Abaqus/Explicit Element Index

This index provides a reference to all of the element types that are available in Abaqus/Explicit. Elements are listed in alphabetical order, where numerical characters precede the letter “A” and two-digit numbers are put in numerical, rather than “alphabetical,” order. For example, C3D8R precedes CAX3.

For certain options, such as contact and surface-based distributing coupling, Abaqus may generate internal elements (such as IDCOUP3D for surface-based distributing coupling). These internal element names are not included in the index below but may appear in an output database (.odb) or data (.dat) file.

AC2D3

3-node linear 2-D acoustic triangle (Section 28.1.3)

AC2D4R

4-node linear 2-D acoustic quadrilateral, reduced integration, hourglass control (Section 28.1.3)

AC3D4

4-node linear acoustic tetrahedron (Section 28.1.4)

AC3D6

6-node linear acoustic triangular prism (Section 28.1.4)

AC3D8R

8-node linear acoustic brick, reduced integration, hourglass control (Section 28.1.4)

ACAX3

3-node linear axisymmetric acoustic triangle (Section 28.1.6)

ACAX4R

4-node linear axisymmetric acoustic quadrilateral, reduced integration, hourglass control (Section 28.1.6)

ACIN2D2

2-node linear 2-D acoustic infinite element (Section 28.3.2)

ACIN3D3

3-node linear 3-D acoustic infinite element (Section 28.3.2)

ACIN3D4

4-node linear 3-D acoustic infinite element (Section 28.3.2)

ACINAX2

2-node linear axisymmetric acoustic infinite element (Section 28.3.2)

B21	2-node linear beam in a plane (Section 29.3.8)

B22	3-node quadratic beam in a plane (Section 29.3.8)

B31	2-node linear beam in space (Section 29.3.8)

B32	3-node quadratic beam in space (Section 29.3.8)

C3D4	4-node linear tetrahedron (Section 28.1.4)

C3D4T

4-node thermally coupled tetrahedron, linear displacement and temperature (Section 28.1.4)

C3D6	6-node linear triangular prism, reduced integration, hourglass control (Section 28.1.4)

C3D6T

6-node thermally coupled triangular prism, linear displacement and temperature, reduced integration, hourglass control (Section 28.1.4)

C3D8	8-node linear brick (Section 28.1.4)

C3D8I

8-node linear brick, incompatible modes (Section 28.1.4)

C3D8R

8-node linear brick, reduced integration, hourglass control (Section 28.1.4)

C3D8T

8-node thermally coupled brick, trilinear displacement and temperature (Section 28.1.4)

C3D8RT

8-node thermally coupled brick, trilinear displacement and temperature, reduced integration, hourglass control (Section 28.1.4)

C3D10M

10-node modified second-order tetrahedron (Section 28.1.4)

C3D10MT

10-node modified thermally coupled second-order tetrahedron (Section 28.1.4)

CAX3	3-node linear axisymmetric triangle (Section 28.1.6)

CAX3T

3-node thermally coupled axisymmetric triangle, linear displacement and temperature (Section 28.1.6)

CAX4R

4-node bilinear axisymmetric quadrilateral, reduced integration, hourglass control (Section 28.1.6)

CAX4RT

4-node thermally coupled axisymmetric quadrilateral, bilinear displacement and temperature, hybrid, constant pressure, reduced integration, hourglass control (Section 28.1.6)

CAX6M

6-node modified second-order axisymmetric triangle (Section 28.1.6)

CAX6MT

6-node modified second-order axisymmetric thermally coupled triangle (Section 28.1.6)

CIN3D8

8-node linear one-way infinite brick (Section 28.3.2)

CINAX4

4-node linear axisymmetric one-way infinite quadrilateral (Section 28.3.2)

CINPE4

4-node linear plane strain one-way infinite quadrilateral (Section 28.3.2)

CINPS4

4-node linear plane stress one-way infinite quadrilateral (Section 28.3.2)

COHAX4

4-node axisymmetric cohesive element (Section 32.5.10)

COH2D4

4-node two-dimensional cohesive element (Section 32.5.8)

COH3D6

6-node three-dimensional cohesive element (Section 32.5.9)

COH3D8

8-node three-dimensional cohesive element (Section 32.5.9)

CONN2D2

Connector element in a plane between two nodes or ground and a node (Section 31.1.4)

CONN3D2

Connector element in space between two nodes or ground and a node (Section 31.1.4)

CPE3	3-node linear plane strain triangle (Section 28.1.3)

CPE3T

3-node plane strain thermally coupled triangle, linear displacement and temperature (Section 28.1.3)

CPE4R

4-node bilinear plane strain quadrilateral, reduced integration, hourglass control (Section 28.1.3)

CPE4RT

4-node bilinear plane strain thermally coupled quadrilateral, bilinear displacement and temperature, reduced integration, hourglass control (Section 28.1.3)

CPE6M

6-node modified second-order plane strain triangle (Section 28.1.3)

CPE6MT

6-node modified second-order plane strain thermally coupled triangle (Section 28.1.3)

CPS3	3-node linear plane stress triangle (Section 28.1.3)

CPS3T

3-node plane stress thermally coupled triangle, linear displacement and temperature (Section 28.1.3)

CPS4R

4-node bilinear plane stress quadrilateral, reduced integration, hourglass control (Section 28.1.3)

CPS4RT

4-node plane stress thermally coupled quadrilateral, bilinear displacement and temperature, reduced integration, hourglass control (Section 28.1.3)

CPS6M

6-node modified second-order plane stress triangle (Section 28.1.3)

CPS6MT

6-node modified second-order plane stress thermally coupled triangle (Section 28.1.3)

DASHPOTA

Axial dashpot between two nodes (Section 32.2.2)

EC3D8R

8-node linear multi-material Eulerian brick, reduced integration, hourglass control (Section 32.14.1)

EC3D8RT

8-node thermally coupled linear multi-material Eulerian brick, reduced integration, hourglass control (Section 32.14.1)

HEATCAP

Point heat capacitance (Section 30.4.2)

M3D3	3-node triangular membrane (Section 29.1.2)

M3D4	4-node quadrilateral membrane (Section 29.1.2)

M3D4R

4-node quadrilateral membrane, reduced integration, hourglass control (Section 29.1.2)

MASS	Point mass (Section 30.1.2)

PC3D	1-node continuum particle element (Section 28.5.2)

PIPE21

2-node linear pipe in a plane (Section 29.3.8)

PIPE31

2-node linear pipe in space (Section 29.3.8)

R2D2	2-node 2-D linear rigid link (for use in plane strain or plane stress) (Section 30.3.2)

R3D3	3-node 3-D rigid triangular facet (Section 30.3.2)

R3D4	4-node 3-D bilinear rigid quadrilateral (Section 30.3.2)

RAX2	2-node linear axisymmetric rigid link (for use in axisymmetric geometries) (Section 30.3.2)

ROTARYI

Rotary inertia at a point (Section 30.2.2)

S3R	3-node triangular shell, finite membrane strains (Section 29.6.7)

S3RS	3-node triangular shell, small membrane strains (Section 29.6.7)

S3RT	3-node thermally-coupled triangular shell, finite membrane strains (Section 29.6.7)

S4	4-node general-purpose shell, finite membrane strains (Section 29.6.7)

S4R	4-node shell, reduced integration, hourglass control, finite membrane strains (Section 29.6.7)

S4RS	4-node shell, reduced integration, hourglass control, small membrane strains (Section 29.6.7)

S4RSW

4-node shell, reduced integration, hourglass control, small membrane strains, warping considered in small-strain formulation (Section 29.6.7)

S4RT	4-node thermally-coupled shell, reduced integration, hourglass control, finite membrane strains (Section 29.6.7)

SAX1	2-node linear axisymmetric shell (Section 29.6.9)

SC6R	6-node triangular in-plane continuum shell wedge, general-purpose continuum shell, finite membrane strains. (Section 29.6.8)

SC8R	8-node quadrilateral in-plane general-purpose continuum shell, reduced integration with hourglass control, finite membrane strains. (Section 29.6.8)

SC6RT

6-node thermally coupled triangular in-plane continuum shell wedge, general-purpose continuum shell, finite membrane strains. (Section 29.6.8)

SC8RT

8-node thermally coupled quadrilateral in-plane general-purpose continuum shell, reduced integration with hourglass control, finite membrane strains. (Section 29.6.8)

SFM3D3

3-node triangular surface element (Section 32.7.2)

SFM3D4R

4-node quadrilateral surface element, reduced integration (Section 32.7.2)

SPRINGA

Axial spring between two nodes (Section 32.1.2)

T2D2	2-node linear 2-D truss (Section 29.2.2)

T3D2	2-node linear 3-D truss (Section 29.2.2)