Abaqus Glossary  


B

base feature

The first feature you create when building an Abaqus/CAE part; you construct the remainder of the part by adding more features that either modify or add detail to the base feature. All other features of the part are children of the base feature; therefore, the base feature cannot be suppressed or deleted.

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base solution

In general, the initial run or solution of a process; the meaning varies according to the context in which the term is used.

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base solution variable

The variable selected to use in the calculation of the base solution of a process. Base solution variables are expressed as element averages of the base solution and identified by an “AVG” suffix; for example, MISESAVG.

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basic manager

An Abaqus/CAE dialog box that contains lists of all the objects of a certain type that you have created in the current model. The basic manager also contains Create, Edit, Copy, Rename, and Delete buttons that you can use to manipulate existing objects and to create new ones. See also step-dependent manager.

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BC

beam sections

bias factor

A factor defined in an adaptive remeshing rule that determines the distribution of element sizing between the locations of minimum and maximum solution intensity.

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bias function

bias parameter

In a steady-state dynamic analysis, a variable used to bias the frequency points for which results are required toward the ends of the user-defined frequency range. The bias parameter provides closer spacing of the results points either toward the middle or toward the ends of each frequency interval.

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blend

A geometric fillet or chamfer that can be created in Abaqus/CAE to smooth an edge of a three-dimensional solid part.

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blind cut

A cut that penetrates a three-dimensional object only to a specified depth, rather than passing all the way through it. In Abaqus/CAE this depth is stored as a parameter of the cut feature and can be modified.

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bottom-up meshing

A manual process used to create a hexahedral or hex-dominated mesh on a solid region that is unmeshable or difficult to mesh using the automated top-down meshing techniques. Bottom-up meshing allows you to select sweep, extrude, or revolve methods and parameters such as the source and connecting faces that Abaqus/CAE uses to build up a solid mesh of hexahedral elements. See also top-down meshing.

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boundary condition

boundary face

In an Abaqus/Standard analysis, an exterior face or a face of a free surface.

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In an Abaqus/CAE model, a face of a three-dimensional element that is shared by only a single element.

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boundary mesh

The mesh generated on the boundary faces of a three-dimensional geometric region.

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