# 32.12.2 PIPE-SOIL INTERACTION ELEMENT LIBRARY Product: Abaqus/Standard # References • “Pipe-soil interaction elements,” Section 32.12.1 • \*PIPE-SOIL INTERACTION # Overview This section provides a reference to the pipe-soil interaction elements available in Abaqus/Standard. # Element types # 2D elements

PSI24	Two-dimensional 4-node pipe-soil interaction element
PSI26	Two-dimensional 6-node pipe-soil interaction element

Active degrees of freedom 1, 2 Additional solution variables None. # 3D elements

PSI34	Three-dimensional 4-node pipe-soil interaction element
PSI36	Three-dimensional 6-node pipe-soil interaction element

Active degrees of freedom 1, 2, 3 Additional solution variables None. # Nodal coordinates required 2D: X, Y 3D: X, Y, Z # Element property definition Input File Usage: \*PIPE-SOIL INTERACTION # Element-based loading None. # Element output The relative displacements corresponding to the forces below are chosen by requesting the corresponding “strains.” Elastic and plastic strains are available. # Two-dimensional elements

S11	Force per unit length in the first local direction.
S22	Force per unit length in the second local direction.

# Three-dimensional elements

S11	Force per unit length in the first local direction.
S22	Force per unit length in the second local direction.
S33	Force per unit length in the third local direction.

# Node ordering and integration point numbering 

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4 far-field edge 1 pipeline edge 1 2 3

PSI24 and PSI34 

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PSI26 and PSI36 # 32.13 Acoustic interface elements • “Acoustic interface elements,” Section 32.13.1 • “Acoustic interface element library,” Section 32.13.2 # 32.13.1 ACOUSTIC INTERFACE ELEMENTS Products: Abaqus/Standard Abaqus/CAE # References • “Acoustic interface element library,” Section 32.13.2 • “Acoustic, shock, and coupled acoustic-structural analysis,” Section 6.10.1 • \*INTERFACE • “Creating acoustic interface sections,” Section 12.13.18 of the Abaqus/CAE User’s Guide, in the HTML version of this guide # Overview Acoustic interface elements: • can be used to couple a model of an acoustic fluid to a structural model containing continuum or structural elements; • couple the accelerations of the surface of the structural model to the pressure in the acoustic medium; • can be used in dynamic and steady-state dynamic procedures; • must be defined with the nodes shared by the acoustic elements and the structural (or solid) elements; • can be used only in small-displacement simulations and are not intended for use in nonlinear or hydrostatic fluid-structure interactions; • are ignored in eigenfrequency extraction analyses if the subspace iteration eigensolver is used; and • if necessary, can be degenerated into triangular elements. For most problems the surface-based, structural-acoustic capabilities described in “Mesh tie constraints,” Section 35.3.1, and in “Defining tied contact in Abaqus/Standard,” Section 36.3.7, provide more general and easy to use methods for modeling the interaction between an acoustic fluid and a structure. Userspecified acoustic interface elements give you increased control over the coupling specification, at the expense of the convenience of the surface-based procedures. # Typical applications The acoustic interface elements are used in simulations where the motion of a solid structure influences the pressure in the acoustic fluid, such as when the vibrations of a car frame produce noise in the passenger compartment; or where the pressure in the fluid affects a neighboring structure, such as when the smallamplitude sloshing of a fluid inside a container affects its response. User-specified acoustic interface elements are also useful in problems involving only an acoustic medium because they allow you to specify displacement, velocity, or acceleration boundary conditions directly on the nodes of the acoustic interface elements. In this application, however, you must be aware that the tangential displacements are not coupled to the fluid. Therefore, zero-energy modes may arise involving the displacement degrees of freedom if these nodes are not constrained in the tangential direction. When acoustic interface elements are used to couple fluid and solid elements, this problem does not arise because of the stiffness and inertia of the solid. # Choosing an appropriate element The order of the underlying acoustic and structural elements usually dictates which acoustic interface element should be used. The general acoustic interface element, ASI1, can be used in any coupled acoustic-structural simulation; however, normally it is used only with the acoustic link elements (AC1D2 and AC1D3). # Defining the normal direction of the acoustic-structural interface The connectivity of the acoustic interface elements and the right-hand rule define the normal direction of the acoustic-structural interface, as shown in “Acoustic interface element library,” Section 32.13.2. It is very important that this normal point into the acoustic fluid, as shown in Figure 32.13.1–1 and Figure 32.13.1–2. The one exception is the ASI1 acoustic interface element, where you must define the normal direction. 

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Figure 32.13.1–1 Normal directions for two-dimensional and axisymmetric acoustic-structural interface elements. # Defining the acoustic interface element’s section properties You must associate the acoustic interface section definition with a set of acoustic interface elements. This section definition must be used with three-dimensional and axisymmetric acoustic interface elements, even though there are no user-defined geometric properties for these elements. Input File Usage: \*INTERFACE, ELSET=element\_set\_name Abaqus/CAE Usage: Property module: Create Section: select Other as the section Category and Acoustic interface as the section Type Assign→Section: select regions 

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```mermaid graph TD 1["1"] -->|solid| 2["2"] 1 -->|fluid| 3["3"] 2 -->|fluid| 4["4"] 3 -->|fluid| 5["5"] 4 -->|fluid| 6["6"] ```


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fluid 4 7 3 8 6 1 5 2 solid ASI3D8

Figure 32.13.1–2 Normal directions for three-dimensional acoustic-structural interface elements. # Defining the geometric properties associated with ASI1 elements The ASI1 elements consist of a single node. Abaqus/Standard cannot calculate the surface area associated with these elements, so you must supply this information. If accurate surface areas are not given, Abaqus/Standard may calculate incorrect accelerations or acoustic fluid pressure at the acoustic-structural interface. In addition, Abaqus/Standard cannot calculate the direction of the interface normal associated with these elements. You must provide the direction cosines, in the global Cartesian coordinate system, of the interface normal for these elements. Input File Usage: \*INTERFACE surface area, X-direction cosine, Y-direction cosine, Z-direction cosine Abaqus/CAE Usage: General-use acoustic interface sections are not supported in Abaqus/CAE. # Defining the thickness for planar acoustic interface elements You can specify the thickness of planar acoustic interface elements. The default value is unit thickness. Input File Usage: \*INTERFACE thickness Abaqus/CAE Usage: Property module: Create Section: select Other as the section Category and Acoustic interface as the section Type: Plane stress/strain thickness: thickness # Using acoustic interface elements when elements with different interpolation orders form the acoustic-structural interface It is normally assumed that the same order of interpolation will be used for both the acoustic fluid mesh and the structural mesh (at least at the interface surfaces). If this is not the case, suitable MPCs must be applied to the nodes along the acoustic-structural interface to maintain the compatibility in the pressure (MPC type P LINEAR) or displacement fields (MPC type LINEAR). # 32.13.2 ACOUSTIC INTERFACE ELEMENT LIBRARY Products: Abaqus/Standard Abaqus/CAE # References • “Acoustic interface elements,” Section 32.13.1 • \*INTERFACE # Overview This section provides a reference to the acoustic interface elements available in Abaqus/Standard. # Element types # Element for general use ASI1 1-node Active degrees of freedom 1, 2, 3, 8 Additional solution variables None. # Elements for use in planar models ASI2D2 2-node linear ASI2D3 3-node quadratic Active degrees of freedom 1, 2, 8 Additional solution variables None. # Elements for use in 3D models ASI3D3 3-node linear ASI3D4 4-node linear ASI3D6 6-node quadratic ASI3D8 8-node quadratic Active degrees of freedom 1, 2, 3, 8 Additional solution variables None. Elements for use in axisymmetric models

ASIAX2	2-node linear
ASIAX3	3-node quadratic

Active degrees of freedom 1, 2, 8 Additional solution variables None. Nodal coordinates required

General use element: None.

Planar: X, Y

3D: X, Y, Z

Axisymmetric: r, z

Element property definition For general-use elements, you must define the element’s surface area and the direction cosines of the normal to the acoustic fluid-structural interface, pointing into the fluid. For elements for use in planar models, you must specify the thickness (out-of-plane) of the element. The default is unit thickness if no thickness is specified. For elements for use in three-dimensional and axisymmetric models, no additional data are required. Input File Usage: \*INTERFACE Abaqus/CAE Usage: Property module: Create Section: select Other as the section Category and Acoustic interface as the section Type General-use acoustic interface sections are not supported in Abaqus/CAE. Element-based loading Distributed impedances cannot be applied. Element output None.