For beams and pipes the fifth position indicates the section type that is tested. This character also distinguishes between the use of the *BEAM SECTION and the *BEAM GENERAL SECTION options.
| Section Type | Fifth Character | |
|---|---|---|
| *BEAM SECTION | *BEAM GENERAL SECTION | |
| Arbitrary | a | d |
| Box | b | e |
| Circle | c | f |
| General | — | g |
| Hexagonal | h | j |
| I | i | k |
| L | l | m |
| Nonlinear General | — | n |
| Pipe | p | o |
| Rectangular | r | q |
| Trapezoidal | t | s |
For continuum, fluid, interface, membrane, shell, truss, and rigid elements, the fifth character represents the “analysis type” (stress, heat transfer, coupled temperature-displacement, acoustic, etc.).
a Acoustic
d Heat transfer (diffusion)
e Piezoelectric
g Stress/displacement with axisymmetric twist elements
h Coupled temperature-displacement with axisymmetric twist elements
i Stress/displacement with infinite elements
m Mass diffusion
p Pore pressure
s Stress/displacement
t Coupled temperature-displacement
v Coupled thermal-electrical
For gasket elements the fifth character represents the “element usage.”
g Elements for general use
n Thickness-direction behavior only