8.2 Linear pore pressure elements

Products: Abaqus/Standard  Abaqus/CAE  

Benefits: The pore pressure element library in Abaqus/Standard now includes both linear tetrahedral (C3D4P) and linear wedge (C3D6P) elements. These elements add modeling flexibility for coupled pore pressure-displacement analyses.

Description: Pore pressure elements are provided in Abaqus/Standard for modeling fully or partially saturated fluid flow through a deforming porous medium. These two new elements support all of the loadings, material behaviors, and contact interactions supported by existing pore pressure elements.

Abaqus/CAE Usage: 
Mesh module:
    MeshElement Type: Family: Pore Fluid/Stress
References:

Abaqus Analysis User's Manual

Abaqus/CAE User's Manual

Abaqus Example Problems Manual

Abaqus Benchmarks Manual

Abaqus Verification Manual

Abaqus Theory Manual