
The 8-node element is defined by eight nodes having two degrees of freedom at each node: translations in the nodal x and y directions. The element may be used as a plane element or as an axisymmetric element. The element has plasticity, creep, swelling, stress stiffening, large deflection, and large strain capabilities. Various printout options are also available. See Section 14.82 of the ANSYS Theory Reference for more details about this element. An axisymmetric element which accepts nonaxisymmetric loading (PLANE83) is described in Section 4.83.
Figure 4.82-1 PLANE82 2-D 8-Node Structural Solid

A triangular-shaped element may be formed by defining the same node number for nodes K, L and O. A similar, but 6-node, triangular element (PLANE2) is described in Section 4.2. Besides the nodes, the element input data includes a thickness (TK) (for the plane stress option only) and the orthotropic material properties. Orthotropic material directions correspond to the element coordinate directions. The element coordinate system orientation is as described in Section 2.3. Properties not input default as described in Section 2.4.
Element loads are described in Section 2.7. Pressures may be input as surface loads on the element faces as shown by the circled numbers on Figure 4.82-1. Positive pressures act into the element. Temperatures and fluences may be input as element body loads at the nodes. The node I temperature T(I) defaults to TUNIF. If all other temperatures are unspecified, they default to T(I). If all corner node temperatures are specified, each midside node temperature defaults to the average temperature of its adjacent corner nodes. For any other input temperature pattern, unspecified temperatures default to TUNIF. Similar defaults occurs for fluence except that zero is used instead of TUNIF.
The nodal forces, if any, should be input per unit of depth for a plane analysis (except for KEYOPT(3)=3) and on a full 360° basis for an axisymmetric analysis. KEYOPT(5) and KEYOPT(6) parameters provide various element printout options (see Section 2.2.2).
A summary of the element input is given in Table 4.82-1. A general description of element input is given in Section 2.1.
Table 4.82-1 PLANE82 Input Summary
| Element Name
|
PLANE82
|
| Nodes
|
I, J, K, L, M, N, O, P
|
| Degrees of Freedom
|
UX, UY
|
| Real Constants
|
None, if KEYOPT (3) = 0, 1, 2 Thickness, if KEYOPT (3) = 3
|
| Material Properties
|
EX, EY, EZ, (PRXY, PRYZ, PRXZ or NUXY, NUYZ, NUXZ), ALPX,
ALPY, ALPZ, DENS, GXY, DAMP
|
| Surface Loads
|
Pressures: face 1 (J-I), face 2 (K-J), face 3 (I-K), face 4 (I-L)
|
| Body Loads
|
Temperatures: T (I), T (J), T (K), T (L), T (M), T (N), T (O), T (P) Fluences: FL (I), F L(J), FL (K), FL (L), FL (M), FL (N), FL (O), FL (P)
|
| Special Features
|
Plasticity, Creep, Swelling, Stress stiffening, Large deflection,
Large strain, Birth and death, Adaptive descent.
|
| KEYOPT(3)
|
0 - Plane stress 1 - Axisymmetric 2 - Plane strain (Z strain = 0.0) 3 - Plane stress with thickness (TK) real constant input
|
| KEYOPT(5)
|
0 - Basic element solution 1 - Repeat basic solution for all integration points 2 - Nodal stress solution
|
| KEYOPT(6)
|
0 - Basic element solution 1 - Surface solution for face I-J also 2 - Surface solution for both faces I-J and K-L also (surface solution valid for linear materials only) 3 - Nonlinear solution at each integration point also 4 - Surface solution for faces with nonzero pressure
|
The element stress directions are parallel to the element coordinate system. Surface stresses are defined parallel and perpendicular to the IJ face (and the KL face) and along the Z axis for a plane analysis or in the hoop direction for an axisymmetric analysis. A general description of solution output is given in Section 2.2. See the ANSYS Basic Analysis Procedures Guide for ways to view results.
Figure 4.82-2 2-D PLANE82 Stress Output

The following notation is used in Table 4.82-2:
A colon (:) in the Name column indicates the item can be accessed by the Component Name method [ETABLE, ESOL] (see Section 2.2.2). The O and R columns indicate the availability of the items in the file Jobname.OUT (O) or in the results file (R), a Y indicates that the item is always available, a number refers to a table footnote which describes when the item is conditionally available, and a - indicates that the item is not available.
Table 4.82-2 PLANE82 Element Output Definitions
| Name
|
Definition
|
O
|
R
|
| EL
|
Element number
|
Y | Y |
| NODES
|
Corner nodes - I, J, K, L
|
Y | Y |
| MAT
|
Material number
|
Y | Y |
| THICK
|
Average thickness
|
Y | Y |
| VOLU:
|
Volume
|
Y | Y |
| CENT: XC,YC
|
Global location XC, YC
|
Y | Y |
| PRES
|
Pressures P1 at nodes J,I; P2 at K,J; P3 at L,K; P4 at I,L
|
Y | Y |
| TEMP
|
Temperatures T(I), T(J), T(K), T(L), T(M), T(N), T(O), T(P)
|
Y | Y |
| FLUEN
|
Fluences FL(I), FL(J), FL(K), FL(L), FL(M), FL(N), FL(O), FL(P)
|
Y | Y |
| S:INT
|
Stress intensity
|
Y | Y |
| S:EQV
|
Equivalent stress
|
Y | Y |
| EPEL: X, Y, Z, XY
|
Elastic strains
|
Y | Y |
| EPEL: 1, 2, 3
|
Principal elastic strains
|
Y | Y |
| S: X, Y, Z, XY
|
Stresses (SZ=0.0 for plane stress elements)
|
Y | Y |
| S: 1, 2, 3
|
Principal stresses
|
Y | Y |
| FACE
|
Face label
|
1 | Y |
| EPEL(PAR,PER,Z)
|
Surface elastic strains (parallel, perpendicular, Z or hoop)
|
1 | Y |
| TEMP
|
Surface average temperature
|
1 | Y |
| S(PAR,PER,Z)
|
Surface stresses (parallel, perpendicular, Z or hoop)
|
1 | Y |
| SINT
|
Surface stress intensity
|
1 | Y |
| SEQV
|
Surface equivalent stress
|
1 | Y |
| EPPL: X, Y, XY, Z
|
Plastic strains
|
2 | 2 |
| EPCR: X, Y, XY, Z
|
Creep strains
|
2 | 2 |
| EPSW:
|
Swelling strain
|
2 | 2 |
| NL:EPEQ
|
Equivalent plastic strain
|
2 | 2 |
| NL:SRAT
|
Ratio of trial stress to stress on yield surface
|
2 | 2 |
| NL:SEPL
|
Equivalent stress on stress-strain curve
|
2 | 2 |
| NL:HPRES
|
Hydrostatic pressure
|
- | 2 |
2. Nonlinear solution (if the element has a nonlinear material)
Table 4.82-2a PLANE82 Miscellaneous Element Output
| Description
|
Names of Items Output
|
O
|
R
|
| Nonlinear Integration Pt. Solution
|
EPPL, EPEQ, SRAT, SEPL, HPRES, EPCR, EPSW
|
1 | - |
| Integration Point Stress Solution
|
TEMP, SINT, SEQV, EPEL, S
|
2 | - |
| Nodal Stress Solution
|
TEMP, S, SINT, SEQV
|
3 | - |
2. Output at each integration point, if KEYOPT(5)=1
3. Output at each vertex node, if KEYOPT(5)=2
Note-For axisymmetric solutions, the X, Y, XY, and Z stress and strain outputs correspond to the radial, axial, in-plane shear, and hoop stresses and strains.
Table 4.82-3 lists output available through the ETABLE command using the Sequence Number method. See Chapter 5 of the ANSYS Basic Analysis Procedures Guide and Section 2.2.2.2 of this manual for more information. The following notation is used in Table 4.82-3:
| Name
|
Item
|
E
|
I
|
J
|
K
|
L
|
M
|
N
|
O
|
P
|
| P1
|
SMISC
|
- | 2 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| P2
|
SMISC
|
- | - | 4 | 3 | - | - | - | - | - |
| P3
|
SMISC
|
- | - | - | 6 | 5 | - | - | - | - |
| P4
|
SMISC
|
- | 7 | - | - | 8 | - | - | - | - |
| S:1
|
NMISC
|
- | 1 | 6 | 11 | 16 | - | - | - | - |
| S:2
|
NMISC
|
- | 2 | 7 | 12 | 17 | - | - | - | - |
| S:3
|
NMISC
|
- | 3 | 8 | 13 | 18 | - | - | - | - |
| S:INT
|
NMISC
|
- | 4 | 9 | 14 | 19 | - | - | - | - |
| S:EQV
|
NMISC
|
- | 5 | 10 | 15 | 20 | - | - | - | - |
| FLUEN
|
NMISC
|
- | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 |
| THICK
|
NMISC
|
29 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
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