A finite element technique in which materials are fixed within elements and the materials deform as the element mesh deforms.

• “Eulerian analysis,” Section 14.1.1 of the Abaqus Analysis User's Guide

• Chapter 28, “Eulerian analyses,” of the Abaqus/CAE User's Guide

A crack propagation technique that assumes the material is elastic or that the material is subjected to small-scale yielding. The technique is appropriate for brittle fracture analysis.

• “Modeling moving cracks based on the principles of linear elastic fracture mechanics (LEFM) and phantom nodes” in “Modeling discontinuities as an enriched feature using the extended finite element method,” Section 10.7.1 of the Abaqus Analysis User's Guide

Any of the forces; moments; concentrated or distributed tractions; fluxes; or, more generally, influences—including predefined fields imposed upon a structure or body—that cause deformation, displacement, or change the state of a structure from its unloaded state.

• “Applying loads: overview,” Section 34.4.1 of the Abaqus Analysis User's Guide

• Chapter 16, “The Load module,” of the Abaqus/CAE User's Guide

A set of loads, boundary conditions, and base motions used to define a particular loading condition within a step in a model. Multiple load cases can be defined in a single step.

• “Multiple load case analysis,” Section 6.1.4 of the Abaqus Analysis User's Guide

• Chapter 34, “Load cases,” of the Abaqus/CAE User's Guide

An Abaqus/CAE module used to define prescribed conditions such as loads, boundary conditions, and predefined fields.

• Chapter 16, “The Load module,” of the Abaqus/CAE User's Guide