This section provides a list of the most significant new capabilities and enhancements available in Abaqus 6.13; refer to the table of contents for a complete list of new features.

Performance improvements: 

• Subspace iteration algorithm
• Automatic node selection in the AMS eigensolver
• GPGPU support for unsymmetric solver

Particle methods: 

• Discrete element method
• SPH analysis in parallel

Electromagnetic analysis: 

• Co-simulation
• Permanent magnetization
• EMC3D6 prism element
• Nonlinear magnetic permeability in Abaqus/CAE

Fluid analysis: 

• Steady-state analysis
• SST k– turbulence model
• Hybrid wall functions

Heat transfer: 

• Thermal matrix output
• Uncoupled heat transfer in Abaqus/CFD

Crack modeling and propagation: 

• XFEM enhancements
• Abaqus/CAE support for VCCT in Abaqus/Standard models

Contact enhancements: 

• Contact modeling for beams and shells
• Convergence behavior for Abaqus/Standard
• Contact calculations for thick shells/beams
• Friction coefficient dependencies
• User-defined tracking thickness

Linear dynamics: 

• Composite modal damping

Materials: 

• Enhanced diagnostics for nearly incompressible materials
• Parallel rheological framework
• User-defined EOS
• Tabulated EOS in Abaqus/CAE

Abaqus/CAE modeling and usability: 

• Model instances
• Copying a mesh pattern
• Linking viewports
• Persistent color mapping

Visualization: 

• Gravity waves in Abaqus/Aqua

The remaining chapters in this guide provide details on these and other new features of Abaqus 6.13. In addition to the enhancements listed here, most of the known bugs in Abaqus 6.12 are corrected.