| CAXA4N | Bilinear, Fourier quadrilateral with 4 nodes per r-z plane |
| CAXA4HN | Bilinear, Fourier quadrilateral with 4 nodes per r-z plane, hybrid with constant Fourier pressure |
| CAXA4RN | Bilinear, Fourier quadrilateral with 4 nodes per r-z plane, reduced integration in r-z planes with hourglass control |
| CAXA4RHN | Bilinear, Fourier quadrilateral with 4 nodes per r-z plane, reduced integration in r-z planes, hybrid with constant Fourier pressure |
| CAXA8N | Biquadratic, Fourier quadrilateral with 8 nodes per r-z plane |
| CAXA8HN | Biquadratic, Fourier quadrilateral with 8 nodes per r-z plane, hybrid with linear Fourier pressure |
CAXA8RN Biquadratic, Fourier quadrilateral with 8 nodes per r–z plane, reduced integration in r–z planes
CAXA8RHN Biquadratic, Fourier quadrilateral with 8 nodes per r–z plane, reduced integration in r–z planes, hybrid with linear Fourier pressure
Active degrees of freedom
1, 2
Additional solution variables
The bilinear elements have 4N and the biquadratic elements 8N additional variables relating to .
Element types CAXA4HN and CAXA4RHN have additional variables relating to the pressure stress.
Element types CAXA8HN and CAXA8RHN have additional variables relating to the pressure stress.
Pore pressure elements
CAXA8PN Biquadratic, Fourier quadrilateral with 8 nodes per r–z plane, bilinear Fourier pore pressure
CAXA8RPN Biquadratic, Fourier quadrilateral with 8 nodes per r–z plane, bilinear Fourier pore pressure, reduced integration in r–z planes
Active degrees of freedom
1, 2, 8 at corner nodes
1, 2 at midside nodes
Additional solution variables
8N additional variables relating to .
Nodal coordinates required
r, z
Element property definition
Input File Usage: \*SOLID SECTION
Element-based loading
Even though the symmetry in the r–z plane at allows the modeling of half of the initially axisymmetric structure, the loading must be specified as the total load on the full axisymmetric body. Consider, for example, a cylindrical shell loaded by a unit uniform axial force. To produce a unit load on a CAXA element with 4 modes, the nodal forces are 1/8, 1/4, 1/4, 1/4, and 1/8 at $\theta = 0 , \pi / 4 , \pi / 2$ , , and , respectively.
# Distributed loads
Distributed loads are specified as described in “Distributed loads,” Section 34.4.3.