Product: ABAQUS/Standard
Benefits: History output of connector damage and failure quantities can be used to monitor damage and failure effects in connector elements.
Description: Table 14–1 describes the connector output variables that are available for history output in ABAQUS/Standard. These variables were introduced in ABAQUS/Explicit in Version 6.5.
Table 14–1 Connector damage output variables.
| CDMG | Connector overall damage |
| CDIF | Connector force-based damage initiation criterion |
| CDIM | Connector motion-based damage initiation criterion |
| CDIP | Connector plastic motion-based damage initiation criterion |
| CFAILST | Failure status of connector elements |