21.3.5 What are connector behaviors?

After you specify a connection type for a connector property, you can define behaviors for the components of relative motion. You can specify the following connector behaviors:

Elasticity
Damping
Friction
Plasticity
Damage (ABAQUS/Explicit analyses only)
Stop
Lock
Failure (ABAQUS/Explicit analyses only)
Reference length
Integration (ABAQUS/Explicit analyses only)

For more information on behaviors, see “Connector behaviors,” Section 15.7.2, and “Connector behavior,” Section 17.2.1 of the ABAQUS Analysis User's Manual.