15.7.1 Connection types

Table 15–1 summarizes the connection types available when creating connector sections. You can define basic and assembled connection types.

Table 15–1 Connection types.

Basic Types		Assembled Types
Translational	Rotational	Assembled Types
Accelerometer	Align	Beam
Axial	Cardan	Bushing
Cartesian	Constant Velocity	CV Joint
Join	Euler	Cylindrical
Link	Flexion-Torsion	Hinge
Proj. Cartesian	Flow-Converter¹	Planar
Radial-Thrust	Proj. Flex-Tors.	Retractor¹
Slide-Plane	Revolute	Translator
Slot	Rotation	U Joint
	Rotation-Accelerometer	Weld
	Universal
¹ The optional scaling factor for material flow is not supported in ABAQUS/CAE.

Basic types

Basic connection types include translational types and rotational types. Translational types affect translational degrees of freedom at both endpoints of the wires to which the connector section is assigned and may affect rotational degrees of freedom at the first points of the wires. Rotational types affect only rotational degrees of freedom at both endpoints of the wires. You can use a single basic connection type (translational or rotational) or one translational and one rotational type.

Assembled types

Assembled connection types are predefined combinations of basic connection types.

For a description of each connection type and the equivalent basic connection types that define the kinematic constraints of assembled type connections, see “Connection-type library,” Section 25.1.5 of the ABAQUS Analysis User's Manual.