Elements Manual
Chapter 4 - Table of Contents

4 Element Library

4.1 LINK1 2-D Spar

4.2 PLANE2 2-D 6-Node Triangular Structural Solid

4.3 BEAM3 2-D Elastic Beam

4.4 BEAM4 3-D Elastic Beam

4.5 SOLID5 3-D Coupled-Field Solid

4.7 COMBIN7 Revolute Joint

4.8 LINK8 3-D Spar

4.9 INFIN9 2-D Infinite Boundary

4.10 LINK10 Tension-only or Compression-only Spar

4.11 LINK11 Linear Actuator

4.12 CONTAC12 2-D Point-to-Point Contact

4.13 PLANE13 2-D Coupled-Field Solid

4.14 COMBIN14 Spring-Damper

4.16 PIPE16 Elastic Straight Pipe

4.17 PIPE17 Elastic Pipe Tee

4.18 PIPE18 Elastic Curved Pipe (Elbow)

4.19 SURF19 2-D Surface Effect

4.20 PIPE20 Plastic Straight Pipe

4.21 MASS21 Structural Mass

4.22 SURF22 3-D Surface Effect

4.23 BEAM23 2-D Plastic Beam

4.24 BEAM24 3-D Thin-walled Beam

4.25 PLANE25 4-Node Axisymmetric-Harmonic Structural Solid

4.26 CONTAC26 2-D Point-to-Ground Contact

4.27 MATRIX27 Stiffness, Damping, or Mass Matrix

4.28 SHELL28 Shear/Twist Panel

4.29 FLUID29 2-D Acoustic Fluid

4.30 FLUID30 3-D Acoustic Fluid

4.31 LINK31 Radiation Link

4.32 LINK32 2-D Conduction Bar

4.33 LINK33 3-D Conduction Bar

4.34 LINK34 Convection Link

4.35 PLANE35 2-D 6-Node Triangular Thermal Solid

4.36 SOURC36 Current Source

4.37 COMBIN37 Control

4.38 FLUID38 Dynamic Fluid Coupling

4.39 COMBIN39 Nonlinear Spring

4.40 COMBIN40 Combination

4.41 SHELL41 Membrane Shell

4.42 PLANE42 2-D Structural Solid

4.43 SHELL43 Plastic Large Strain Shell

4.44 BEAM44 3-D Tapered Unsymmetric Beam

4.45 SOLID45 3-D Structural Solid

4.46 SOLID46 3-D Layered Structural Solid

4.47 INFIN47 3-D Infinite Boundary

4.48 CONTAC48 2-D Point-to-Surface Contact

4.49 CONTAC49 3-D Point-to-Surface Contact

4.50 MATRIX50 Superelement

4.51 SHELL51 Axisymmetric Structural Shell

4.52 CONTAC52 3-D Point-to-Point Contact

4.53 PLANE53 2-D 8-Node Magnetic Solid

4.54 BEAM54 2-D Elastic Tapered Unsymmetric Beam

4.55 PLANE55 2-D Thermal Solid

4.56 HYPER56 2-D 4-Node Mixed U-P Hyperelastic Solid

4.57 SHELL57 Thermal Shell

4.58 HYPER58 3-D 8-Node Mixed U-P Hyperelastic Solid

4.59 PIPE59 Immersed Pipe or Cable

4.60 PIPE60 Plastic Curved Pipe (Elbow)

4.61 SHELL61 Axisymmetric-Harmonic Structural Shell

4.62 SOLID62 3-D Magneto-Structural Solid

4.63 SHELL63 Elastic Shell

4.64 SOLID64 3-D Anisotropic Solid

4.65 SOLID65 3-D Reinforced Concrete Solid

4.66 FLUID66 Thermal-Fluid Pipe

4.67 PLANE67 2-D Thermal-Electric Solid

4.68 LINK68 Thermal-Electric Line

4.69 SOLID69 3-D Thermal-Electric Solid

4.70 SOLID70 3-D Thermal Solid

4.71 MASS71 Thermal Mass

4.72 SOLID72 3-D 4-Node Tetrahedral Structural Solid with
Rotations

4.73 SOLID73 3-D 8-Node Structural Solid with Rotations

4.74 HYPER74 2-D 8-Node Mixed U-P Hyperelastic Solid

4.75 PLANE75 Axisymmetric-Harmonic Thermal Solid

4.77 PLANE77 2-D 8-Node Thermal Solid

4.78 PLANE78 8-Node Axisymmetric-Harmonic Thermal Solid

4.79 FLUID79 2-D Contained Fluid

4.80 FLUID80 3-D Contained Fluid

4.81 FLUID81 Axisymmetric-Harmonic Contained Fluid Element

4.82 PLANE82 2-D 8-Node Structural Solid

4.83 PLANE83 8-Node Axisymmetric-Harmonic Structural Solid

4.84 HYPER84 2-D 8-Node Hyperelastic Solid

4.86 HYPER86 3-D Hyperelastic Solid

4.87 SOLID87 3-D 10-Node Tetrahedral Thermal Solid

4.88 VISCO88 2-D 8-Node Viscoelastic Solid

4.89 VISCO89 3-D 20-Node Viscoelastic Solid

4.90 SOLID90 3-D 20-Node Thermal Solid

4.91 SHELL91 Nonlinear Layered Structural Shell

4.92 SOLID92 3-D 10-Node Tetrahedral Structural Solid

4.93 SHELL93 8-Node Structural Shell

4.95 SOLID95 3-D 20-Node Structural Solid

4.96 SOLID96 3-D Magnetic Scalar Solid

4.97 SOLID97 3-D Magnetic Solid

4.98 SOLID98 Tetrahedral Coupled-Field Solid

4.99 SHELL99 Linear Layered Structural Shell

4.106 VISCO106 2-D Large Strain Solid

4.107 VISCO107 3-D Large Strain Solid

4.108 VISCO108 2-D 8-Node Large Strain Solid

4.110 INFIN110 2-D Infinite Solid

4.111 INFIN111 3-D Infinite Solid

4.115 INTER115 3-D Magnetic Interface

4.116 FLUID116 Thermal-Fluid Pipe

4.117 SOLID117 3-D Magnetic Solid

4.119 HF119 3-D High-Frequency Solid

4.120 HF120 3-D High-Frequency Solid

4.121 PLANE121 2-D 8-Node Electrostatic Solid

4.122 SOLID122 3-D 20-Node Electrostatic Solid

4.123 SOLID123 3-D 10-Node Tetrahedral Electrostatic Solid

4.124 CIRCU124 General Circuit

4.129 FLUID129 2-D Infinite Acoustic

4.130 FLUID130 3-D Infinite Acoustic

4.141 FLUID141 2-D Fluid-Thermal

4.142 FLUID142 3-D Fluid-Thermal

4.143 SHELL143 Plastic Shell

4.145 PLANE145 2-D Quadrilateral Structural Solid p-Element

4.146 PLANE146 2-D Triangular Structural Solid p-Element

4.147 SOLID147 3-D Brick Structural Solid p-Element

4.148 SOLID148 3-D Tetrahedral Structural Solid p-Element

4.150 SHELL150 8-Node Structural Shell p-Element

4.151 SURF151 2-D Thermal Surface Effect

4.152 SURF152 3-D Thermal Surface Effect

4.153 SURF153 2-D Structural Surface Effect

4.154 SURF154 3-D Structural Surface Effect

4.157 SHELL157 Coupled Thermal-Electric Shell

4.158 HYPER158 3-D 10-Node Tetrahedral Mixed U-P
Hyperelastic Solid

4.160 LINK160 Explicit 3-D Spar

4.161 BEAM161 Explicit 3-D Beam

4.163 SHELL163 Explicit Thin Structural Shell

4.164 SOLID164 Explicit 3-D Structural Solid

4.165 COMBI165 Explicit Spring- Damper

4.166 MASS166 Explicit 3-D Structural Mass

4.167 LINK167 Explicit Tension-Only Spar

4.169 TARGE169 2-D Target Segment

4.170 TARGE170 3-D Target Segment

4.171 CONTA171 2-D Surface-to-Surface Contact

4.172 CONTA172 2-D 3-Node Surface-to-Surface Contact

4.173 CONTA173 3-D Surface-to-Surface Contact Element

4.174 CONTA174 3-D 8-Node Surface-to-Surface Contact

4.181 SHELL181 Finite Strain Shell

4.182 PLANE182 2-D Structural Solid

4.185 SOLID185 3-D Structural Solid

4.188 BEAM188 3-D Linear Finite Strain Beam

4.189 BEAM189 3-D Quadratic Finite Strain Beam