Abaqus Analysis User's Guide
32.13.2 Acoustic interface element library
Products: Abaqus/Standard Abaqus/CAE
Overview
This section provides a reference to the acoustic interface elements available in Abaqus/Standard.
Element types
Element property definition
For general-use elements, you must define the element's surface area and the direction cosines of the normal to the acoustic fluid-structural interface, pointing into the fluid.
For elements for use in planar models, you must specify the thickness (out-of-plane) of the element. The default is unit thickness if no thickness is specified.
For elements for use in three-dimensional and axisymmetric models, no additional data are required.
| Input File Usage: | *INTERFACE |
| Abaqus/CAE Usage: | Property module: Create Section: select Other as the section Category and Acoustic interface as the section Type |
General-use acoustic interface sections are not supported in Abaqus/CAE. |
