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*REBAR
17.10 *REBAR: Define rebar as an element property.
This option is used as an alternative method to define rebar as an element property in shells, membranes,
and solid (continuum) elements. It must be used to define rebar in beams in ABAQUS/Standard analyses.
The preferred option for defining rebar in shells, membranes, and surface elements is the *REBAR LAYER
option, which must be used in conjunction with the *SHELL SECTION, the *MEMBRANE SECTION, or
the *SURFACE SECTION options. The preferred method for defining rebar in solids is to embed reinforced
surface or membrane elements in “host” solid elements using the *EMBEDDED ELEMENT option.
Products: ABAQUS/Standard ABAQUS/Explicit
Type: Model data
Level: Part, Part instance
References:
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“Defining rebar as an element property,” Section 2.2.4 of the ABAQUS Analysis User’s Manual
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“Defining reinforcement,” Section 2.2.3 of the ABAQUS Analysis User’s Manual
Required parameters:
ELEMENT
Set ELEMENT=BEAM to define rebar in beam elements in an ABAQUS/Standard analysis.
Set ELEMENT=SHELL to define rebar in three-dimensional shell elements. Rebar cannot be
used with triangular shell elements.
Set ELEMENT=AXISHELL to define rebar in axisymmetric shell elements.
Set ELEMENT=MEMBRANE to define rebar in three-dimensional membrane elements.
Rebar cannot be used with triangular membrane elements.
Set ELEMENT=AXIMEMBRANE to define rebar in axisymmetric membrane elements in an
ABAQUS/Standard analysis.
Set ELEMENT=CONTINUUM to define rebar in continuum (solid) elements. Rebar cannot
be used with any plane triangular, triangular prism, tetrahedral, or infinite elements.
MATERIAL
Set this parameter equal to the name of the material of which these rebar are made.
NAME
Set this parameter equal to a label that will be used to refer to this rebar set. This label can be used in
defining rebar prestress and output requests. Each layer of rebar must be assigned a separate name
in a particular element or element set.
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