PRIMER 22.1

ABAQUS Input File Format

ABAQUS Input File Format

The following table shows the Abaqus keywords supported, and how they are translated to internal Ansys LS-DYNA data when read in.

Abaqus keyword Internal Ansys LS-DYNA keyword
*BEAM GENERAL SECTION
(Currently only " SECTION=GENERAL" supported.)
*SECTION_BEAM
(ELFORM = 12)
*BEAM SECTION
(Currently only "SECTION=CIRC" supported.)
*SECTION_BEAM
(ELFORM = 1)
*CONTACT PAIR
(Currently only supported for optional parameter SMALL SLIDING)
*SURFACE
*SURFACE INTERACTION
*CONTACT_NODES_TO_SURFACE
*DISTRIBUTING COUPLING *CONSTRAINED_INTERPOLATION
*ELEMENT *ELEMENT
(Currently only beam elements (TYPE=B31), shell elements and 8 nodes solid elements supported)
*ELSET *SET_SHELL
or
*SET_SOLID
*HEADING *TITLE
*KINEMATIC COUPLING *CONSTRAINED_INTERPOLATION
*MATERIAL
*DENSITY
*ELASTIC
*MAT_ELASTIC
*MPC
(Currently only BEAM type supported.)
*CONSTRAINED_NODAL_RIGID_BODY
*NODE *NODE
*NSET *SET_NODE
*PLASTIC
*MAT_PIECEWISE_LINEAR_PLASTICITY
*SHELL SECTION *SECTION_SHELL
*SOLID SECTION *SECTION_SOLID