Product: ABAQUS/CAE
Benefits: The ability to define springs and dashpots in ABAQUS/CAE increases the coverage of ABAQUS modeling functionality.
Description: You can easily define springs and dashpots that exhibit the same linear behavior independent of field variables. You can also define both spring and dashpot behavior on the same set of points. In an ABAQUS/Explicit or an ABAQUS/Standard analysis you can model springs and dashpots that connect two points, following the line of action between the two points. In an ABAQUS/Standard analysis you can also model springs and dashpots that connect two points, acting in a fixed direction, or that connect points to ground.
You define springs and dashpots using the Special menu in the Property module or the Interaction module. Springs and dashpots created on a part are instanced along with the part. If you want to include the spring/dashpot results data in the output database generated by the analysis, you must use the History Output Request editor in the Step module.
Property module and Interaction module: SpecialSprings/Dashpots