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*INCIDENT WAVE PROPERTY
Define the geometric data describing an incident wave.

The preferred interface for defining the geometric data for an incident wave is the *INCIDENT WAVE INTERACTION PROPERTY option used in conjunction with the *INCIDENT WAVE INTERACTION option. The alternative interface uses the *INCIDENT WAVE PROPERTY option to define the geometric data for incident waves.

Each *INCIDENT WAVE option must refer to an *INCIDENT WAVE PROPERTY definition. The *INCIDENT WAVE PROPERTY option must be followed by the *INCIDENT WAVE FLUID PROPERTY option, which defines the fluid properties used in the incident wave loading.

Products: Abaqus/Standard  Abaqus/Explicit  Abaqus/CAE  

Type: Model data

Level: Model  

Abaqus/CAE: Unsupported; this option has been superseded by incident wave interaction properties.

References:

Required parameter:

NAME

Set this parameter equal to a label that will be used to refer to the incident wave property in the *INCIDENT WAVE option.

Optional parameter:

TYPE

Set TYPE=PLANE (default) to specify a planar incident wave.

Set TYPE=SPHERE to specify a spherical incident wave.

Data lines to define an incident wave property: 

First line:

  1. X-coordinate of , the position of the incident wave standoff point.

  2. Y-coordinate of , the position of the incident wave standoff point.

  3. Z-coordinate of , the position of the incident wave standoff point.

  4. X-component of , the velocity of the incident wave standoff point.

  5. Y-component of , the velocity of the incident wave standoff point.

  6. Z-component of , the velocity of the incident wave standoff point.

Second line:

  1. X-coordinate of , the position of the incident wave source point. Alternatively, specify the name of an *AMPLITUDE definition describing the time history of this coordinate.

  2. Y-coordinate of , the position of the incident wave source point. Alternatively, specify the name of an *AMPLITUDE definition describing the time history of this coordinate.

  3. Z-coordinate of , the position of the incident wave source point. Alternatively, specify the name of an *AMPLITUDE definition describing the time history of this coordinate.

If TYPE=PLANE, the vector from to defines the direction of the incoming wave; the distance between the two points is unimportant. For incident wave loads using bubble amplitudes, the source positions defined by the user with the *INCIDENT WAVE PROPERTY option are interpreted as the initial positions of the source.