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*DISTRIBUTION TABLE
Define a distribution table.

This option is used to define a distribution table that defines the format of the data given on the data lines for a spatial distribution.

Products: Abaqus/Standard  Abaqus/Explicit  Abaqus/CFD  Abaqus/CAE  

Type: Model data

Level: Model  

Abaqus/CAE: Property module

References:

Required parameter:

NAME

Set this parameter equal to a label that will be used to refer to the distribution table.

Data line to specify the distribution table label for shell thickness or initial contact clearance: 

First (and only) line:

  1. LENGTH.

Data line to specify the distribution table label for shell offset: 

First (and only) line:

  1. RATIO.

Data lines to specify the distribution table labels for shell stiffness: 

First line:

  1. SHELLSTIFF1.

  2. SHELLSTIFF1.

  3. SHELLSTIFF1.

  4. SHELLSTIFF1.

  5. SHELLSTIFF1.

  6. SHELLSTIFF1.

  7. SHELLSTIFF2.

Second line:

  1. SHELLSTIFF2.

  2. SHELLSTIFF2.

  3. SHELLSTIFF3.

  4. SHELLSTIFF2.

  5. SHELLSTIFF2.

  6. SHELLSTIFF2.

  7. SHELLSTIFF3.

  8. SHELLSTIFF3.

Third line:

  1. SHELLSTIFF2.

  2. SHELLSTIFF2.

  3. SHELLSTIFF2.

  4. SHELLSTIFF3.

  5. SHELLSTIFF3.

  6. SHELLSTIFF3.

Data line to specify the distribution table labels for the coordinates of points a and b used to define a local coordinate system: 

First (and only ) line:

  1. COORD3D.

  2. COORD3D.

Data line to specify the distribution table label for an additional rotation angle used to define a local coordinate system: 

First (and only) line:

  1. ANGLE.

Data line to specify the distribution table labels for isotropic elasticity: 

First (and only) line:

  1. MODULUS.

  2. RATIO.

Data lines to specify the distribution table labels for orthotropic elasticity: 

First line:

  1. MODULUS.

  2. MODULUS.

  3. MODULUS.

  4. MODULUS.

  5. MODULUS.

  6. MODULUS.

  7. MODULUS.

Second line:

  1. MODULUS.

  2. MODULUS.

Data lines to specify the distribution table labels for orthotropic elasticity with engineering constants: 

First line:

  1. MODULUS.

  2. MODULUS.

  3. MODULUS.

  4. RATIO.

  5. RATIO.

  6. RATIO.

  7. MODULUS.

Second line:

  1. MODULUS.

  2. MODULUS.

Data line to specify the distribution table labels for orthotropic elasticity in plane stress: 

First (and only) line:

  1. MODULUS.

  2. MODULUS.

  3. RATIO.

  4. MODULUS.

  5. MODULUS.

  6. MODULUS.

Data lines to specify the distribution table labels for anisotropic elasticity: 

First line:

  1. MODULUS.

  2. MODULUS.

  3. MODULUS.

  4. MODULUS.

  5. MODULUS.

  6. MODULUS.

  7. MODULUS.

Second line:

  1. MODULUS.

  2. MODULUS.

  3. MODULUS.

  4. MODULUS.

  5. MODULUS.

  6. MODULUS.

  7. MODULUS.

  8. MODULUS.

Third line:

  1. MODULUS.

  2. MODULUS.

  3. MODULUS.

  4. MODULUS.

  5. MODULUS.

  6. MODULUS.

Data line to specify the distribution table label for mass density: 

First (and only) line:

  1. DENSITY.

Data line to specify the distribution table label for isotropic thermal expansion: 

First (and only) line:

  1. EXPANSION.

Data line to specify the distribution table labels for orthotropic thermal expansion: 

First (and only) line:

  1. EXPANSION.

  2. EXPANSION.

  3. EXPANSION.

Data line to specify the distribution table labels for anisotropic thermal expansion: 

First (and only) line:

  1. EXPANSION.

  2. EXPANSION.

  3. EXPANSION.

  4. EXPANSION.

  5. EXPANSION.

  6. EXPANSION.

Data line to specify the distribution table labels for boundary condition variables that vary over element faces in Abaqus/CFD: 

First (and only) line:

  1. VELOCITY, TEMPERATURE, TURBKE, TURBEPS, TURBOMEGA, TURBNU, LENGTH, or RATIO.