Abaqus/Standard is a general propuse Finite Element Analysis Software
Abaqus/Standard provides a powerful set of algorithms for simulating and analyzing the real-world behavior of products, processes, and materials across various industries. It is useful to virtually test, validate product´s desings, optimize product’s perfomance helping engineers to reduce time and cost during the product desing and development process.
Analysis Types
Nonlinear general | Linear Perturbation |
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Analysis and modeling techniques
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Solution techniques
- Parallel execution on both shared memory and distributed memory parallel (cluster) systems
- Parallel direct sparse solver with dynamic load balancing
- Parallel iterative solver
- Parallel Lanczos eigenvalue solution
- Parallel AMS eigenvalue solution
- Parallel element operations
- Multiple load cases
- Multiple steps
- Full Newton and quasi-Newton method
Material Models
| Elastic Mechanical Properties | Inelastic Mechanical Properties |
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Additional Material Properties
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Analysis Types
Nonlinear general | Linear Perturbation |
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Analysis and modeling techniques
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Solution techniques
- Parallel execution on both shared memory and distributed memory parallel (cluster) systems
- Parallel direct sparse solver with dynamic load balancing
- Parallel iterative solver
- Parallel Lanczos eigenvalue solution
- Parallel AMS eigenvalue solution
- Parallel element operations
- Multiple load cases
- Multiple steps
- Full Newton and quasi-Newton method
Material Models
| Elastic Mechanical Properties | Inelastic Mechanical Properties |
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Additional Material Properties
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Element Library
Continuum Elements
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Shell Elements
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Membranes
- Stress analysis
- 3D
- Cylindrical
- Axisymmetric (with and without twist)
Beams
- Stress analysis
- 2D
- 3D (regular, open section, and tapered)
Pipes
- Stress analysis
- 2D
- 3D
Elbows
- Stress analysis
- 3D
Frame Elements
- Stress analysis
- 2D
- 3D
Trusses
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Gasket Elements
- Stress analysis
- 2D (plane stress and plane strain)
- 3D
- Axisymmetric
Inertial Elements
- Stress analysis
- Point mass
- Anisotropic Point Mass
- Rotary inertia
Rigid Elements
- Stress analysis
- 2D
- 3D
Capacitance Elements
- Heat transfer point heat capacitance
Connector Elements
- Stress analysis
- 2D
- 3D
Cohesive Elements
- Stress analysis
- 2D
- 3D
Springs, Dashpots, and Flexible Joints
- Stress analysis
- 2D
- 3D
- Pore pressure
- 2D
- 3D
Distributing Coupling
- Stress analysis
- 2D
- 3D
Special-Purpose Elements
- Surface elements
- Hydrostatic fluid elements
- Tube support elements
- Line spring elements
- Pipe-soil interaction elements
- Acoustic interface elements
User-Defined Elements
- Provides the ability to define custom elements
Prescribed Conditions
- Amplitude curves
- Initial conditions
- Boundary conditions
- Loads
- Distributed
- Surface tractions
- Concentrated forces and moments
- Follower forces
- Thermal
- Electrical
- Acoustic
Constraints and Interactions
Kinematic Constraints
- Linear constraint equations
- General multi-point constraints
- Kinematic coupling
- Surface-based constraints
- Mesh ties
- Kinematic and distributing couplings
- Shell-to-solid couplings
- Mesh-independent fasteners
- Embedded elements
- Element end release
Surface-Based Contact Modeling
- General (“automatic”) contact
- Contact interactions
- 2D, 3D
- Deformable-deformable contact
- Rigid-rigid contact
- Self-contact
- Contact formulations
- Balanced or pure master-slave contact
- Finite, small, and infinitesimal sliding
- Mechanical contact properties
- Penalty contact
- Hard contact with the classical Lagrange multiplier method
- Hard contact with the augmented Lagrangian method
- Contact damping
- Static and kinetic Coulomb friction
- Anisotropic friction
- User-defined friction models
- Pressure penetration (2D & 3D)
- Debonding
- Cohesive behavior
- Thermal conductance and radiation contact properties
- Electrical contact properties
- Pore fluid contact properties
- User-defined interfacial constitutive behavior
Element-Based Contact Modeling
- Gap contact elements
- Mechanical and thermal
Cavity Radiation
- 2D, 3D, axisymmetric
- Closed and open cavities
- Symmetry and surface blocking
- Surface motion with automatic view factor computations
- Surface radiation properties
User Subroutines
- Over 40 user-defined subroutines
Additional Features
- Drag chains
- “Spud can” joint elements
- Tube-in-tube slide lines
Input
- Keywords
- Set concept
- Multiple coordinate systems
- Parts and assemblies
- Nastran bulk data
Output
- Interactive graphical postprocessing
- Platform-neutral output database
- Printed output
- External file output
- Restart output
- Diagnostic messages
- Nastran Output2
- Scripting interface
Supported Platforms and Hardware
- Windows/x86-64
- Linux/x86-64
- GPU support
Documentation
- Analysis User’s Manual
- Keywords Manual
- Getting Started Manual
- Example Problems Manual
- Benchmarks Manual
- Verification Manual
- Theory Manual
- Interfaces User’s Manuals
- Release Notes
Product Support
- Maintenance and support
- Quality Monitoring Service
- Installation
- Training and users’ meetings
Related Products
Abaqus/AMS
- High-performance automatic multi-level substructuring eigensolver
Abaqus/Design
- Design sensitivity analysis
- Sensitivities with respect to shape and material parameters
- Nonlinear geometric effects
Abaqus/Aqua
- Surrounding medium
- Fluid profile
- Wave profile
- Wind profile
- Loading
- Drag
- Buoyancy
- Inertia
