3D Connexion Version 6.6

*OUTPUT

Using *OUTPUT in an ABAQUS/Explicitanalysis

References:

•“Output to the output database,” Section 4.1.3 of the ABAQUS Analysis User ’sManual

•“ABAQUS/Explicit outputvariable identiﬁers,” Section 4.2.2 of the ABAQUS Analysis User’s Manual

•“Overview of job diagnostics,” Section23.1 of the ABAQUS/CAE User ’sManual

•*CONTACT OUTPUT

•*ELEMENT OUTPUT

•*ENERGY OUTPUT

•*INCREMENTATIONOUTPUT

•*NODE OUTPUT

•*TIME POINTS

One of the following mutuallyexclusive parameters is required:

FIELD

Include this parameter to indicate that the output requests used in conjunction w ith the *OUTPUT

option will be written to the output database as ﬁeld-type output.

HISTORY

Include this parameter to indicate that the output requests used in conjunction w ith the *OUTPUT

option will be written to the output database as history-type output.

The following parametersare optional and valid only if the FIELD parameter is included:

NUMBER INTERVAL

Set this parameter equal to the number of intervals during the step at which the output database

states are to be written. ABAQUS/Explicit will always write t he results at the beginning of the

step. For example, if NUMBER INTERVAL=10,ABAQUS/Explicit will write 11 output database

states consisting of the values at the beginning of the step and the values at the e nd of 10 intervals

throughout the step. The value of this param eter must be a positive integer or zero. Avalue of zero

suppresses all output. If this param eter is omitted, its value will be set to 20.

The NUMBER INTERVAL and TIME POINTS parameters are mutually exclusive.

TIME MARKS

Set TIME MARKS=NO (default) to write results to the output database at the increment ending

immediately after the time dictated by the NUMBER INTERVALor TIME POINTS parameter.

Set TIME MARKS=YES to write results at the exact times dictated by the NUMBER

INTERVAL or TIME POINTS parameter.

TIME MARKS=YES cannot be used when eitherthe FIXED TIME INCREMENTATION or

DIRECT USER CONTROL parameter is included on the *DYNAMIC option.

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