18.11.2 Elastic-plastic joint element library

Product: ABAQUS/Aqua

References

Element types

JOINT2D Two-dimensional elastic-plastic joint element
JOINT3D Three-dimensional elastic-plastic joint element

Active degrees of freedom

1, 2, 6 for JOINT2D

1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 for JOINT3D

Additional solution variables

None.

Nodal coordinates required

None.

Element property definition

Input File Usage:

*EPJOINT

Element-based loading

None.

Element output

The relative displacements and rotations corresponding to the forces and moments below are chosen by requesting the corresponding “strains.” Elastic and plastic strains are available. For a spud can the vertical (plastic) embedment since the start of the analysis is given by EP11; the total vertical embedment is available as PEEQ.

JOINT2D

S11	Total direct force in the first local direction.

S22	Total direct force in the second local direction.

S12	Total moment about the third local direction.

JOINT3D

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 third local direction.

S13	Total moment about the second local direction.

S23	Total moment about the first local direction.

Nodes associated with the element

Two nodes.