ABAQUS Analysis User's Manual  


16.1.2 Mass element library

Products: ABAQUS/Standard  ABAQUS/Explicit  ABAQUS/CAE  

References

Element type

MASSPoint mass

Active degrees of freedom

1, 2, 3

Additional solution variables

None.

Nodal coordinates required

, ,

Element property definition

Input File Usage:           
*MASS

ABAQUS/CAE Usage: 

Property or Interaction module: SpecialInertiaCreate: Point mass/inertia: select point: Magnitude: Mass


Element-based loading

Distributed loads

Distributed loads are specified as described in “Distributed loads,” Section 19.4.3.


Load ID (*DLOAD):  CENTRIF(S)

ABAQUS/CAE Load/Interaction:  Not supported

Units:  T–2

Description:  Centrifugal load (magnitude is input as , where is the angular velocity).


Load ID (*DLOAD):  GRAV

ABAQUS/CAE Load/Interaction:  Gravity

Units:  LT–2

Description:  Gravity loading in a specified direction.


Load ID (*DLOAD):  ROTA(S)

ABAQUS/CAE Load/Interaction:  Not supported

Units:  T–2

Description:  Rotary acceleration load (magnitude is input as , where is the rotary acceleration).

Element output

ELKE

Element kinetic energy (available only from ABAQUS/Standard).


Nodes associated with the element

1 node.