| CPEG6(S) | 6-node quadratic triangle |
| CPEG6H(S) | 6-node quadratic triangle, hybrid with linear pressure |
| CPEG6M(S) | 6-node modified, with hourglass control |
| CPEG6MH(S) | 6-node modified, with hourglass control, hybrid with linear pressure |
| CPEG8(S) | 8-node biquadratic quadrilateral |
| CPEG8H(S) | 8-node biquadratic quadrilateral, hybrid with linear pressure |
| CPEG8R(S) | 8-node biquadratic quadrilateral, reduced integration |
| CPEG8RH(S) | 8-node biquadratic quadrilateral, reduced integration, hybrid with linear pressure |
# Active degrees of freedom
1, 2 at all but the reference node
3, 4, 5 at the reference node
# Additional solution variables
The constant pressure hybrid elements have one additional variable relating to pressure, and the linear pressure hybrid elements have three additional variables relating to pressure.
Element types CPEG4I and CPEG4IH have five additional variables relating to the incompatible modes.
Element types CPEG6M and CPEG6MH have two additional displacement variables.
# Coupled temperature-displacement plane strain elements
| CPE3T | 3-node linear displacement and temperature |
| CPE4T(S) | 4-node bilinear displacement and temperature |
| CPE4HT(S) | 4-node bilinear displacement and temperature, hybrid with constant pressure |
| CPE4RT | 4-node bilinear displacement and temperature, reduced integration with hourglass control |
| CPE4RHT(S) | 4-node bilinear displacement and temperature, reduced integration with hourglass control, hybrid with constant pressure |
| CPE6MT | 6-node modified displacement and temperature, with hourglass control |
| CPE6MHT(S) | 6-node modified displacement and temperature, with hourglass control, hybrid with constant pressure |
| CPE8T(S) | 8-node biquadratic displacement, bilinear temperature |
| CPE8HT(S) | 8-node biquadratic displacement, bilinear temperature, hybrid with linear pressure |
| CPE8RT(S) | 8-node biquadratic displacement, bilinear temperature, reduced integration |
| CPE8RHT(S) | 8-node biquadratic displacement, bilinear temperature, reduced integration, hybrid with linear pressure |
# Active degrees of freedom
1, 2, 11 at corner nodes
1, 2 at midside nodes of second-order elements in Abaqus/Standard
1, 2, 11 at midside nodes of modified displacement and temperature elements in Abaqus/Standard
# Additional solution variables
The constant pressure hybrid elements have one additional variable relating to pressure, and the linear pressure hybrid elements have three additional variables relating to pressure.
Element types CPE6MT and CPE6MHT have two additional displacement variables and one additional temperature variable.
# Coupled temperature-displacement plane stress elements
| CPS3T | 3-node linear displacement and temperature |
| CPS4T(S) | 4-node bilinear displacement and temperature |
| CPS4RT | 4-node bilinear displacement and temperature, reduced integration with hourglass control |
| CPS6MT | 6-node modified displacement and temperature, with hourglass control |
| CPS8T(S) | 8-node biquadratic displacement, bilinear temperature |
| CPS8RT(S) | 8-node biquadratic displacement, bilinear temperature, reduced integration |
# Active degrees of freedom
1, 2, 11 at corner nodes
1, 2 at midside nodes of second-order elements in Abaqus/Standard
1, 2, 11 at midside nodes of modified displacement and temperature elements in Abaqus/Standard
# Additional solution variables
Element type CPS6MT has two additional displacement variables and one additional temperature variable.
# Coupled temperature-displacement generalized plane strain elements
| CPEG4RHT(S) | 4-node bilinear displacement and temperature, reduced integration with hourglass control, hybrid with constant pressure |
| CPEG6MT(S) | 6-node modified displacement and temperature, with hourglass control |
| CPEG6MHT(S) | 6-node modified displacement and temperature, with hourglass control, hybrid with constant pressure |
| CPEG8T(S) | 8-node biquadratic displacement, bilinear temperature |
| CPEG8HT(S) | 8-node biquadratic displacement, bilinear temperature, hybrid with linear pressure |
| CPEG8RHT(S) | 8-node biquadratic displacement, bilinear temperature, reduced integration, hybrid with linear pressure |
# Active degrees of freedom
1, 2, 11 at corner nodes
1, 2 at midside nodes of second-order elements
1, 2, 11 at midside nodes of modified displacement and temperature elements
3, 4, 5 at the reference node
# Additional solution variables
The constant pressure hybrid elements have one additional variable relating to pressure, and the linear pressure hybrid elements have three additional variables relating to pressure.
Element types CPEG6MT and CPEG6MHT have two additional displacement variables and one additional temperature variable.
# Diffusive heat transfer or mass diffusion elements
DC2D3(S) 3-node linear
DC2D4(S) 4-node linear
DC2D6(S) 6-node quadratic
DC2D8(S) 8-node biquadratic
Active degree of freedom
11
Additional solution variables
None.
# Forced convection/diffusion elements
DCC2D4(S) 4-node
DCC2D4D(S) 4-node with dispersion control
Active degree of freedom
11
Additional solution variables
Coupled thermal-electrical elements
| CPE4P(S) | 4-node bilinear displacement and pore pressure |
| CPE4PH(S) | 4-node bilinear displacement and pore pressure, hybrid with constant pressure stress |
| CPE4RP(S) | 4-node bilinear displacement and pore pressure, reduced integration with hourglass control |
| CPE4RPH(S) | 4-node bilinear displacement and pore pressure, reduced integration with hourglass control, hybrid with constant pressure |
| CPE6MP(S) | 6-node modified displacement and pore pressure, with hourglass control |
| CPE6MPH(S) | 6-node modified displacement and pore pressure, with hourglass control, hybrid with linear pressure |
| CPE8P(S) | 8-node biquadratic displacement, bilinear pore pressure |
| CPE8PH(S) | 8-node biquadratic displacement, bilinear pore pressure, hybrid with linear pressure stress |
| CPE8RP(S) | 8-node biquadratic displacement, bilinear pore pressure, reduced integration |
| CPE8RPH(S) | 8-node biquadratic displacement, bilinear pore pressure, reduced integration, hybrid with linear pressure stress |
Active degrees of freedom
1, 2, 8 at corner nodes
1, 2 at midside nodes for all elements except CPE6MP and CPE6MPH, which also have degree of freedom 8 active at midside nodes
# Additional solution variables
The constant pressure hybrid elements have one additional variable relating to the effective pressure stress, and the linear pressure hybrid elements have three additional variables relating to the effective pressure stress to permit fully incompressible material modeling.
Element types CPE6MP and CPE6MPH have two additional displacement variables and one additional pore pressure variable.
# Coupled temperature–pore pressure plane strain elements
| CPE4PT(S) | 4-node bilinear displacement, pore pressure, and temperature |
| CPE4PHT(S) | 4-node bilinear displacement, pore pressure, and temperature; hybrid with constant pressure stress |
| CPE4RPT(S) | 4-node bilinear displacement, pore pressure, and temperature; reduced integration |
| CPE4RPHT(S) | 4-node bilinear displacement, pore pressure, and temperature; reduced integration, hybrid with constant pressure stress |
Active degrees of freedom
1, 2, 8, 11 at corner nodes
# Additional solution variables
The constant pressure stress hybrid elements have one additional variable relating to the effective pressure stress to permit fully incompressible material modeling.
# Acoustic elements
| Load ID (*DLOAD) | Abaqus/CAE Load/Interaction | Units | Description |
| $CENT^{(S)}$ | Not supported | $FL^{-4}(ML^{-3}T^{-2})$ | Centrifugal load (magnitude is input as $\rho\omega^{2}$ , where $\rho$ is the mass density per unit volume, $\omega$ is the angular velocity). Not available for pore pressure elements. |
| $CENTRIF^{(S)}$ | Rotational body force | $T^{-2}$ | Centrifugal load (magnitude is input as $\omega^{2}$ , where $\omega$ is the angular velocity). |
| $CORIO^{(S)}$ | Coriolis force | $FL^{-4}T (ML^{-3}T^{-1})$ | Coriolis force (magnitude is input as $\rho\omega$ , where $\rho$ is the mass density per unit volume, $\omega$ is the angular velocity). Not available for pore pressure elements. |
| GRAV | Gravity | $LT^{-2}$ | Gravity loading in a specified direction (magnitude is input as acceleration). |
| $HPn^{(S)}$ | Not supported | $FL^{-2}$ | Hydrostatic pressure on face $n$ , linear in global $Y$ . |
| $Pn$ | Pressure | $FL^{-2}$ | Pressure on face $n$ . |
| $PnNU$ | Not supported | $FL^{-2}$ | Nonuniform pressure on face $n$ with magnitude supplied via user subroutine DLOAD in Abaqus/Standard and VDLOAD in Abaqus/Explicit. |
| $ROTA^{(S)}$ | Rotational body force | $T^{-2}$ | Rotary acceleration load (magnitude is input as $\alpha$ , where $\alpha$ is the rotary acceleration). |
| $SBF^{(E)}$ | Not supported | $FL^{-5}T^{2}$ | Stagnation body force in global $X$ - and $Y$ -directions. |
| $SPn^{(E)}$ | Not supported | $FL^{-4}T^{2}$ | Stagnation pressure on face $n$ . |
| $TRSHRn$ | Surface traction | $FL^{-2}$ | Shear traction on face $n$ . |
| $TRSHRnNU^{(S)}$ | Not supported | $FL^{-2}$ | Nonuniform shear traction on face $n$ with magnitude and direction supplied via user subroutine UTRACLOAD. |