ABAQUS Analysis User's Manual  


26.8.4 Hydrostatic fluid link library

Products: ABAQUS/Standard  ABAQUS/Explicit  

References

Element type

FLINK2-node linear

Active degree of freedom

8 (fluid pressure)

Additional solution variables

None.

Nodal coordinates required

X, Y, Z

Element property definition

Input File Usage:           
*FLUID LINK

Element-based loading

None.

Element output

MFL

Mass flow rate (available only from ABAQUS/Standard).

MFLT

Total mass flow (available only from ABAQUS/Standard).


For the direct-solution steady-state dynamics procedure

PHMFL

Magnitude and phase angle of the mass flow rate.

PHMFT

Magnitude and phase angle of the total mass flow.


Node ordering and integration point numbering