16.1 Changes in Abaqus elements

This section summarizes the changes and the additions that have been made to the elements that can be used in an Abaqus model.

new(S)  CAX4PT

Coupled temperature–pore pressure element; 4-node axisymmetric quadrilateral, bilinear displacement, bilinear pore pressure, bilinear temperature.

new(S)  CAX4RPT

Coupled temperature–pore pressure element; axisymmetric quadrilateral, bilinear displacement, bilinear pore pressure, bilinear temperature, reduced integration.

new(S)  CAX4RPHT

Coupled temperature–pore pressure element; axisymmetric quadrilateral, bilinear displacement, bilinear pore pressure, bilinear temperature, hybrid, constant pressure, reduced integration.

new(S)  C3D8PHT

Coupled temperature–pore pressure element; 8-node brick, trilinear displacement, trilinear pore pressure, trilinear temperature, hybrid, constant pressure.

new(S)  C3D8PT

Coupled temperature–pore pressure element; 8-node brick, trilinear displacement, trilinear pore pressure, trilinear temperature.

new(S)  C3D8RPHT

Coupled temperature–pore pressure element; 8-node brick, trilinear displacement, trilinear pore pressure, trilinear temperature, reduced integration, hybrid, constant pressure.

new(S)  C3D8RPT

Coupled temperature–pore pressure element; 8-node brick, trilinear displacement, trilinear pore pressure, trilinear temperature, reduced integration.

new(S)  C3D10MPT

Coupled temperature–pore pressure element; 10-node modified displacement and pore pressure tetrahedron, hybrid, linear pressure, hourglass control.

new(C)  FC3D4

Fluid element; 4-node tetrahedron.

new(C)  FC3D8

Fluid element; 8-node brick.

new(E)  PIPE21

2-node linear pipe in a plane.

new(E)  PIPE31

2-node linear pipe in space.