32.8.2 Tube support element library
Product: Abaqus/Standard
Overview
This section provides a reference to the tube support elements available in Abaqus/Standard.
Element types
| ITSUNI | Unidirectional tube support element |
| ITSCYL | Cylindrical geometry tube support element |
Element output
S11 | Total direct force in the element. |
S12 | Tangential (shear) force component, caused by friction, in the plane of the cross-section of the tube. |
S13 | Tangential (shear) force component, caused by friction, parallel to the axis of the tube. |
The force in the spring link and the force in the dashpot are defined as generalized substresses and, therefore, are available as substress selections in the output options, as follows:
SS1 | Force in the spring link. |
SS2 | Force in the dashpot. |
The relative axial and tangential displacements corresponding to the forces above are chosen by requesting the corresponding “strains,” except that “strain” component E13 is not defined in element type ITSCYL.
The relative tangential (shear) displacement components during slip are available as “plastic strain” components PE12 and PE13. The “equivalent plastic strain” is defined in these elements as
and 
are the two relative tangential displacement components.