Products: ABAQUS/Standard ABAQUS/Explicit
The use of the *BEAM GENERAL SECTION option in specifying section properties for beam elements is verified in the following tests. A B21 and a B31 element are subjected to combined monotonically increasing loads. The analysis consists of a sequential transfer from ABAQUS/Standard to ABAQUS/Explicit and back to ABAQUS/Standard. Nonlinear inelastic section behavior is defined by setting SECTION=NONLINEAR on the *BEAM GENERAL SECTION option and omitting both the LINEAR and ELASTIC parameters from the *AXIAL, *M1, *M2, and *TORQUE options.
The nonlinear inelastic axial and bending behavior is defined by the following data lines on the *AXIAL, *M1, *M2, and *TORQUE options:
The results of this analysis demonstrate that section properties specified with the *BEAM GENERAL SECTION option are transferred correctly between ABAQUS/Explicit and ABAQUS/Standard.
First ABAQUS/Standard analysis with the B21 element.
ABAQUS/Explicit analysis with the B21 element.
Second ABAQUS/Standard analysis with the B21 element.
First ABAQUS/Standard analysis with the B31 element.
ABAQUS/Explicit analysis with the B31 element.
Second ABAQUS/Standard analysis with the B31 element.