Abaqus/Standard is a general-purpose 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 designs, optimize product’s performance, helping engineers to reduce time and cost during the product design 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
