ABAQUS Analysis User's Manual  


18.3.2 Flexible joint element library

Product: ABAQUS/Standard  

References

Element types

JOINTCJoint interaction element

Active degrees of freedom

1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6

Additional solution variables

None.

Nodal coordinates required

None.

Element property definition

Input File Usage:           
*JOINT

Element-based loading

None.

Element output

S11

Total direct force in the first local direction.

S22

Total direct force in the second local direction.

S33

Total direct force in the third local direction.

S12

Total moment about the first local direction.

S13

Total moment about the second local direction.

S23

Total moment about the third local direction.


The relative displacements and rotations corresponding to the forces and moments above are chosen by requesting the corresponding “strains.”

Nodes associated with the element

Two nodes. The rotation at the first node of the element defines the rotation of the local axis system.