16.1 Changes in Abaqus elements

This section summarizes the changes and the additions that have been made to the elements that can be used in an Abaqus model.

new(S)  C3D4P

4-node linear coupled pore pressure element.

new(S)  C3D6P

6-node linear coupled pore pressure element.

new(E)  EC3D8RT

8-node thermally coupled linear brick, multimaterial, reduced integration with hourglass control.

new(S)  EMC2D3

3-node triangular zero-order electromagnetic element.

new(S)  EMC2D4

4-node quadrilateral zero-order electromagnetic element.

new(S)  EMC3D4

4-node tetrahedral zero-order electromagnetic element.

new(S)  EMC3D8

8-node hexahedral zero-order electromagnetic element.

new(C)  FC3D6

6-node triangular prism fluid element.

new(E)  PC3D

1-node smoothed particle hydrodynamic element.

new(S)  Q3D4

4-node linear displacement, electric potential, and temperature.

new(S)  Q3D6

6-node linear displacement, electric potential, and temperature.

new(S)  Q3D8

8-node trilinear displacement, electric potential, and temperature.

new(S)  Q3D8H

8-node trilinear displacement, electric potential, and temperature, hybrid with constant pressure.

new(S)  Q3D8R

8-node trilinear displacement, electric potential, and temperature, reduced integration with hourglass control.

new(S)  Q3D8RH

8-node trilinear displacement, electric potential and temperature, reduced integration with hourglass control, hybrid with constant pressure.

new(S)  Q3D10M

10-node modified displacement, electric potential, and temperature tetrahedron, with hourglass control.

new(S)  Q3D10MH

10-node modified displacement, electric potential, and temperature tetrahedron, with hourglass control, hybrid with linear pressure.

new(S)  Q3D20

20-node triquadratic displacement, trilinear electric potential, and trilinear temperature.

new(S)  Q3D20H

20-node triquadratic displacement, trilinear electric potential, trilinear temperature, hybrid with linear pressure.

new(S)  Q3D20R

20-node triquadratic displacement, trilinear electric potential, trilinear temperature, reduced integration.

new(S)  Q3D20RH

20-node triquadratic displacement, trilinear electric potential, trilinear temperature, reduced integration, hybrid with linear pressure.