| CAX3E(S) | 3-node linear |
| CAX4E(S) | 4-node bilinear |
| CAX6E(S) | 6-node quadratic |
| CAX8E(S) | 8-node biquadratic |
| CAX8RE(S) | 8-node biquadratic, reduced integration |
| Load ID (*DLOAD) | Abaqus/CAE Load/Interaction | Units | Description |
| BR | Body force | $FL^{-3}$ | Body force in radial direction. |
| BZ | Body force | $FL^{-3}$ | Body force in axial direction. |
| BRNU | Body force | $FL^{-3}$ | Nonuniform body force in radial direction with magnitude supplied via user subroutine DLOAD in Abaqus/Standard and VDLOAD in Abaqus/Explicit. |
| BZNU | Body force | $FL^{-3}$ | Nonuniform body force in axial direction with magnitude supplied via user subroutine DLOAD in Abaqus/Standard and VDLOAD in Abaqus/Explicit. |
| $CENT^{(S)}$ | Not supported | $FL^{-4}M^{-3}T^{-2}$ | Centrifugal load (magnitude 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). |
| 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. |
| $SBF^{(E)}$ | Not supported | $FL^{-5}T^{2}$ | Stagnation body force in radial and axial directions. |
| $SPn^{(E)}$ | Not supported | $FL^{-4}T^{2}$ | Stagnation pressure on face $n$ . |
| Load ID(*DLOAD) | Abaqus/CAELoad/Interaction | Units | Description |
| 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. |
| TRVECn | Surface traction | $FL^{-2}$ | General traction on face n. |
| $TRVECnNU^{(S)}$ | Not supported | $FL^{-2}$ | Nonuniform general traction on face n with magnitude and direction supplied via user subroutine UTRACLOAD. |
| $VBF^{(E)}$ | Not supported | $FL^{-4}T$ | Viscous body force in radial and axial directions. |
| $VPn^{(E)}$ | Not supported | $FL^{-3}T$ | Viscous pressure on face n, applying a pressure proportional to the velocity normal to the face and opposing the motion. |
| Load ID(*FOUNDATION) | Abaqus/CAE Load/Interaction | Units | Description |
| $Fn^{(S)}$ | Elastic foundation | $FL^{-3}$ | Elastic foundation on face n. For CGAX elements the elastic foundations are applied to degrees of freedom $u_r$ and $u_z$ only. |
| Load ID(*DFLUX) | Abaqus/CAELoad/Interaction | Units | Description |
| BF | Body heat flux | $JL^{-3}T^{-1}$ | Heat body flux per unit volume. |
| Load ID(*DFLUX) | Abaqus/CAELoad/Interaction | Units | Description |
| BFNU | Body heat flux | $JL^{-3}T^{-1}$ | Nonuniform heat body flux per unit volume with magnitude supplied via user subroutineDFLUXin Abaqus/Standard andVDFLUXin Abaqus/Explicit. |
| Sn | Surface heat flux | $JL^{-2}T^{-1}$ | Heat surface flux per unit area into face n. |
| SnNU | Not supported | $JL^{-2}T^{-1}$ | Nonuniform heat surface flux per unit area into face n with magnitude supplied via user subroutineDFLUXin Abaqus/Standard andVDFLUXin Abaqus/Explicit. |
| Load ID (*FILM) | Abaqus/CAE Load/Interaction | Units | Description |
| Fn | Surface film condition | $JL^{-2}T^{-1}\theta^{-1}$ | Film coefficient and sink temperature (units of $\theta$ ) provided on face n. |
| FnNU(S) | Not supported | $JL^{-2}T^{-1}\theta^{-1}$ | Nonuniform film coefficient and sink temperature (units of $\theta$ ) provided on face n with magnitude supplied via user subroutine FILM. |
| Load ID(*RADIATE) | Abaqus/CAELoad/Interaction | Units | Description |
| Rn | Surface radiation | Dimensionless | Emissivity and sink temperature provided for face n. |
| Load ID (*FLOW) | Abaqus/CAE Load/Interaction | Units | Description |
| $Qn^{(S)}$ | Not supported | $F^{-1}L^{3}T^{-1}$ | Seepage coefficient and reference sink pore pressure (units of $FL^{-2}$ ) provided on face n. |
| $QnD^{(S)}$ | Not supported | $F^{-1}L^{3}T^{-1}$ | Drainage-only seepage coefficient provided on face n. |
| $QnNU^{(S)}$ | Not supported | $F^{-1}L^{3}T^{-1}$ | Nonuniform seepage coefficient and reference sink pore pressure (units of $FL^{-2}$ ) provided on face n with magnitude supplied via user subroutine FLOW. |
| Load ID (*DFLOW) | Abaqus/CAE Load/Interaction | Units | Description |
| $Sn^{(S)}$ | Surface pore fluid | $LT^{-1}$ | Prescribed pore fluid effective velocity (outward from the face) on face n. |
| $SnNU^{(S)}$ | Not supported | $LT^{-1}$ | Nonuniform prescribed pore fluid effective velocity (outward from the face) on face n with magnitude supplied via user subroutine DFLOW. |
| Load ID(*IMPEDANCE) | Abaqus/CAELoad/Interaction | Units | Description |
| In | Not supported | None | Name of the impedance property that defines the impedance on face n. |
| Load ID(*DECHARGE) | Abaqus/CAELoad/Interaction | Units | Description |
| $EBF^{(S)}$ | Body charge | $CL^{-3}$ | Body flux per unit volume. |
| $ESn^{(S)}$ | Surface charge | $CL^{-2}$ | Prescribed surface charge on face n. |
| Load ID(*DECURRENT) | Abaqus/CAELoad/Interaction | Units | Description |
| $CBF^{(S)}$ | Body current | $CL^{-3}T^{-1}$ | Volumetric current source density. |
| $CSn^{(S)}$ | Surface current | $CL^{-2}T^{-1}$ | Current density on face n. |
| Load ID (*DFLUX) | Abaqus/CAE Load/Interaction | Units | Description |
| $BF^{(S)}$ | Body concentration flux | $PT^{-1}$ | Concentration body flux per unit volume. |
| $BFNU^{(S)}$ | Body concentration flux | $PT^{-1}$ | Nonuniform concentration body flux per unit volume with magnitude supplied via user subroutine DFLUX. |
| $Sn^{(S)}$ | Surface concentration flux | $PLT^{-1}$ | Concentration surface flux per unit area into face n. |
| $SnNU^{(S)}$ | Surface concentration flux | $PLT^{-1}$ | Nonuniform concentration surface flux per unit area into face n with magnitude supplied via user subroutine DFLUX. |
| Load ID(*DSLOAD) | Abaqus/CAELoad/Interaction | Units | Description |
| HP(S) | Pressure | $FL^{-2}$ | Hydrostatic pressure on the element surface, linear in global Y. |
| P | Pressure | $FL^{-2}$ | Pressure on the element surface. |
| PNU | Pressure | $FL^{-2}$ | Nonuniform pressure on the element surface with magnitude supplied via user subroutine DLOAD in Abaqus/Standard and VDLOAD in Abaqus/Explicit. |
| SP(E) | Pressure | $FL^{-4}T^{2}$ | Stagnation pressure on the element surface. |
| TRSHR | Surface traction | $FL^{-2}$ | Shear traction on the element surface. |
| TRSHRNU(S) | Surface traction | $FL^{-2}$ | Nonuniform shear traction on the element surface with magnitude and direction supplied via user subroutine UTRACLOAD. |
| TRVEC | Surface traction | $FL^{-2}$ | General traction on the element surface. |
| TRVECNU(S) | Surface traction | $FL^{-2}$ | Nonuniform general traction on the element surface with magnitude and direction supplied via user subroutine UTRACLOAD. |
| VP(E) | Pressure | $FL^{-3}T$ | Viscous pressure applied on the element surface. The viscous pressure is proportional to the velocity normal to the face and opposing the motion. |
| Load ID(*DSFLUX) | Abaqus/CAELoad/Interaction | Units | Description |
| S | Surface heat flux | $JL^{-2}T^{-1}$ | Heat surface flux per unit area into the element surface. |
| SNU | Surface heat flux | $JL^{-2}T^{-1}$ | Nonuniform heat surface flux per unit area into the element surface with magnitude supplied via user subroutine DFLUX in Abaqus/Standard and VDFLUX in Abaqus/Explicit. |
| Load ID(*SFILM) | Abaqus/CAELoad/Interaction | Units | Description |
| F | Surface film condition | $JL^{-2}T^{-1}\theta^{-1}$ | Film coefficient and sink temperature (units of $\theta$ ) provided on the element surface. |
| $FNU^{(S)}$ | Surface film condition | $JL^{-2}T^{-1}\theta^{-1}$ | Nonuniform film coefficient and sink temperature (units of $\theta$ ) provided on the element surface with magnitude supplied via user subroutine $FILM$ . |
| Load ID(*SRADIATE) | Abaqus/CAELoad/Interaction | Units | Description |
| R | Surface radiation | Dimensionless | Emissivity and sink temperature provided for the element surface. |
| Load ID(*SFLOW) | Abaqus/CAE Load/Interaction | Units | Description |
| $Q^{(S)}$ | Not supported | $F^{-1}L^{3}T^{-1}$ | Seepage coefficient and reference sink pore pressure (units of $FL^{-2}$ ) provided on the element surface. |
| $QD^{(S)}$ | Not supported | $F^{-1}L^{3}T^{-1}$ | Drainage-only seepage coefficient provided on the element surface. |
| $QNU^{(S)}$ | Not supported | $F^{-1}L^{3}T^{-1}$ | Nonuniform seepage coefficient and reference sink pore pressure (units of $FL^{-2}$ ) provided on the element surface with magnitude supplied via user subroutine FLOW. |
| Load ID(*DSFLOW) | Abaqus/CAE Load/Interaction | Units | Description |
| $S^{(S)}$ | Surface pore fluid | $LT^{-1}$ | Prescribed pore fluid effective velocity outward from the element surface. |
| $SNU^{(S)}$ | Surface pore fluid | $LT^{-1}$ | Nonuniform prescribed pore fluid effective velocity outward from the element surface with magnitude supplied via user subroutine DFLOW. |
| Load ID(*DSECHARGE) | Abaqus/CAELoad/Interaction | Units | Description |
| $ES^{(S)}$ | Surface charge | $CL^{-2}$ | Prescribed surface charge on the element surface. |
| Load ID(*DSECURRENT) | Abaqus/CAE Load/Interaction | Units | Description |
| $CS^{(S)}$ | Surface current | $CL^{-2}T^{-1}$ | Current density on the element surface. |
| S11 | Stress in the radial direction or in the local 1-direction. |
| S22 | Stress in the axial direction or in the local 2-direction. |
| S33 | Hoop direct stress. |
| S12 | Shear stress. |
| S11 | Stress in the radial direction or in the local 1-direction. |
| S22 | Stress in the axial direction or in the local 2-direction. |