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Location of integration points

Location of integration points

Location of integration points

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I'm trying to find the location of the integration points in ABAQUS.  I'm using 3-D quadratic elements with reduced integration (C3D20R).  I know they have 8 integration points and I've generated a report with the von mises stress at the integration points and I can easily locate the elements but I don't know exactly where the integration points are within the elements.

I would appreciate if any one could tell me how I can find the location of the integration points for any element type?  I've attached part of the report below to show what I mean.

Loc 1 : Integration point values from source 1

Output sorted by column "Element Label".

Field Output reported at integration points for part: PLATE-1

         Element             Int        MISESMAX         S.Mises           S.S11
           Label              Pt          @Loc 1          @Loc 1          @Loc 1
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------
               1               1     7.80447E+06     7.80447E+06    -4.25114E+06
               1               2     42.7395E+06     42.7395E+06    -1.29215E+06
               1               3     13.8479E+06     13.8479E+06    -13.3890E+06
               1               4     19.1219E+06     19.1219E+06     16.0741E+06
               1               5     7.80447E+06     7.80447E+06    -

RE: Location of integration points

Hi,

Please try following Abaqus documentation chapter:
Abaqus Analysis User's Manual -> Elements -> 25.1.4 Three-dimensional solid element library -> Numbering of integration points for output

Regards,
Bartosz

RE: Location of integration points

Dear Akabarten,

I have a similar problem. Your approach is very difficult to automate in Python. Isn't it possible to extract this from the output database with a script?

I would be highly surprised if this was impossible. I have spent several days looking for it, but so far came up with nothing. Any help would be highly appreciated.

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