This option is used to define properties for pipe-soil interaction elements. The *PIPE-SOIL STIFFNESS option must follow immediately after this option.
Product: ABAQUS/Standard
Type: Model data
Level: Part Part Instance
Set this parameter equal to the name of the element set containing the pipe-soil interaction elements for which properties are being defined.
Set this parameter equal to the name of the *ORIENTATION definition (“Orientations,” Section 2.2.5 of the ABAQUS Analysis User's Manual) that gives the orientation of the local system used for material calculations.