ABAQUS Volume II: I–Z - Manual (Page 263)

*PIPE-SOIL INTERACTION
16.9 *PIPE-SOIL INTERACTION: Specify element properties for pipe-soil interaction
elements.
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
References:
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“Pipe-soil interaction elements,” Section 26.13.1 of the ABAQUS Analysis User’s Manual
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“Pipe-soil interaction element library,” Section 26.13.2 of the ABAQUS Analysis User’s Manual
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*PIPE-SOIL STIFFNESS
Required parameter:
ELSET
Set this parameter equal to the name of the element set containing the pipe-soil interaction elements
for which properties are being defined.
Optional parameter:
ORIENTATION
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.
There are no data lines associated with this option.
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