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*DISTRIBUTING COUPLING
Specify nodes and weighting for distributing coupling elements.

This option is used to define the set of nodes to which forces and mass are distributed according to a specified weighting and to specify the mass of the associated distributing coupling element. The preferred method for defining a distributing constraint is the *COUPLING option used in conjunction with the *DISTRIBUTING option. A DCOUP* element, together with the *DISTRIBUTING COUPLING option, must be used if a point mass at the reference node needs to be distributed as well.

Products: Abaqus/Standard  Abaqus/CAE  

Type: Model data

Level: Part,  Part instance,  Assembly  

Abaqus/CAE: Unsupported; this option has been superseded by coupling constraints used in conjunction with the distributing option.

Reference:

Required parameter:

ELSET

Set this parameter equal to the name of the element set containing the distributing coupling elements that interact with the coupling nodes. This element set can contain more than one element, although this would not be a typical case.

Data lines to specify coupling nodes and assign weight factors: 

First line:

  1. Coupling node number or node set label.

  2. Weight factor for the coupling node or for the nodes of the coupling node set.

Repeat this data line as often as necessary. A minimum of two coupling nodes must be specified for each distributing coupling definition.