Nodal variables

You can request nodal variable output to the results or output database file.

The following topics are discussed:

Related Topics
Node output
Node output

The output variables listed below are available in Abaqus/Explicit.

COORD
.fil: yes  .odb Field: yes  .odb History: yes  

Coordinates of the node. These are the current coordinates if the large-displacement formulation is being used.

COORn
.fil: no  .odb Field: no  .odb History: yes  

Coordinate n (n=1,2,3).

U
.fil: yes  .odb Field: yes  .odb History: yes  

Displacement components.

Results file and field-type output: both translation and rotation.

History-type output: translation only. Rotation results should be requested by components.

UT
.fil: no  .odb Field: yes  .odb History: yes  

Translational displacement components.

UMAG
.fil: no  .odb Field: no  .odb History: yes  

Magnitude of translational displacements.

UR
.fil: no  .odb Field: yes  .odb History: yes  

Rotational displacement components.

Un
.fil: no  .odb Field: no  .odb History: yes  

un displacement component (n=1,2,3).

URn
.fil: no  .odb Field: no  .odb History: yes  

ϕn rotation component (n=1,2,3).

V
.fil: yes  .odb Field: yes  .odb History: yes  

Velocity components (both translation and rotation).

Results file and field-type output: both translation and rotation.

History-type output: translation only. Rotation results should be requested by components.

VT
.fil: no  .odb Field: yes  .odb History: yes  

Translational velocity components.

VMAG
.fil: no  .odb Field: no  .odb History: yes  

Magnitude of translational velocities.

VR
.fil: no  .odb Field: yes  .odb History: yes  

Rotational velocity components.

Vn
.fil: no  .odb Field: no  .odb History: yes  

u˙n velocity component (n=1,2,3).

VRn
.fil: no  .odb Field: no  .odb History: yes  

ϕ˙n rotational velocity component (n=1,2,3).

A
.fil: yes  .odb Field: yes  .odb History: yes  

Acceleration components (both translation and rotation).

Results file and field-type output: both translation and rotation.

History-type output: translation only. Rotation results should be requested by components.

AT
.fil: no  .odb Field: yes  .odb History: yes  

Translational acceleration components.

AMAG
.fil: no  .odb Field: no  .odb History: yes  

Magnitude of translational accelerations.

AR
.fil: no  .odb Field: yes  .odb History: yes  

Rotational acceleration components.

An
.fil: no  .odb Field: no  .odb History: yes  

u¨n acceleration component (n=1,2,3).

ARn
.fil: no  .odb Field: no  .odb History: yes  

ϕ¨1 rotational acceleration component (n=1,2,3).

POR
.fil: yes  .odb Field: yes  .odb History: yes  

Acoustic pressure at a node.

PABS
.fil: yes  .odb Field: yes  .odb History: yes  

Acoustic absolute pressure at a node.

NT
.fil: yes  .odb Field: yes  .odb History: yes  

All temperature values at a node. Available only for coupled thermal-stress analysis.

NTn
.fil: no  .odb Field: no  .odb History: yes  

Temperature degree of freedom n at a node (n=11). Available only for coupled thermal-stress analysis.

RF
.fil: yes  .odb Field: yes  .odb History: yes  

Reaction force and moment components.

Results file and field-type output: both translation and rotation.

History-type output: translation only. Rotation results should be requested by components.

RT
.fil: no  .odb Field: yes  .odb History: yes  

Reaction force components.

RFMAG
.fil: no  .odb Field: no  .odb History: yes  

Magnitude of reaction forces.

RM
.fil: no  .odb Field: yes  .odb History: yes  

Reaction moment components.

RFn
.fil: no  .odb Field: no  .odb History: yes  

Reaction force component n (n=1,2,3) (conjugate to prescribed displacement un).

RFL
.fil: yes  .odb Field: yes  .odb History: yes  

All reaction flux values. Available only for coupled thermal-stress analysis.

RFLn
.fil: no  .odb Field: yes  .odb History: yes  

Reaction flux value n at a node (n=11). Available only for coupled thermal-stress analysis.

RMn
.fil: no  .odb Field: no  .odb History: yes  

Reaction moment component n (n=1,2,3) (conjugate to prescribed rotation ϕn).

CF
.fil: no  .odb Field: yes  .odb History: yes  

All components of point loads and concentrated moments.

CFn
.fil: no  .odb Field: no  .odb History: yes  

Point load component n (n=1,2,3).

CMn
.fil: no  .odb Field: no  .odb History: yes  

Point moment component n (n=1,2,3).

NVF
.fil: no  .odb Field: yes  .odb History: no  

Nodal volume fraction.

STRAINFREE
.fil: no  .odb Field: yes  .odb History: no  

Strain-free adjustments to initial positions (adjusted position minus unadjusted position). Only written to the output database (.odb) file for the original field output frame at zero time.

TIEDSTATUS
.fil: no  .odb Field: yes  .odb History: no  

Status of the tied slave nodes (the status of a slave node is 2 if the slave node is not tied, 1 if the slave node is tied, and 0 for nodes that do not participate in a tie constraint).

TIEADJUST
.fil: no  .odb Field: yes  .odb History: no  

Position adjustment vector components of the tied slave nodes. Only written to the output database (.odb) file for the original field output frame at zero time.