20.1.6 Contour integral output

After you have defined the crack, you must use the History Output Request editor in the Step module to include the contour integral data in the output database generated by the analysis. The editor allows you to configure the following:

ABAQUS writes a history output variable to the output database for each contour integral that it calculates. Figure 20–11 shows the format of the name of an output variable representing a contour integral.

Figure 20–11 The format of a contour integral name in the output database.

For detailed instructions, see Requesting contour integral output, Section 20.1.13. For more information, see Modifying history output requests, Section 14.11.3, and Contour integral evaluation, Section 7.10.2 of the ABAQUS Analysis User's Manual.