30.1.2 Mass element library

Products: Abaqus/Standard Abaqus/Explicit Abaqus/CAE

References

Overview

This section provides a reference to the mass elements available in Abaqus/Standard and Abaqus/Explicit.

Element type

MASS Point mass

Active degrees of freedom

1, 2, 3

Additional solution variables

None.

Nodal coordinates required

X, Y, Z

Element property definition

Input File Usage:

*MASS

Abaqus/CAE Usage:

Not supported

Element-based loading

Distributed loads

Distributed loads are specified as described in “Distributed loads,” Section 34.4.3.

Load ID (*DLOAD):  CENTRIF^(S)

Abaqus/CAE Load/Interaction:  Not supported

Units:  T^–2

Description:  Centrifugal load (magnitude is input as , where is the angular velocity).

Load ID (*DLOAD):  GRAV

Abaqus/CAE Load/Interaction:  Not supported

Units:  LT^–2

Description:  Gravity loading in a specified direction.

Load ID (*DLOAD):  ROTA^(S)

Abaqus/CAE Load/Interaction:  Not supported

Units:  T^–2

Description:  Rotary acceleration load (magnitude is input as , where is the rotary acceleration).

Element output

ELKE	Element kinetic energy (available only from Abaqus/Standard).

Nodes associated with the element

1 node.