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*UEL PROPERTY
Define property values to be used with a user element type.

This option is used to define the properties of a user element.

Products: Abaqus/Standard  Abaqus/Explicit  Abaqus/CAE  

Type: Model data

Level: Part,  Part instance,  Model  

Abaqus/CAE: Actuator/sensor interaction properties can be defined in the Interaction module.

References:

Required parameter:

ELSET

Set this parameter equal to the name of the element set containing the user elements for which these property values are being defined.

Optional parameters:

MATERIAL

This parameter applies only to Abaqus/Standard analyses.

Set this parameter equal to the name of the material to be used with these elements.

ORIENTATION

This parameter applies only to Abaqus/Standard analyses.

Set this parameter equal to the name of an orientation definition (“Orientations,” Section 2.2.5 of the Abaqus Analysis User's Guide) to be used to define a local coordinate system for material calculations in the elements in this set.

Optional parameters (relevant only for direct-integration dynamic analysis with linear user elements): 

ALPHA

Set this parameter equal to the Rayleigh mass damping factor, .

BETA

Set this parameter equal to the Rayleigh stiffness damping factor, .

There are no data lines required to define the properties of linear user elements. 

Data lines to define the properties of nonlinear user elements if the PROPERTIES and/or I PROPERTIES parameters are used on the *USER ELEMENT option with a value of one or more: 

First line:

  1. Enter the values of the element properties. Enter all floating point values first, followed immediately by the integer values.

Repeat this data line as often as necessary. Eight values per line are used for both real and integer values.