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| General conversion factors (to five significant digits) | ||
| Quantity | U.S. unit | SI equivalent |
| Length | 1 in | 0.025400 m |
| 1 ft | 0.30480 m | |
| 1 mile | 1609.3 m | |
| Area | 1 in $^{2}$ | 0.64516 × 10 $^{-3}$ m $^{2}$ |
| 1 ft $^{2}$ | 0.092903 m $^{2}$ | |
| 1 acre | 4046.9 m $^{2}$ | |
| Volume | 1 in $^{3}$ | 0.016387 × 10 $^{-3}$ m $^{3}$ |
| 1 ft $^{3}$ | 0.028317 m $^{3}$ | |
| 1 US gallon | 3.7854 × 10 $^{-3}$ m $^{3}$ | |
| Conversion factors for stress analysis | ||
| Quantity | U.S. unit | SI equivalent |
| Density | 1 slug/ft3= 1 lbf s2/ft4 | 515.38 kg/m3 |
| 1 lbf s2/in4 | 10.687 × 106kg/m3 | |
| Energy | 1 ft lbf | 1.3558 J (N m) |
| Force | 1 lbf | 4.4482 N (kg m/s2) |
| Mass | 1 slug = 1 lbf s2/ft | 14.594 kg (N s2/m) |
| 1 lbf s2/in | 175.13 kg | |
| Power | 1 ft lbf/s | 1.3558 W (N m/s) |
| Pressure, Stress | 1 psi (lbf/in2) | 6894.8 Pa (N/m2) |
| Conversion factors for heat transfer analysis | ||
| Quantity | U.S. unit | SI equivalent |
| Conductivity | 1 Btu/ft hr °F | 1.7307 W/m °C |
| 1 Btu/in hr °F | 20.769 W/m °C | |
| Density | 1 lbm/in3 | 27680. kg/m3 |
| Energy | 1 Btu | 1055.1 J |
| Heat flux density | 1 Btu/in2 hr | 454.26 W/m2 |
| Power | 1 Btu/hr | 0.29307 W |
| Specific heat | 1 Btu/lbm °F | 4186.8 J/kg °C |
| Temperature | 1 °F | 5/9 °C |
| Temp °F | 9/5 × Temp °C + 32° | |
| 9/5 × Temp °K - 459.67° | ||
| Important constants | ||
| Constant | U.S. unit | SI unit |
| Absolute zero | -459.67 °F | -273.15 °C |
| Acceleration of gravity | 32.174 ft/s2 | 9.8066 m/s2 |
| Atmospheric pressure | 14.694 psi | 0.10132 × 106Pa |
| Stefan-Boltzmann constant | 0.1714 × 10-8Btu/hr ft2°R4where °R = °F + 459.67 | 5.669 × 10-8W/m2°K4where °K = °C + 273.15 |
| Approximate properties of mild steel at room temperature | ||
| Quantity | U.S. unit | SI unit |
| Conductivity | 28.9 Btu/ft hr °F | 50 W/m °C |
| 2.4 Btu/in hr °F | ||
| Density | 15.13 slug/ft3 (lbf s2/ft4) | 7800 kg/m3 |
| 0.730 × 10-3lbf s2/in4 | ||
| 0.282 lbm/in3 | ||
| Elastic modulus | 30 × 106 psi | 207 × 109 Pa |
| Specific heat | 0.11 Btu/lbm °F | 460 J/kg °C |
| Yield stress | 30 × 103 psi | 207 × 106 Pa |
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This section lists various resources that are available for help with using ABAQUS, including technical and systems support, training seminars, and documentation.
Support
HKS offers both technical (engineering) support and systems support for ABAQUS. Technical and systems support are provided through the nearest local support office. You can contact our offices by telephone, fax, electronic mail, or regular mail. Information on how to contact each office is listed in the front of each ABAQUS manual. Support information is also available by visiting the ABAQUS Home Page on the World Wide Web (details are given below). When contacting your local support office, please specify whether you would like technical support (you have encountered problems performing an ABAQUS analysis) or systems support (ABAQUS will not install correctly, licensing does not work correctly, or other hardware-related issues have arisen).
We welcome any suggestions for improvements to the support program or documentation. We will ensure that any enhancement requests you make are considered for future releases. If you wish to file a complaint about the service or products provided by HKS, refer to the ABAQUS Home Page.
Technical support
HKS technical support engineers can assist in clarifying ABAQUS features and checking errors by giving both general information on using ABAQUS and information on its application to specific analyses. If you have concerns about an analysis, we suggest that you contact us at an early stage, since it is usually easier to solve problems at the beginning of a project rather than trying to correct an analysis at the end.
Please have the following information ready before calling the technical support hotline, and include it in any written contacts:
- The version of ABAQUS that are you using.
The version numbers for ABAQUS/Standard and ABAQUS/Explicit are given at the top of the data (.dat) file.
The version numbers for ABAQUS/CAE and ABAQUS/Viewer can be found by selecting Help->On version from the main menu bar.
The version number for ABAQUS/CAT is given at the top of the input (.inp) file as well as the data file.
The version numbers for ABAQUS/ADAMS and ABAQUS/C-MOLD are output to the screen.
The version number for ABAQUS/Safe is given under the ABAQUS logo in the main window.
- The type of computer on which you are running ABAQUS.
- The symptoms of any problems, including the exact error messages, if any.
- Workarounds or tests that you have already tried.
When calling for support about a specific problem, any available ABAQUS output files may be helpful in answering questions that the support engineer may ask you.
The support engineer will try to diagnose your problem from the model description and a description of the difficulties you are having. Frequently, the support engineer will need model sketches, which can be faxed to HKS or sent in the mail. Plots of the final results or the results near the point that the analysis terminated may also be needed to understand what may have caused the problem.
If the support engineer cannot diagnose your problem from this information, you may be asked to send the input data. The data can be sent by means of e-mail, tape, or disk. Please check the ABAQUS Home Page at www.abaqus.com for the media formats that are currently accepted.
All support calls are logged into a database, which enables us to monitor the progress of a particular problem and to check that we are resolving support issues efficiently. If you would like to know the log number of your particular call for future reference, please ask the support engineer. If you are calling to discuss an existing support problem and you know the log number, please mention it so that we can consult the database to see what the latest action has been and, thus, avoid duplication of effort. In addition, please give the receptionist the support engineer's name (or include it at the top of any e-mail correspondence).
Systems support
HKS systems support engineers can help you resolve issues related to the installation and running of ABAQUS, including licensing difficulties, that are not covered by technical support.
You should install ABAQUS by carefully following the instructions in the ABAQUS Site Guide. If you encounter problems with the installation or licensing, first review the instructions in the ABAQUS Site Guide to ensure that they have been followed correctly. If this does not resolve the problems, look on the ABAQUS Home Page under Technical Support for information about known installation problems. If this does not address your situation, please contact your local support office. Send whatever information is available to define the problem: error messages from an aborted analysis or a detailed explanation of the problems encountered. Whenever possible, please send the output from the abaqus info=env and abaqus info=sys commands.
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The information available on the ABAQUS Home Page includes:
- Frequently asked questions
- ABAQUS systems information and machine requirements