Section Variables

You can request section variables as section output to the data or results file or as integrated output to the output database.

By default, all components of forces and moments are given with respect to the global system. If a local coordinate system is defined for the output request, all components are given with respect to the local system. The output quantity is computed by integration over a surface that is specified either directly in the output request or by associating an integrated output section definition with the integrated output request.

Different output variables are available depending on the type of analysis. For coupled analyses the appropriate combination of variables can be requested. For example, in a coupled thermal-electrical analysis both SOH and SOE are valid output requests. Section output variables are not available for linear dynamic procedures.

This page discusses:

All Analysis Types
Stress/Displacement Analysis
Heat Transfer Analysis
Electrical Analysis
Mass Diffusion Analysis
Coupled Pore Fluid Diffusion-Stress Analysis
Coupled Thermal-Electrochemical-Mechanical Analysis

All Analysis Types

SOAREA: Field: no History: yes .fil: yes .dat: yes
Area of the defined section.

Stress/Displacement Analysis

SOF: Field: no History: yes .fil: yes .dat: yes
Total force in the section.
SOM: Field: no History: yes .fil: yes .dat: yes
Total moment in the section.
SOCF: Field: no History: yes .fil: yes .dat: yes
Center of the total force in the section.

Heat Transfer Analysis

SOH: Field: no History: yes .fil: yes .dat: yes
Total heat flux associated with the section.

Electrical Analysis

SOE: Field: no History: yes .fil: yes .dat: yes
Total current associated with the section.

Mass Diffusion Analysis

SOD: Field: no History: yes .fil: yes .dat: yes
Total mass flow associated with the section.

Coupled Pore Fluid Diffusion-Stress Analysis

SOP: Field: no History: yes .fil: yes .dat: yes
Total pore fluid volume flux associated with the section.

Coupled Thermal-Electrochemical-Mechanical Analysis

ECHEMQSA1: Field: no History: yes .fil: no .dat: yes
Total surface heat generation power of Butler-Volmer electric current, $Q_{1}$ (area integral of ECHEMQS1).
ECHEMQSA2: Field: no History: yes .fil: no .dat: yes
Total surface entropic heat generation power, $Q_{2}$ (area integral of ECHEMQS2).
ECHEMQSA: Field: no History: yes .fil: no .dat: yes
Sum of total surface heat generation powers, $Q_{1}$ and $Q_{2}$ above.