Abaqus/Explicit Element Index

3-node linear 2D acoustic triangle

4-node linear 2D acoustic quadrilateral, reduced integration, hourglass control

4-node linear acoustic tetrahedron

6-node linear acoustic triangular prism

8-node linear acoustic brick, reduced integration, hourglass control

3-node linear axisymmetric acoustic triangle

4-node linear axisymmetric acoustic quadrilateral, reduced integration, hourglass control

2-node linear 2D acoustic infinite element

3-node linear 3D acoustic infinite element

4-node linear 3D acoustic infinite element

2-node linear axisymmetric acoustic infinite element

2-node linear beam in a plane

3-node quadratic beam in a plane

2-node linear beam in space

3-node quadratic beam in space

4-node linear tetrahedron

4-node linear tetrahedron, hybrid, linear pressure

5-node linear pyramid

4-node thermally coupled tetrahedron, linear displacement and temperature

6-node linear triangular prism, reduced integration, hourglass control

6-node thermally coupled triangular prism, linear displacement and temperature, reduced integration, hourglass control

8-node linear brick

8-node linear brick, incompatible modes

8-node linear brick, reduced integration, hourglass control

8-node thermally coupled brick, trilinear displacement and temperature

8-node thermally coupled brick, trilinear displacement and temperature, reduced integration, hourglass control

10-node quadratic tetrahedron

10-node modified tetrahedron, hourglass control

10-node modified thermally coupled tetrahedron, hourglass control

10-node triquadratic displacement, triquadratic temperature

3-node linear axisymmetric triangle

3-node axisymmetric thermally coupled triangle, linear displacement and temperature

4-node bilinear axisymmetric quadrilateral, reduced integration, hourglass control

4-node thermally coupled axisymmetric quadrilateral, bilinear displacement and temperature, hybrid, constant pressure, reduced integration, hourglass control

6-node modified axisymmetric triangle, hourglass control

6-node modified axisymmetric thermally coupled triangle, hourglass control

8-node linear one-way infinite brick

4-node linear axisymmetric one-way infinite quadrilateral

4-node linear plane strain one-way infinite quadrilateral

4-node linear plane stress one-way infinite quadrilateral

4-node axisymmetric cohesive element

4-node two-dimensional cohesive element

6-node three-dimensional cohesive element

8-node three-dimensional cohesive element

Connector element in a plane between two nodes or ground and a node

Connector element in space between two nodes or ground and a node

3-node linear plane strain triangle

3-node plane strain thermally coupled triangle, linear displacement and temperature

4-node bilinear plane strain quadrilateral, reduced integration, hourglass control

4-node bilinear plane strain thermally coupled quadrilateral, bilinear displacement and temperature, reduced integration, hourglass control

6-node modified plane strain triangle, hourglass control

6-node modified plane strain thermally coupled triangle, hourglass control

3-node linear plane stress triangle

3-node plane stress thermally coupled triangle, linear displacement and temperature

4-node bilinear plane stress quadrilateral, reduced integration, hourglass control

4-node plane stress thermally coupled quadrilateral, bilinear displacement and temperature, reduced integration, hourglass control

6-node modified plane stress triangle, hourglass control

6-node modified plane stress thermally coupled triangle, hourglass control

Axial dashpot between two nodes, whose line of action is the line joining the two nodes

8-node linear multi-material Eulerian brick, reduced integration, hourglass control

8-node thermally coupled linear multi-material Eulerian brick, reduced integration, hourglass control

Point heat capacitance

3-node triangular membrane

4-node quadrilateral membrane

4-node quadrilateral membrane, reduced integration, hourglass control

Point mass

1-node continuum particle element

1-node discrete particle element

2-node linear pipe in a plane

2-node linear pipe in space

2-node 2D linear rigid link (for use in plane strain or plane stress)

3-node 3D rigid triangular facet

4-node 3D bilinear rigid quadrilateral

2-node linear axisymmetric rigid link (for use in axisymmetric planar geometries)

Rotary inertia at a point

3-node triangular shell, finite membrane strains

3-node triangular shell, small membrane strains

3-node thermally-coupled triangular general-purpose shell, finite membrane strains

4-node general-purpose shell, finite membrane strains

4-node general-purpose shell, reduced integration, hourglass control, finite membrane strains

4-node shell, reduced integration, hourglass control, small membrane strains

4-node shell, reduced integration, hourglass control, small membrane strains, warping considered in small-strain formulation

4-node thermally coupled general-purpose shell, reduced integration, hourglass control, finite membrane strains

2-node linear axisymmetric thin or thick shell

6-node triangular in-plane continuum shell wedge, general-purpose continuum shell, finite membrane strains.

8-node quadrilateral in-plane general-purpose continuum shell, reduced integration with hourglass control, finite membrane strains.

6-node linear displacement and temperature, triangular in-plane continuum shell wedge, general-purpose continuum shell, finite membrane strains

8-node linear displacement and temperature, hexahedron, general-purpose continuum shell, finite membrane strains

3-node triangular surface element

4-node quadrilateral surface element, reduced integration

Axial spring between two nodes, whose line of action is the line joining the two nodes. This line of action may rotate in large-displacement analysis

2-node linear 2D truss

2-node linear 3D truss