $n=1,2,3,4,5$ for conventional shells; $n=1,2,3,4,5,6$ for continuum shells; $n=1,2,3$ for beams and pipes.

SMn

Field: no  History: yes  .fil: no  

Section moment per unit width of component n, $n=1,2,3$.

SORIENT

Field: yes  History: no  .fil: no  

Composite shell section orientations.

SE

Field: yes  History: yes  .fil: yes  

All section nominal strains, both translational and rotational (e.g., midplane strain and curvature in shells).

SEn

Field: no  History: yes  .fil: no  

Section nominal strain component n, $n=1,2,3,4,5,6$ for shells; $n=1,2,3$ for beams and pipes.

SKn

Field: no  History: yes  .fil: no  

Section curvature change or twist n, $n=1,2,3$.

SSAVG

Field: yes  History: no  .fil: yes  

All average membrane and transverse shear stress components (shell elements only).

SSAVGn

Field: yes  History: no  .fil: no  

Average membrane or transverse shear stress component n, $n=1,2,3,4,5,6$ (shell elements only).