Abaqus to Radioss Conversion Mapping

Elements

Table 1. Supported Element Mappings
Abaqus (Explicit) Radioss
C3D10M /BRICK
C3D4 /BRICK
C3D6 /BRICK
C3D8R /BRICK
S3R /SH3N
S4R /SHELL
SC8R /BRICK
SC6R /PENTA6
R3D3 /SH3N + /RBODY
R3D4 /SHELL + /RBODY
MASS /ADMAS
M3D4R/M3D3 /PROP/SHELL

Properties

Table 2. Supported Property Mappings
Abaqus (Explicit) Radioss
*SOLID_SECTION and *CONTROL_SECTION /PROP/SOLID
*SHELL_SECTION and *CONTROL_SECTION /PROP/SHELL or PROP/TSHELL
*RIGIDBODY PROP/SHELL or /PROP/SOLID
*MASS /ADMAS
*SHELL SECTION COMPOSITE /PROP/TSH_COMP(P22_TSH_COMP)

Materials

Table 3. Supported Material Mappings
Abaqus (Explicit) Radioss
ELASTIC, ISOTROPIC /MAT/ELASTIC
PLASTIC, ISOTROPIC /MAT/PLAS_TAB
Hyperelastic, Mooney, Rivlin MAT/OGDEN
Hyperelastic, Ogden MAT/OGDEN
PLASTIC,JOHNSON COOK M2PLAS_JOHN_ZERIL
HYPERELASTIC,MARLOW /MAT/LAW70
HYPERFOAM, VISCOELASTIC /MAT/LAW62

Functions

Table 4. Supported Function Mappings
Abaqus (Explicit) Radioss
*AMPLITUDE /FUNCT, /MOVE_FUNCT

Groups

Table 5. Supported Group Mappings
Abaqus (Explicit) Radioss
*NSET /GRNOD
*ELSET /GSHEL, /GRSH3N, /GRBRIC
*SURFACE /GRNOD, /SURF

Loads

Table 6. Supported Load Mappings
Abaqus (Explicit) Radioss
*BOUNDARY /IMPDISP, /IMPVEL, /IMPACC, /BCS
*INITIAL CONDITION /INIVEL
*CLOAD /CLOAD
*DLOAD /GRAV, /PLOAD

Contacts

Table 7. Supported Contact Mappings
Abaqus (Explicit) Radioss
*TIED, *CONTACT_CLEARANCE, *SURFACE_INTERACTION /INTER/TYPE2
*CONTACT_CLEARANCE, *SURFACE_INTERACTION /INTER/TYPE7
*CONTACT PAIR /INTER/TYPE24
GENERAL CONTACT /INTER/TYPE24

Constraints

Table 8. Supported Constraint Mappings
Abaqus (Explicit) Radioss
*COUPLING KINEMATIC, *COUPLING DYNAMIC /RBE2, /RBE3
*MPC BEAM  
  /RBODY

Output Blocks

Table 9. Supported Output Block Mappings
Abaqus (Explicit) Radioss
*STEP, STEP NAME /TITLE and /RUN
*DYNAMIC, T_period /TSTOP
*VARIABLE MASS SCALING /DT/NODA/CST
*OUTPUT FIELD /ANIM/DT, /ANIM/VECT/(ACC, VEL, DISP, FINT, PCONT), /ANIM/BRICK/TENS/(STRESS,STRAIN) /ANIM/SHELL/TENS/(STRESS,STRAIN), /ANIM/ELEM/(VONMISES, PRESSURE,EPSP, ENER, DENS)
*OUTPUT HISTORY /TFILE, /TH/NODE, /TH/SHEL, /TH/SH3N, /TH/BEAM, /TH/BRIC