This chapter discusses additional user programs that can be run with ABAQUS. It provides an overview of the following enhancements:
User subroutine to define the magnitude and loading directions of nonuniform distributed surface tractions, edge loads, and edge moments, Section 14.1
User subroutine to specify mesh motion constraints during adaptive meshing, Section 14.2
Utility routine to determine elements adjacent to a node, Section 14.3
Utility routine to read results data averaged at a node, Section 14.4
Utility routine to read nodal results data, Section 14.5
Support for ABAQUS/CAE plug-ins, Section 14.6
Plug-in to display mode contribution factors, Section 14.7