Products: Abaqus/Standard Abaqus/Explicit Abaqus/CAE
This section provides a reference to the truss elements available in Abaqus/Standard and Abaqus/Explicit.
T2D2 | 2-node linear displacement |
T2D2H(S) | 2-node linear displacement, hybrid |
T2D3(S) | 3-node quadratic displacement |
T2D3H(S) | 3-node quadratic displacement, hybrid |
T3D2 | 2-node linear displacement |
T3D2H(S) | 2-node linear displacement, hybrid |
T3D3(S) | 3-node quadratic displacement |
T3D3H(S) | 3-node quadratic displacement, hybrid |
T2D2T(S) | 2-node, linear displacement, linear temperature |
T2D3T(S) | 3-node, quadratic displacement, linear temperature |
T3D2T(S) | 2-node, linear displacement, linear temperature |
T3D3T(S) | 3-node, quadratic displacement, linear temperature |
You must provide the cross-sectional area of the element. If no area is given, Abaqus assumes unit area.
Input File Usage: | *SOLID SECTION |
Abaqus/CAE Usage: | Property module: Create Section: select Beam as the section Category and Truss as the section Type |
Distributed loads are available for elements with displacement degrees of freedom. They are specified as described in “Distributed loads,” Section 34.4.3.
Load ID (*DLOAD): BX
Abaqus/CAE Load/Interaction: Body force
Units: FL–3
Description: Body force in global X-direction.
Load ID (*DLOAD): BY
Abaqus/CAE Load/Interaction: Body force
Units: FL–3
Description: Body force in global Y-direction.
Load ID (*DLOAD): BZ
Abaqus/CAE Load/Interaction: Body force
Units: FL–3
Description: Body force in global Z-direction. (Only for 3D trusses.)
Load ID (*DLOAD): BXNU
Abaqus/CAE Load/Interaction: Body force
Units: FL–3
Description: Nonuniform body force in global X-direction with magnitude supplied via user subroutine DLOAD in Abaqus/Standard and VDLOAD in Abaqus/Explicit.
Load ID (*DLOAD): BYNU
Abaqus/CAE Load/Interaction: Body force
Units: FL–3
Description: Nonuniform body force in global Y-direction with magnitude supplied via user subroutine DLOAD in Abaqus/Standard and VDLOAD in Abaqus/Explicit.
Load ID (*DLOAD): BZNU
Abaqus/CAE Load/Interaction: Body force
Units: FL–3
Description: Nonuniform body force in global Z-direction with magnitude supplied via user subroutine DLOAD in Abaqus/Standard and VDLOAD in Abaqus/Explicit. (Only for 3D trusses.)
Load ID (*DLOAD): CENT(S)
Abaqus/CAE Load/Interaction: Not supported
Units: FL–4 (ML–3T–2)
Description: Centrifugal load (magnitude is input as , where is the mass density per unit volume, is the angular velocity).
Load ID (*DLOAD): CENTRIF(S)
Abaqus/CAE Load/Interaction: Rotational body force
Units: T–2
Description: Centrifugal load (magnitude is input as , where is the angular velocity).
Load ID (*DLOAD): CORIO(S)
Abaqus/CAE Load/Interaction: Coriolis force
Units: FL–4T (ML–3T–1)
Description: Coriolis force (magnitude is input as , where is the mass density per unit volume, is the angular velocity).
Load ID (*DLOAD): GRAV
Abaqus/CAE Load/Interaction: Gravity
Units: LT–2
Description: Gravity loading in a specified direction (magnitude is input as acceleration).
Load ID (*DLOAD): ROTA(S)
Abaqus/CAE Load/Interaction: Rotational body force
Units: T–2
Description: Rotary acceleration load (magnitude is input as , where is the rotary acceleration).
Abaqus/Aqua loads are specified as described in “Abaqus/Aqua analysis,” Section 6.11.1. They are available only for stress/displacement trusses.
Load ID (*CLOAD/ *DLOAD): FDD
Abaqus/CAE Load/Interaction: Not supported
Units: FL–1
Description: Transverse fluid drag load.
Load ID (*CLOAD/ *DLOAD): FD1
Abaqus/CAE Load/Interaction: Not supported
Units: F
Description: Fluid drag force on the first end of the truss (node 1).
Load ID (*CLOAD/ *DLOAD): FD2
Abaqus/CAE Load/Interaction: Not supported
Units: F
Description: Fluid drag force on the second end of the truss (node 2 or node 3).
Load ID (*CLOAD/ *DLOAD): FDT
Abaqus/CAE Load/Interaction: Not supported
Units: FL–1
Description: Tangential fluid drag load.
Load ID (*CLOAD/ *DLOAD): FI
Abaqus/CAE Load/Interaction: Not supported
Units: FL–1
Description: Fluid inertia load.
Load ID (*CLOAD/ *DLOAD): FI1
Abaqus/CAE Load/Interaction: Not supported
Units: F
Description: Fluid inertia force on the first end of the truss (node 1).
Load ID (*CLOAD/ *DLOAD): FI2
Abaqus/CAE Load/Interaction: Not supported
Units: F
Description: Fluid inertia force on the second end of the truss (node 2 or node 3).
Load ID (*CLOAD/ *DLOAD): PB
Abaqus/CAE Load/Interaction: Not supported
Units: FL–1
Description: Buoyancy load (with closed end condition).
Load ID (*CLOAD/ *DLOAD): WDD
Abaqus/CAE Load/Interaction: Not supported
Units: FL–1
Description: Transverse wind drag load.
Load ID (*CLOAD/ *DLOAD): WD1
Abaqus/CAE Load/Interaction: Not supported
Units: F
Description: Wind drag force on the first end of the truss (node 1).
Load ID (*CLOAD/ *DLOAD): WD2
Abaqus/CAE Load/Interaction: Not supported
Units: F
Description: Wind drag force on the second end of the truss (node 2 or node 3).
Distributed heat fluxes are available for coupled temperature-displacement trusses. They are specified as described in “Thermal loads,” Section 34.4.4.
Load ID (*DFLUX): BF(S)
Abaqus/CAE Load/Interaction: Body heat flux
Units: JL–3 T–1
Description: Heat body flux per unit volume.
Load ID (*DFLUX): BFNU(S)
Abaqus/CAE Load/Interaction: Body heat flux
Units: JL–3 T–1
Description: Nonuniform heat body flux per unit volume with magnitude supplied via user subroutine DFLUX.
Load ID (*DFLUX): S1(S)
Abaqus/CAE Load/Interaction: Surface heat flux
Units: JL–2 T–1
Description: Heat surface flux per unit area into the first end of the truss (node 1).
Load ID (*DFLUX): S2(S)
Abaqus/CAE Load/Interaction: Surface heat flux
Units: JL–2 T–1
Description: Heat surface flux per unit area into the second end of the truss (node 2 or node 3).
Load ID (*DFLUX): S1NU(S)
Abaqus/CAE Load/Interaction: Not supported
Units: JL–2 T–1
Description: Nonuniform heat surface flux per unit area into the first end of the truss (node 1) with magnitude supplied via user subroutine DFLUX.
Load ID (*DFLUX): S2NU(S)
Abaqus/CAE Load/Interaction: Not supported
Units: JL–2 T–1
Description: Nonuniform heat surface flux per unit area into the second end of the truss (node 2 or node 3) with magnitude supplied via user subroutine DFLUX.
Film conditions are available for coupled temperature-displacement trusses. They are specified as described in “Thermal loads,” Section 34.4.4.
Load ID (*FILM): F1(S)
Abaqus/CAE Load/Interaction: Not supported
Units: JL–2 T–1–1
Description: Film coefficient and sink temperature at the first end of the truss (node 1).
Load ID (*FILM): F2(S)
Abaqus/CAE Load/Interaction: Not supported
Units: JL–2 T–1–1
Description: Film coefficient and sink temperature at the second end of the truss (node 2 or node 3).
Load ID (*FILM): F1NU(S)
Abaqus/CAE Load/Interaction: Not supported
Units: JL–2 T–1–1
Description: Nonuniform film coefficient and sink temperature at the first end of the truss (node 1) with magnitude supplied via user subroutine FILM.
Load ID (*FILM): F2NU(S)
Abaqus/CAE Load/Interaction: Not supported
Units: JL–2 T–1–1
Description: Nonuniform film coefficient and sink temperature at the second end of the truss (node 2 or node 3) with magnitude supplied via user subroutine FILM.
Radiation conditions are available for coupled temperature-displacement trusses. They are specified as described in “Thermal loads,” Section 34.4.4.
Load ID (*RADIATE): R1(S)
Abaqus/CAE Load/Interaction: Surface radiation
Units: Dimensionless
Description: Emissivity and sink temperature at the first end of the truss (node 1).
Load ID (*RADIATE): R2(S)
Abaqus/CAE Load/Interaction: Surface radiation
Units: Dimensionless
Description: Emissivity and sink temperature at the second end of the truss (node 2 or node 3).
Electric fluxes are available for piezoelectric trusses. They are specified as described in “Piezoelectric analysis,” Section 6.7.2.
Load ID (*DECHARGE): EBF(S)
Abaqus/CAE Load/Interaction: Body charge
Units: CL–3
Description: Body flux per unit volume.
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This section provides a reference to the truss elements available in Abaqus/Standard and Abaqus/Explicit.
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T2D2 | 2-node linear displacement |
T2D2H(S) | 2-node linear displacement, hybrid |
T2D3(S) | 3-node quadratic displacement |
T2D3H(S) | 3-node quadratic displacement, hybrid |
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1, 2
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Element type T2D2H has one additional variable and element type T2D3H has two additional variables relating to axial force.
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T3D2 | 2-node linear displacement |
T3D2H(S) | 2-node linear displacement, hybrid |
T3D3(S) | 3-node quadratic displacement |
T3D3H(S) | 3-node quadratic displacement, hybrid |
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1, 2, 3
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Element type T3D2H has one additional variable and element type T3D3H has two additional variables relating to axial force.
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T2D2T(S) | 2-node, linear displacement, linear temperature |
T2D3T(S) | 3-node, quadratic displacement, linear temperature |
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1, 2 at middle node for T2D3T
1, 2, 11 at all other nodes
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None.
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T3D2T(S) | 2-node, linear displacement, linear temperature |
T3D3T(S) | 3-node, quadratic displacement, linear temperature |
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1, 2, 3 at middle node for T3D3T
1, 2, 3, 11 at all other nodes
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None.
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T2D2E(S) | 2-node, linear displacement, linear electric potential |
T2D3E(S) | 3-node, quadratic displacement, quadratic electric potential |
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1, 2, 9
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None.
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T3D2E(S) | 2-node, linear displacement, linear electric potential |
T3D3E(S) | 3-node, quadratic displacement, quadratic electric potential |
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1, 2, 3, 9
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None.
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2D: X, Y
3D: X, Y, Z
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You must provide the cross-sectional area of the element. If no area is given, Abaqus assumes unit area.
Input File Usage: | *SOLID SECTION |
Abaqus/CAE Usage: | Property module: Create Section: select Beam as the section Category and Truss as the section Type |
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Distributed loads are available for elements with displacement degrees of freedom. They are specified as described in “Distributed loads,” Section 34.4.3.
Load ID (*DLOAD): BX
Abaqus/CAE Load/Interaction: Body force
Units: FL–3
Description: Body force in global X-direction.
Load ID (*DLOAD): BY
Abaqus/CAE Load/Interaction: Body force
Units: FL–3
Description: Body force in global Y-direction.
Load ID (*DLOAD): BZ
Abaqus/CAE Load/Interaction: Body force
Units: FL–3
Description: Body force in global Z-direction. (Only for 3D trusses.)
Load ID (*DLOAD): BXNU
Abaqus/CAE Load/Interaction: Body force
Units: FL–3
Description: Nonuniform body force in global X-direction with magnitude supplied via user subroutine DLOAD in Abaqus/Standard and VDLOAD in Abaqus/Explicit.
Load ID (*DLOAD): BYNU
Abaqus/CAE Load/Interaction: Body force
Units: FL–3
Description: Nonuniform body force in global Y-direction with magnitude supplied via user subroutine DLOAD in Abaqus/Standard and VDLOAD in Abaqus/Explicit.
Load ID (*DLOAD): BZNU
Abaqus/CAE Load/Interaction: Body force
Units: FL–3
Description: Nonuniform body force in global Z-direction with magnitude supplied via user subroutine DLOAD in Abaqus/Standard and VDLOAD in Abaqus/Explicit. (Only for 3D trusses.)
Load ID (*DLOAD): CENT(S)
Abaqus/CAE Load/Interaction: Not supported
Units: FL–4 (ML–3T–2)
Description: Centrifugal load (magnitude is input as , where is the mass density per unit volume, is the angular velocity).
Load ID (*DLOAD): CENTRIF(S)
Abaqus/CAE Load/Interaction: Rotational body force
Units: T–2
Description: Centrifugal load (magnitude is input as , where is the angular velocity).
Load ID (*DLOAD): CORIO(S)
Abaqus/CAE Load/Interaction: Coriolis force
Units: FL–4T (ML–3T–1)
Description: Coriolis force (magnitude is input as , where is the mass density per unit volume, is the angular velocity).
Load ID (*DLOAD): GRAV
Abaqus/CAE Load/Interaction: Gravity
Units: LT–2
Description: Gravity loading in a specified direction (magnitude is input as acceleration).
Load ID (*DLOAD): ROTA(S)
Abaqus/CAE Load/Interaction: Rotational body force
Units: T–2
Description: Rotary acceleration load (magnitude is input as , where is the rotary acceleration).
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Abaqus/Aqua loads are specified as described in “Abaqus/Aqua analysis,” Section 6.11.1. They are available only for stress/displacement trusses.
Load ID (*CLOAD/ *DLOAD): FDD
Abaqus/CAE Load/Interaction: Not supported
Units: FL–1
Description: Transverse fluid drag load.
Load ID (*CLOAD/ *DLOAD): FD1
Abaqus/CAE Load/Interaction: Not supported
Units: F
Description: Fluid drag force on the first end of the truss (node 1).
Load ID (*CLOAD/ *DLOAD): FD2
Abaqus/CAE Load/Interaction: Not supported
Units: F
Description: Fluid drag force on the second end of the truss (node 2 or node 3).
Load ID (*CLOAD/ *DLOAD): FDT
Abaqus/CAE Load/Interaction: Not supported
Units: FL–1
Description: Tangential fluid drag load.
Load ID (*CLOAD/ *DLOAD): FI
Abaqus/CAE Load/Interaction: Not supported
Units: FL–1
Description: Fluid inertia load.
Load ID (*CLOAD/ *DLOAD): FI1
Abaqus/CAE Load/Interaction: Not supported
Units: F
Description: Fluid inertia force on the first end of the truss (node 1).
Load ID (*CLOAD/ *DLOAD): FI2
Abaqus/CAE Load/Interaction: Not supported
Units: F
Description: Fluid inertia force on the second end of the truss (node 2 or node 3).
Load ID (*CLOAD/ *DLOAD): PB
Abaqus/CAE Load/Interaction: Not supported
Units: FL–1
Description: Buoyancy load (with closed end condition).
Load ID (*CLOAD/ *DLOAD): WDD
Abaqus/CAE Load/Interaction: Not supported
Units: FL–1
Description: Transverse wind drag load.
Load ID (*CLOAD/ *DLOAD): WD1
Abaqus/CAE Load/Interaction: Not supported
Units: F
Description: Wind drag force on the first end of the truss (node 1).
Load ID (*CLOAD/ *DLOAD): WD2
Abaqus/CAE Load/Interaction: Not supported
Units: F
Description: Wind drag force on the second end of the truss (node 2 or node 3).
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Distributed heat fluxes are available for coupled temperature-displacement trusses. They are specified as described in “Thermal loads,” Section 34.4.4.
Load ID (*DFLUX): BF(S)
Abaqus/CAE Load/Interaction: Body heat flux
Units: JL–3 T–1
Description: Heat body flux per unit volume.
Load ID (*DFLUX): BFNU(S)
Abaqus/CAE Load/Interaction: Body heat flux
Units: JL–3 T–1
Description: Nonuniform heat body flux per unit volume with magnitude supplied via user subroutine DFLUX.
Load ID (*DFLUX): S1(S)
Abaqus/CAE Load/Interaction: Surface heat flux
Units: JL–2 T–1
Description: Heat surface flux per unit area into the first end of the truss (node 1).
Load ID (*DFLUX): S2(S)
Abaqus/CAE Load/Interaction: Surface heat flux
Units: JL–2 T–1
Description: Heat surface flux per unit area into the second end of the truss (node 2 or node 3).
Load ID (*DFLUX): S1NU(S)
Abaqus/CAE Load/Interaction: Not supported
Units: JL–2 T–1
Description: Nonuniform heat surface flux per unit area into the first end of the truss (node 1) with magnitude supplied via user subroutine DFLUX.
Load ID (*DFLUX): S2NU(S)
Abaqus/CAE Load/Interaction: Not supported
Units: JL–2 T–1
Description: Nonuniform heat surface flux per unit area into the second end of the truss (node 2 or node 3) with magnitude supplied via user subroutine DFLUX.
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Film conditions are available for coupled temperature-displacement trusses. They are specified as described in “Thermal loads,” Section 34.4.4.
Load ID (*FILM): F1(S)
Abaqus/CAE Load/Interaction: Not supported
Units: JL–2 T–1–1
Description: Film coefficient and sink temperature at the first end of the truss (node 1).
Load ID (*FILM): F2(S)
Abaqus/CAE Load/Interaction: Not supported
Units: JL–2 T–1–1
Description: Film coefficient and sink temperature at the second end of the truss (node 2 or node 3).
Load ID (*FILM): F1NU(S)
Abaqus/CAE Load/Interaction: Not supported
Units: JL–2 T–1–1
Description: Nonuniform film coefficient and sink temperature at the first end of the truss (node 1) with magnitude supplied via user subroutine FILM.
Load ID (*FILM): F2NU(S)
Abaqus/CAE Load/Interaction: Not supported
Units: JL–2 T–1–1
Description: Nonuniform film coefficient and sink temperature at the second end of the truss (node 2 or node 3) with magnitude supplied via user subroutine FILM.
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Radiation conditions are available for coupled temperature-displacement trusses. They are specified as described in “Thermal loads,” Section 34.4.4.
Load ID (*RADIATE): R1(S)
Abaqus/CAE Load/Interaction: Surface radiation
Units: Dimensionless
Description: Emissivity and sink temperature at the first end of the truss (node 1).
Load ID (*RADIATE): R2(S)
Abaqus/CAE Load/Interaction: Surface radiation
Units: Dimensionless
Description: Emissivity and sink temperature at the second end of the truss (node 2 or node 3).
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Electric fluxes are available for piezoelectric trusses. They are specified as described in “Piezoelectric analysis,” Section 6.7.2.
Load ID (*DECHARGE): EBF(S)
Abaqus/CAE Load/Interaction: Body charge
Units: CL–3
Description: Body flux per unit volume.
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Stress and other tensors (including strain tensors) are available for elements with displacement degrees of freedom. All tensors have the same components. For example, the stress components are as follows:
S11 | Axial stress. |
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Available for coupled temperature-displacement trusses.
HFL1 | Heat flux along the element axis. |
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