Nodal Variables

You can request nodal variable output to the results or output database file.

See Also
Node Output
Writing Nodal Output to the Output Database

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

COORD
Field: yes  History: yes  .fil: yes  

Coordinates of the node. These are the current coordinates if the large-displacement formulation is being used.

COORn
Field: no  History: yes  .fil: no  

Coordinate n (n=1,2,3).

U
Field: yes  History: yes  .fil: yes  

Displacement components.

Results file and field-type output: both translation and rotation.

History-type output: translation only. Rotation results should be requested by components.

UT
Field: yes  History: yes  .fil: no  

Translational displacement components.

UMAG
Field: no  History: yes  .fil: no  

Magnitude of translational displacements.

UR
Field: yes  History: yes  .fil: no  

Rotational displacement components.

Un
Field: no  History: yes  .fil: no  

un displacement component (n=1,2,3).

URn
Field: no  History: yes  .fil: no  

ϕn rotation component (n=1,2,3).

V
Field: yes  History: yes  .fil: yes  

Velocity components (both translation and rotation).

Results file and field-type output: both translation and rotation.

History-type output: translation only. Rotation results should be requested by components.

VT
Field: yes  History: yes  .fil: no  

Translational velocity components.

VMAG
Field: no  History: yes  .fil: no  

Magnitude of translational velocities.

VR
Field: yes  History: yes  .fil: no  

Rotational velocity components.

Vn
Field: no  History: yes  .fil: no  

u˙n velocity component (n=1,2,3).

VRn
Field: no  History: yes  .fil: no  

ϕ˙n rotational velocity component (n=1,2,3).

A
Field: yes  History: yes  .fil: yes  

Acceleration components (both translation and rotation).

Results file and field-type output: both translation and rotation.

History-type output: translation only. Rotation results should be requested by components.

AT
Field: yes  History: yes  .fil: no  

Translational acceleration components.

AMAG
Field: no  History: yes  .fil: no  

Magnitude of translational accelerations.

AR
Field: yes  History: yes  .fil: no  

Rotational acceleration components.

An
Field: no  History: yes  .fil: no  

u¨n acceleration component (n=1,2,3).

ARn
Field: no  History: yes  .fil: no  

ϕ¨1 rotational acceleration component (n=1,2,3).

POR
Field: yes  History: yes  .fil: yes  

Acoustic pressure at a node.

PABS
Field: yes  History: yes  .fil: yes  

Acoustic absolute pressure at a node.

NT
Field: yes  History: yes  .fil: yes  

All temperature values at a node. Available only for coupled thermal-stress analysis.

NTn
Field: no  History: yes  .fil: no  

Temperature degree of freedom n at a node (n=11). Available only for coupled thermal-stress analysis.

RF
Field: yes  History: yes  .fil: yes  

Reaction force and moment components.

Results file and field-type output: both translation and rotation.

History-type output: translation only. Rotation results should be requested by components.

RT
Field: yes  History: yes  .fil: no  

Reaction force components.

RFMAG
Field: no  History: yes  .fil: no  

Magnitude of reaction forces.

RM
Field: yes  History: yes  .fil: no  

Reaction moment components.

RFn
Field: no  History: yes  .fil: no  

Reaction force component n (n=1,2,3) (conjugate to prescribed displacement un).

RFL
Field: yes  History: yes  .fil: yes  

All reaction flux values. Available only for coupled thermal-stress analysis.

RFLn
Field: yes  History: yes  .fil: no  

Reaction flux value n at a node (n=11). Available only for coupled thermal-stress analysis.

RMn
Field: no  History: yes  .fil: no  

Reaction moment component n (n=1,2,3) (conjugate to prescribed rotation ϕn).

CF
Field: yes  History: yes  .fil: no  

All components of point loads and concentrated moments.

CFn
Field: no  History: yes  .fil: no  

Point load component n (n=1,2,3).

CMn
Field: no  History: yes  .fil: no  

Point moment component n (n=1,2,3).

FEXT
Field: yes  History: yes  .fil: no  

All components of external point loads from a co-simulation or external field definition.

MEXT
Field: yes  History: yes  .fil: no  

All components of external point moments from a co-simulation or external field definition.

NVF
Field: yes  History: no  .fil: no  

Nodal volume fraction.

STRAINFREE
Field: yes  History: no  .fil: no  

Strain-free adjustments to initial positions (adjusted position minus unadjusted position). Only written to the output database (.odb) file for the original field output frame at zero time.

TIEDSTATUS
Field: yes  History: no  .fil: no  

Status of the tied secondary nodes (the status of a secondary node is 2 if the secondary node is not tied, 1 if the secondary node is tied, and 0 for nodes that do not participate in a tie constraint).

TIEADJUST
Field: yes  History: no  .fil: no  

Position adjustment vector components of the tied secondary nodes. Only written to the output database (.odb) file for the original field output frame at zero time.

PRELV
Field: yes  History: no  .fil: no  

Discrete particle relative velocity with respect to the fluid (available for Abaqus/Standard to Abaqus/Explicit co-simulation.)