*CO-SIMULATION REGION

*CO-SIMULATION REGION
Identify the interface regions in the Abaqus model and specify the fields to be exchanged during co-simulation.

This option is used to identify the regions across which data will be exchanged and to specify the fields to be passed across those regions. It must be used in conjunction with the *CO-SIMULATION option to identify the analysis program for co-simulation with Abaqus.

Products: Abaqus/Standard Abaqus/Explicit Abaqus/CFD Abaqus/CAE

Type: History data

Level: Step

Abaqus/CAE: Interaction module

Defining a co-simulation region for CO-SIMULATION, PROGRAM=MULTIPHYSICS, PROGRAM=DCI, or PROGRAM=MPCCI

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Required, mutually exclusive parameters:

EXPORT

Include this parameter to specify fields and the accompanying region for export to the coupled analysis.

IMPORT

Include this parameter to specify fields and the accompanying region for import from the coupled analysis.

Optional parameter:

TYPE

Set TYPE=SURFACE (default) to define a surface-based co-simulation region.

Set TYPE=NODE to define a co-simulation region using a node set.

Data lines to define the co-simulation regions and the fields passed across them:

First line:

The name of the element-based surface or node set.

Field identifier for the field to be passed across this surface. The field identifiers are defined in “Preparing an Abaqus analysis for co-simulation,” Section 16.1.2 of the Abaqus Analysis User's Manual.

Etc., up to seven field identifiers.

Repeat this data line as often as necessary to define more than seven field identifiers for a given surface or to define additional co-simulation regions and their import or export fields.

Defining a co-simulation region for CO-SIMULATION, PROGRAM=ABAQUS

References:

Optional parameter:

TYPE

Set TYPE=SURFACE (default) to define a surface-based co-simulation region.

Set TYPE=NODE to define a co-simulation region using a node set.

Data line for TYPE=SURFACE:

First (and only) line:

The name of the element-based or node-based surface.

Data line for TYPE=NODE:

First (and only) line:

The name of the node set.

Defining a co-simulation region for CO-SIMULATION, PROGRAM=MADYMO

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Required, mutually exclusive parameters:

EXPORT

Include this parameter to specify fields and accompanying regions for export to MADYMO.

IMPORT

Include this parameter to specify fields and accompanying regions for import from MADYMO.

Optional parameter:

REGION ID

Integer identifier of the co-simulation region. The default value is 1. MADYMO uses this integer identifier to distinguish one region from another when multiple *CO-SIMULATION REGION options are associated with a single *CO-SIMULATION option.

Data lines to define the co-simulation regions and the fields passed across them:

First line:

The name of the element-based surface.

Etc., up to seven field identifiers.

Repeat this data line as often as necessary to define more than seven field identifiers for a given surface or to define additional co-simulation regions and their import or export fields.