ABAQUS Volume II: I–Z - Manual (Page 393)

*SECTION POINTS
18.4 *SECTION POINTS: Locate points in the beam section for which stress and strain
output are required.
This option is used as model data in ABAQUS/Standard and ABAQUS/Explicit in conjunction with the
*BEAM GENERAL SECTION option and as history data in ABAQUS/Standard in conjunction with the
*BEAM SECTION GENERATE option.
When used in conjunction with the *BEAM GENERAL SECTION option and a predefined library
section, it locates section points in the beam section for which axial stress and axial strain output are required.
When used in conjunction with the *BEAM GENERAL SECTION, SECTION=MESHED option, it
locates elements and integration points in the beam cross-section model for which stress and strain output are
required and provides material data and derivatives of the warping function required for determining stress
and strain output.
When used in conjunction with the *BEAM SECTION GENERATE option, it associates a user-defined
section point label with elements and integration points in the beam cross-section model for which stress and
strain output are required during the subsequent beam analysis.
Products: ABAQUS/Standard ABAQUS/Explicit
Type: Model or history data
Level: Part, Part instance, Step
References:
•
“Using a general beam section to define the section behavior,” Section 23.3.7 of the ABAQUS Analysis
User’s Manual
•
“Meshed beam cross-sections,” Section 10.4.1 of the ABAQUS Analysis User’s Manual
•
*BEAM GENERAL SECTION
There are no parameters associated with this option.
Data lines to locate section points for output when used in conjunction with the *BEAM
GENERAL SECTION option and a predefined library section:
First line:
1. Local -position of first section point.
2. Local -position of first section point.
3. Local -position of second section point.
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