# EI.2 Abaqus/Explicit ELEMENT INDEX This index provides a reference to all of the element types that are available in Abaqus/Explicit. Elements are listed in alphabetical order, where numerical characters precede the letter “A” and two-digit numbers are put in numerical, rather than “alphabetical,” order. For example, C3D8R precedes CAX3. For certain options, such as contact and surface-based distributing coupling, Abaqus may generate internal elements (such as IDCOUP3D for surface-based distributing coupling). These internal element names are not included in the index below but may appear in an output database (.odb) or data (.dat) file.

AC2D3	3-node linear 2D acoustic triangle	28.1.3
AC2D4R	4-node linear 2D acoustic quadrilateral, reduced integration, hourglass control	28.1.3
AC3D4	4-node linear acoustic tetrahedron	28.1.4
AC3D6	6-node linear acoustic triangular prism	28.1.4
AC3D8R	8-node linear acoustic brick, reduced integration, hourglass control	28.1.4
ACAX3	3-node linear axisymmetric acoustic triangle	28.1.6
ACAX4R	4-node linear axisymmetric acoustic quadrilateral, reduced integration, hourglass control	28.1.6
ACIN2D2	2-node linear 2D acoustic infinite element	28.3.2
ACIN3D3	3-node linear 3D acoustic infinite element	28.3.2
ACIN3D4	4-node linear 3D acoustic infinite element	28.3.2
ACINAX2	2-node linear axisymmetric acoustic infinite element	28.3.2
B21	2-node linear beam in a plane	29.3.8
B22	3-node quadratic beam in a plane	29.3.8
B31	2-node linear beam in space	29.3.8
B32	3-node quadratic beam in space	29.3.8
C3D4	4-node linear tetrahedron	28.1.4
C3D4T	4-node thermally coupled tetrahedron, linear displacement and temperature	28.1.4
C3D6	6-node linear triangular prism, reduced integration, hourglass control	28.1.4
C3D6T	6-node thermally coupled triangular prism, linear displacement and temperature, reduced integration, hourglass control	28.1.4
C3D8	8-node linear brick	28.1.4
C3D8I	8-node linear brick, incompatible modes	28.1.4
C3D8R	8-node linear brick, reduced integration, hourglass control	28.1.4
C3D8T	8-node thermally coupled brick, trilinear displacement and temperature	28.1.4
C3D8RT	8-node thermally coupled brick, trilinear displacement and temperature, reduced integration, hourglass control	28.1.4

C3D10M	10-node modified second-order tetrahedron	28.1.4
C3D10MT	10-node modified thermally coupled second-order tetrahedron	28.1.4
CAX3	3-node linear axisymmetric triangle	28.1.6
CAX3T	3-node thermally coupled axisymmetric triangle, linear displacement and temperature	28.1.6
CAX4R	4-node bilinear axisymmetric quadrilateral, reduced integration, hourglass control	28.1.6
CAX4RT	4-node thermally coupled axisymmetric quadrilateral, bilinear displacement and temperature, hybrid, constant pressure, reduced integration, hourglass control	28.1.6
CAX6M	6-node modified second-order axisymmetric triangle	28.1.6
CAX6MT	6-node modified second-order axisymmetric thermally coupled triangle	28.1.6
CIN3D8	8-node linear one-way infinite brick	28.3.2
CINAX4	4-node linear axisymmetric one-way infinite quadrilateral	28.3.2
CINPE4	4-node linear plane strain one-way infinite quadrilateral	28.3.2
CINPS4	4-node linear plane stress one-way infinite quadrilateral	28.3.2
COHAX4	4-node axisymmetric cohesive element	32.5.11
COH2D4	4-node two-dimensional cohesive element	32.5.9
COH3D6	6-node three-dimensional cohesive element	32.5.10
COH3D8	8-node three-dimensional cohesive element	32.5.10
CONN2D2	Connector element in a plane between two nodes or ground and a node	31.1.4
CONN3D2	Connector element in space between two nodes or ground and a node	31.1.4
CPE3	3-node linear plane strain triangle	28.1.3
CPE3T	3-node plane strain thermally coupled triangle, linear displacement and temperature	28.1.3
CPE4R	4-node bilinear plane strain quadrilateral, reduced integration, hourglass control	28.1.3
CPE4RT	4-node bilinear plane strain thermally coupled quadrilateral, bilinear displacement and temperature, reduced integration, hourglass control	28.1.3
CPE6M	6-node modified second-order plane strain triangle	28.1.3
CPE6MT	6-node modified second-order plane strain thermally coupled triangle	28.1.3
CPS3	3-node linear plane stress triangle	28.1.3
CPS3T	3-node plane stress thermally coupled triangle, linear displacement and temperature	28.1.3
CPS4R	4-node bilinear plane stress quadrilateral, reduced integration, hourglass control	28.1.3
CPS4RT	4-node plane stress thermally coupled quadrilateral, bilinear displacement and temperature, reduced integration, hourglass control	28.1.3
CPS6M	6-node modified second-order plane stress triangle	28.1.3
CPS6MT	6-node modified second-order plane stress thermally coupled triangle	28.1.3

DASHPOTA	Axial dashpot between two nodes	32.2.2
EC3D8R	8-node linear multi-material Eulerian brick, reduced integration, hourglass control	32.14.1
EC3D8RT	8-node thermally coupled linear multi-material Eulerian brick, reduced integration, hourglass control	32.14.1
HEATCAP	Point heat capacitance	30.4.2
M3D3	3-node triangular membrane	29.1.2
M3D4	4-node quadrilateral membrane	29.1.2
M3D4R	4-node quadrilateral membrane, reduced integration, hourglass control	29.1.2
MASS	Point mass	30.1.2
PC3D	1-node continuum particle element	33.2.2
PD3D	1-node discrete particle element	33.1.2
PIPE21	2-node linear pipe in a plane	29.3.8
PIPE31	2-node linear pipe in space	29.3.8
R2D2	2-node 2D linear rigid link (for use in plane strain or plane stress)	30.3.2
R3D3	3-node 3D rigid triangular facet	30.3.2
R3D4	4-node 3D bilinear rigid quadrilateral	30.3.2
RAX2	2-node linear axisymmetric rigid link (for use in axisymmetric geometries)	30.3.2
ROTARYI	Rotary inertia at a point	30.2.2
S3R	3-node triangular shell, finite membrane strains	29.6.7
S3RS	3-node triangular shell, small membrane strains	29.6.7
S3RT	3-node thermally-coupled triangular shell, finite membrane strains	29.6.7
S4	4-node general-purpose shell, finite membrane strains	29.6.7
S4R	4-node shell, reduced integration, hourglass control, finite membrane strains	29.6.7
S4RS	4-node shell, reduced integration, hourglass control, small membrane strains	29.6.7
S4RSW	4-node shell, reduced integration, hourglass control, small membrane strains, warping considered in small-strain formulation	29.6.7
S4RT	4-node thermally-coupled shell, reduced integration, hourglass control, finite membrane strains	29.6.7
SAX1	2-node linear axisymmetric shell	29.6.9
SC6R	6-node triangular in-plane continuum shell wedge, general-purpose continuum shell, finite membrane strains.	29.6.8
SC8R	8-node quadrilateral in-plane general-purpose continuum shell, reduced integration with hourglass control, finite membrane strains.	29.6.8
SC6RT	6-node thermally coupled triangular in-plane continuum shell wedge, general-purpose continuum shell, finite membrane strains.	29.6.8

SC8RT	8-node thermally coupled quadrilateral in-plane general-purpose continuum shell, reduced integration with hourglass control, finite membrane strains.	29.6.8
SFM3D3	3-node triangular surface element	32.7.2
SFM3D4R	4-node quadrilateral surface element, reduced integration	32.7.2
SPRINGA	Axial spring between two nodes	32.1.2
T2D2	2-node linear 2D truss	29.2.2
T3D2	2-node linear 3D truss	29.2.2

# EI.3 Abaqus/CFD ELEMENT INDEX This index provides a reference to all of the element types that are available in Abaqus/CFD. Elements are listed in alphabetical order.

FC3D4	4-node tetrahedron	28.2.2
FC3D5	5-node pyramid	28.2.2
FC3D6	6-node prism	28.2.2
FC3D8	8-node brick	28.2.2

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