UVARM

User subroutine to generate element output.

User subroutine UVARM:

will be called at all material calculation points of elements for which the material definition includes the specification of user-defined output variables;
might be called multiple times for each material point in an increment, as Abaqus/Standard iterates to a converged solution;
will be called for each increment in a step;
allows you to define output quantities that are functions of any of the available integration point quantities listed in the Output Variable Identifiers table (Using Abaqus/Standard Output Variable Identifiers);
allows you to define the material directions as output variables;
can be used for gasket elements;
can call utility routine GETVRM to access material point data;
cannot be used with linear perturbation procedures, except for the static perturbation procedure;
will be called once per load case in a static perturbation procedure with multiple load cases; and
cannot be updated in the zero increment.

This page discusses:

Accessing Material Point Data
Using User-Defined Output Variables
User Subroutine Interface
Variables to Be Defined
Variables Passed in for Information
Example: Calculation of Stress Relative to Shift Tensor

Accessing Material Point Data

You are provided with access to the values of the material point quantities through the utility routine GETVRM described in Obtaining Material Point Information in an Abaqus/Standard Analysis. In a nonlinear analysis values returned will correspond to the current solution iteration, representing a converged solution only at the final iteration for each increment. In the static perturbation procedure, only those quantities for which perturbation values are computed can be accessed. The values of the material point data are recovered in the arrays ARRAY, JARRAY, and FLGRAY for floating point, integer, and character data, respectively. Floating point data are recovered as double-precision data.

Using User-Defined Output Variables

The output identifier for the user-defined output quantities is UVARM. Individual components are accessed with UVARMn, where $n = 1, 2, \dots$ , NUVARM. You must specify the number of user-defined output variables, NUVARM, for a given material to allocate space at each material calculation point for each variable. The user-defined output variables are available for both printed and results file output and are written to the output database and restart files for contouring, printing, and X–Y plotting in Abaqus/CAE. Any number of user-defined output variables can be used.

Output Precision

The data are provided in double precision for output to the data (.dat) and results (.fil) files and are written to the output database (.odb) file in single precision. Because the user provides UVARM output variables in double precision, numeric overflow errors related to output to the output database file might occur in cases where the output results exceed the capacity for single-precision representation even when no overflow errors occur in UVARM.

User Subroutine Interface

      SUBROUTINE UVARM(UVAR,DIRECT,T,TIME,DTIME,CMNAME,ORNAME,
     1 NUVARM,NOEL,NPT,LAYER,KSPT,KSTEP,KINC,NDI,NSHR,COORD,
     2 JMAC,JMATYP,MATLAYO,LACCFLA)
      INCLUDE 'ABA_PARAM.INC'
C
      CHARACTER*80 CMNAME,ORNAME
      CHARACTER*3 FLGRAY(15)
      DIMENSION UVAR(NUVARM),DIRECT(3,3),T(3,3),TIME(2)
      DIMENSION ARRAY(15),JARRAY(15),JMAC(*),JMATYP(*),COORD(*)

C     The dimensions of the variables FLGRAY, ARRAY and JARRAY
C     must be set equal to or greater than 15.


      user coding to define UVAR


      RETURN
      END

Variables to Be Defined

UVAR(NUVARM): An array containing the user-defined output variables. These are passed in as the values at the beginning of the increment and must be returned as the values at the end of the increment.

Variables Passed in for Information

DIRECT(3,3): An array containing the direction cosines of the material directions in terms of the global basis directions. DIRECT(1,1), DIRECT(2,1), DIRECT(3,1) give the (1, 2, 3) components of the first material direction; DIRECT(1,2), DIRECT(2,2), DIRECT(3,2) give the second material direction, etc. For shell and membrane elements, the first two directions are in the plane of the element and the third direction is the normal. This information is not available for beam and truss elements.
T(3,3): An array containing the direction cosines of the material orientation components relative to the element basis directions. This is the orientation that defines the material directions (DIRECT) in terms of the element basis directions. For continuum elements T and DIRECT are identical. For shell and membrane elements T(1,1) $ = \cos θ$ , T(1,2) $ = - \sin θ$ , T(2,1) $ = \sin θ$ , T(2,2) $ = \cos θ$ , T(3,3) $ = 1.0$ , and all other components are zero, where $θ$ is the counterclockwise rotation around the normal vector that defines the orientation. If no orientation is used, T is an identity matrix. Orientation is not available for beam and truss elements.
TIME(1): Value of step time at the end of the current increment.
TIME(2): Value of total time at the end of the current increment.
DTIME: Time increment.
CMNAME: User-specified material name, left justified.
ORNAME: User-specified local orientation name, left justified.
NUVARM: User-specified number of user-defined output variables.
NOEL: Element number.
NPT: Integration point number.
LAYER: Layer number (for composite shells and layered solids).
KSPT: Section point number within the current layer.
KSTEP: Step number.
KINC: Increment number.
NDI: Number of direct stress components at this point.
NSHR: Number of shear stress components at this point.
COORD: Coordinates at this material point.
JMAC: Variable that must be passed into the GETVRM utility routine to access an output variable.
JMATYP: Variable that must be passed into the GETVRM utility routine to access an output variable.
MATLAYO: Variable that must be passed into the GETVRM utility routine to access an output variable.
LACCFLA: Variable that must be passed into the GETVRM utility routine to access an output variable.

Example: Calculation of Stress Relative to Shift Tensor

Below is an example of user subroutine UVARM. The subroutine calculates the position of the current state of stress relative to the center of the yield surface for the kinematic hardening plasticity model by subtracting the kinematic shift tensor, $α$ , from the stress tensor, $σ$ . See About metal plasticity models for additional details.

      SUBROUTINE UVARM(UVAR,DIRECT,T,TIME,DTIME,CMNAME,ORNAME,
     1 NUVARM,NOEL,NPT,LAYER,KSPT,KSTEP,KINC,NDI,NSHR,COORD,
     2 JMAC,JMATYP,MATLAYO,LACCFLA) 
C
      INCLUDE 'ABA_PARAM.INC'
C
      CHARACTER*80 CMNAME,ORNAME
      CHARACTER*3 FLGRAY(15)
      DIMENSION UVAR(NUVARM),DIRECT(3,3),T(3,3),TIME(2) 
      DIMENSION ARRAY(15),JARRAY(15),JMAC(*),JMATYP(*),COORD(*)
C
C Error counter:
      JERROR = 0
C Stress tensor:
      CALL GETVRM('S',ARRAY,JARRAY,FLGRAY,JRCD,JMAC,JMATYP,
     1 MATLAYO,LACCFLA)
      JERROR = JERROR + JRCD
      UVAR(1) = ARRAY(1)
      UVAR(2) = ARRAY(2)
      UVAR(3) = ARRAY(3)
      UVAR(4) = ARRAY(4)
      UVAR(5) = ARRAY(5)
      UVAR(6) = ARRAY(6)
C Kinematic shift tensor:
      CALL GETVRM('ALPHA',ARRAY,JARRAY,FLGRAY,JRCD,JMAC,JMATYP,
     1 MATLAYO,LACCFLA)
      JERROR = JERROR + JRCD
C Calculate the position relative to the center of the
C yield surface:
      UVAR(1) = UVAR(1) - ARRAY(1)
      UVAR(2) = UVAR(2) - ARRAY(2)
      UVAR(3) = UVAR(3) - ARRAY(3)
      UVAR(4) = UVAR(4) - ARRAY(4)
      UVAR(5) = UVAR(5) - ARRAY(5)
      UVAR(6) = UVAR(6) - ARRAY(6)
C If error, write comment to .DAT file:
      IF(JERROR.NE.0)THEN
        WRITE(6,*) 'REQUEST ERROR IN UVARM FOR ELEMENT NUMBER ',
     1      NOEL,'INTEGRATION POINT NUMBER ',NPT
      ENDIF
      RETURN
      END