ABAQUS Volume II: I–Z - Manual (Page 548)

*TEMPERATURE
2. Reference temperature value. If the AMPLITUDE parameter is present, this value and
subsequent temperature values will be modified by the AMPLITUDE specification.
3. Temperature gradient in the -direction for beams or temperature gradient through the
thickness for shells.
4. Temperature gradient in the -direction for beams.
Repeat this data line as often as necessary to define temperatures at different nodes or node sets.
Data lines to define temperatures at temperature points in beams and shells:
First line:
1. Node set or node number.
2. Temperature at the first temperature point. If the AMPLITUDE parameter is present, this value
and subsequent temperature values will be modified by the AMPLITUDE specification.
3. Temperature of the second temperature point.
4. Temperature of the third temperature point.
5. Etc., up to seven temperatures.
Subsequent lines (only needed if there are more than seven temperature points in the element):
1. Temperature of the eighth temperature point.
2. Etc., up to eight temperatures per line.
If more than seven temperature values are needed at any node, continue on the next line. It may
be necessary to leave blank data lines for some nodes if any other node in the model has more than
seven temperature points because the total number of temperatures that ABAQUS expects to read
for any node is based on the maximum number of temperature values of all the nodes in the model.
These trailing initial values will be zero and will not be used in the analysis.
Repeat this set of data lines as often as necessary to define temperatures at different nodes or node sets.
Data lines to define temperatures for solid or frame elements using the data line format:
First line:
1. Node set or node number.
2. Temperature. If the AMPLITUDE parameter is present, this value will be modified by the
AMPLITUDE specification.
Repeat this data line as often as necessary to prescribe temperature at different nodes or node sets.
To read temperatures from an ABAQUS results or output database file:
No data lines are used when temperature data are read from a results or an output database file.
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