*PIPE-SOIL INTERACTION
Specify element properties for pipe-soil interaction elements.

This option is used to define properties for pipe-soil interaction elements. The *PIPE-SOIL STIFFNESS option must follow immediately after this option.

Product: Abaqus/Standard  

Type: Model data

Level: Part,  Part instance  

References:

Required parameter:

ELSET

Set this parameter equal to the name of the element set containing the pipe-soil interaction elements for which properties are being defined.

Optional parameter:

ORIENTATION

Set this parameter equal to the name of the *ORIENTATION definition (Orientations, Section 2.2.5 of the Abaqus Analysis User's Guide) that gives the orientation of the local system used for material calculations.

There are no data lines associated with this option.