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81 lines
5.3 KiB
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type: concept
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title: "Abaqus Multiphysics Coupling and Co-simulation"
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complexity: advanced
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domain: computational-mechanics
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created: 2026-05-29
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updated: 2026-06-01
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address: c-000089
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aliases:
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- Abaqus co-simulation
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- Abaqus sequential coupling
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- Abaqus multiphysics coupling
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tags:
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- concept
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- finite-element-method
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- abaqus
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- multiphysics
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- co-simulation
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status: current
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related:
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- "[[Abaqus-Analysis-User-s-Guide-Volume-II|Abaqus Analysis User's Guide Volume II]]"
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- "[[Abaqus-Analysis-User-s-Guide-Volume-III|Abaqus Analysis User's Guide Volume III]]"
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- "[[Abaqus-Analysis-User-s-Guide-Volume-IV|Abaqus Analysis User's Guide Volume IV]]"
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- "[[Abaqus-Analysis-User-s-Guide-Volume-V|Abaqus Analysis User's Guide Volume V]]"
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- "[[Finite Element Heat Transfer and Field Problems]]"
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- "[[Abaqus Output Database and Results Files]]"
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- "[[Abaqus Job Execution Workflow]]"
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- "[[Abaqus User Subroutines and Utility Routines]]"
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- "[[Abaqus Transport Acoustic and Electromagnetic Materials]]"
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- "[[Abaqus Porous Media and Pore Fluid Materials]]"
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- "[[Abaqus Fluid Acoustic Eulerian and Particle Elements]]"
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- "[[Abaqus Loads and Predefined Fields]]"
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- "[[Abaqus Contact Property Models]]"
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- "[[Abaqus Cavity Radiation Interactions]]"
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sources:
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- "[[Abaqus-Analysis-User-s-Guide-Volume-II|Abaqus Analysis User's Guide Volume II]]"
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- "[[Abaqus-Analysis-User-s-Guide-Volume-III|Abaqus Analysis User's Guide Volume III]]"
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- "[[Abaqus-Analysis-User-s-Guide-Volume-IV|Abaqus Analysis User's Guide Volume IV]]"
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- "[[Abaqus-Analysis-User-s-Guide-Volume-V|Abaqus Analysis User's Guide Volume V]]"
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---
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# Abaqus Multiphysics Coupling and Co-simulation
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## Definition
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Abaqus multiphysics coupling and co-simulation are workflows for coupling structural, thermal, fluid, electromagnetic, acoustic, logical, and other analysis domains either within Abaqus procedures or at run time with other solvers.
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## How It Works
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Sequential coupling uses results from one analysis as predefined fields or loads in a later analysis. Common fields include temperature, normalized concentration, and electric potential. A common workflow is uncoupled heat transfer followed by thermal-stress analysis, where temperature history is read from the output database or results file and interpolated into the stress analysis.
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Co-simulation performs run-time coupling between Abaqus and another Abaqus analysis or a third-party program. The coupled domains exchange data over a common interface in a synchronized way. Examples include fluid-structure interaction, conjugate heat transfer, electromagnetic-thermal coupling, electromagnetic-mechanical coupling, Standard/Explicit structural partitioning, and structural-logical coupling with system-level models.
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[[Abaqus-Analysis-User-s-Guide-Volume-III|Volume III]] adds the material definitions that make many coupled procedures meaningful: conductivity and specific heat for thermal coupling, diffusivity and solubility for mass diffusion, piezoelectric and electromagnetic properties for electromechanical coupling, and permeability/sorption/swelling data for pore-fluid stress coupling.
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[[Abaqus-Analysis-User-s-Guide-Volume-IV|Volume IV]] adds the element families that carry many coupled fields: thermally coupled solid and shell variants, pore-pressure elements, acoustic elements, fluid continuum elements, fluid pipe and fluid pipe connector elements, and Eulerian elements.
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[[Abaqus-Analysis-User-s-Guide-Volume-V|Volume V]] adds the boundary and interaction side of coupling: predefined fields carry sequentially coupled results, contact properties can include thermal, electrical, and pore-fluid transfer, and cavity radiation defines radiative thermal interaction among surfaces.
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## Why It Matters
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Coupled physics can be too expensive, too specialized, or too weakly coupled to solve with one monolithic procedure. Sequential coupling and co-simulation let analysts choose the coupling strength and solver boundary deliberately.
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## Connections
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- [[Finite Element Heat Transfer and Field Problems]] gives the broader field-problem and multiphysics context.
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- [[Abaqus Output Database and Results Files]] provides the stored field histories used in sequential coupling.
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- [[Abaqus User Subroutines and Utility Routines]] provides lower-level extension paths for custom staggered or external data exchange.
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- [[Abaqus Transport Acoustic and Electromagnetic Materials]] supplies material properties for field and electromagnetic coupling.
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- [[Abaqus Porous Media and Pore Fluid Materials]] supplies material properties for coupled pore-pressure and deformation workflows.
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- [[Abaqus Fluid Acoustic Eulerian and Particle Elements]] supplies the element-family side of acoustic, fluid, Eulerian, and pipe-flow workflows.
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- [[Abaqus Loads and Predefined Fields]] supplies the field-transfer side of sequential workflows.
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- [[Abaqus Contact Property Models]] and [[Abaqus Cavity Radiation Interactions]] supply surface-interaction coupling mechanisms.
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## Sources
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- [[Abaqus-Analysis-User-s-Guide-Volume-II|Abaqus Analysis User's Guide Volume II]]
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- [[Abaqus-Analysis-User-s-Guide-Volume-III|Abaqus Analysis User's Guide Volume III]]
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- [[Abaqus-Analysis-User-s-Guide-Volume-IV|Abaqus Analysis User's Guide Volume IV]]
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- [[Abaqus-Analysis-User-s-Guide-Volume-V|Abaqus Analysis User's Guide Volume V]]
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