ANSYS Mechanical APDL Element

Name BEAM3 BEAM4 BEAM23 BEAM24 BEAM44 BEAM54 BEAM161 BEAM188 BEAM189 CIRCU94 CIRCU124 CIRCU125 COMBIN7 COMBIN14 COMBIN37 COMBIN39 COMBIN40 COMBI165 COMBI214 CONTAC12 CONTAC52 CONTA171 CONTA172 CONTA173 CONTA174 CONTA175 CONTA176 CONTA177 CONTA178 CPT212 CPT213 CPT215 CPT216 CPT217 FLUID29 FLUID30 FLUID38 FLUID79 FLUID80 FLUID81 FLUID116 Number 3 4 23 24 44 54 161 188 189 94 124 125 7 14 37 39 40 165 214 12 52 171 172 173 174 175 176 177 178 212 213 215 216 217 29 30 38 79 80 81 116 Type BEAM BEAM BEAM BEAM BEAM BEAM BEAM BEAM BEAM CIRCU CIRCU CIRCU COMBI COMBI COMBI COMBI COMBI COMBI COMBI CONTA CONTA CONTA CONTA CONTA CONTA CONTA CONTA CONTA CONTA CPT CPT CPT CPT CPT FLUID FLUID FLUID FLUID FLUID FLUID FLUID Description Structural 2-D Elastic Beam Structural 3-D Elastic Beam Structural 2-D Plastic Beam Structural 3-D Thin-Walled Beam Structural 3-D Elastic Tapered Unsymmetric Beam Structural 2-D Elastic Tapered Unsymmetric Beam Explicit Dynamics 3-D Beam Structural 3-D 2-Node Beam Structural 3-D 3-Node Beam Coupled-Field Piezoelectric Circuit Magnetic Electric Circuit Magnetic Electric Diode Combination Revolute Joint Combination Spring-Damper Combination Control Combination Nonlinear Spring Combination Explicit Dynamics Spring-Damper Combination Spring-Damper Bearing 2-D Point-to-Point Contact 3-D Point-to-Point Contact 2-D 2-Node Surface-to-Surface Contact 2-D 3-Node Surface-to-Surface Contact 3-D 4-Node Surface-to-Surface Contact 3-D 8-Node Surface-to-Surface Contact 2-D/3-D Node-to-Surface Contact 3-D Line-to-Line Contact 3-D Line-to-Surface Contact 3-D Node-to-Node Contact 2-D 4-Node Coupled Pore-Pressure Mechanical Solid 2-D 8-Node Coupled Pore-Pressure Mechanical Solid 3-D 8-Node Coupled Pore-Pressure Mechanical Solid 3-D 20-Node Coupled Pore-Pressure Mechanical Solid 3-D 10-Node Coupled Pore-Pressure Mechanical Solid 2-D Acoustic Fluid 3-D Acoustic Fluid Dynamic Fluid Coupling 2-D Contained Fluid 3-D Contained Fluid Axisymmetric-Harmonic Contained Fluid Coupled Thermal-Fluid Pipe

FLUID129 FLUID130 FLUID136 FLUID138 FLUID139 FLUID141 FLUID142 FOLLW201 HF118 HF119 HF120 INFIN9 INFIN47 INFIN110 INFIN111 INTER115 INTER192 INTER193 INTER194 INTER195 INTER202 INTER203 INTER204 INTER205 LINK1 LINK8 LINK10 LINK11 LINK31 LINK32 LINK33 LINK34 LINK68 LINK160 LINK167 LINK180 MASS21 MASS71 MASS166 MATRIX27 MATRIX50 MESH200 MPC184 PIPE16 PIPE17 PIPE18 PIPE20

129 130 136 138 139 141 142 201 118 119 120 9 47 110 111 115 192 193 194 195 202 203 204 205 1 8 10 11 31 32 33 34 68 160 167 180 21 71 166 27 50 200 184 16 17 18 20

FLUID FLUID FLUID FLUID FLUID FLUID FLUID FOLLW HF HF HF INFIN INFIN INFIN INFIN INTER INTER INTER INTER INTER INTER INTER INTER INTER LINK LINK LINK LINK LINK LINK LINK LINK LINK LINK LINK LINK MASS MASS MASS MATRIX MATRIX MESH MPC PIPE PIPE PIPE PIPE

2-D Infinite Acoustic 3-D Infinite Acoustic 3-D Squeeze Film Fluid 3-D Viscous Fluid Link 3-D Slide Film Fluid 2-D Fluid-Thermal 3-D Fluid-Thermal 3-D Follower Load 2-D High-Frequency Magnetic Electric Quadrilateral Solid 3-D High-Frequency Magnetic Electric Tetrahedral Solid 3-D High-Frequency Magnetic Electric Brick Solid 2-D Infinite Boundary 3-D Infinite Boundary 2-D Infinite Solid 3-D Infinite Solid 3-D Magnetic Electric Interface Structural 2-D Interface 4-Node Gasket Structural 2-D Interface 6-Node Gasket Structural 3-D Interface 16-Node Gasket Structural 3-D Interface 8-Node Gasket Structural 2-D Interface 4-Node Cohesive Structural 2-D Interface 6-Node Cohesive Structural 3-D Interface 16-Node Cohesive Structural 3-D Interface 8-Node Cohesive Structural 2-D Spar (or Truss) Structural 3-D Spar (or Truss) Structural 3-D Tension-only or Compression-only Spar Structural 3-D Linear Actuator Radiation Link Thermal 2-D Conduction Bar Thermal 3-D Conduction Bar Convection Link Coupled Thermal-Electric Line Explicit 3-D Spar (or Truss) Explicit Tension-Only Spar Structural 3-D Spar (or Truss) Structural Mass Thermal Mass Explicit 3-D Structural Mass Stiffness, Damping, or Mass Matrix Superelement (or Substructure) Meshing Facet Structural Multipoint Constraint Structural Elastic Straight Pipe Structural Elastic Pipe Tee Structural Elastic Curved Pipe (Elbow) Structural Plastic Straight Pipe

PIPE59 PIPE60 PIPE288 PIPE289 ELBOW290 PLANE13 PLANE25 PLANE35 PLANE42 PLANE53 PLANE55 PLANE67 PLANE75 PLANE77 PLANE78 PLANE82 PLANE83 PLANE121 PLANE145 PLANE146 PLANE162 PLANE182 PLANE183 PLANE223 PLANE230 PLANE233 PRETS179 REINF264 REINF265 ROM144 SHELL28 SHELL41 SHELL57 SHELL61 SHELL63 SHELL131 SHELL132 SHELL150 SHELL157 SHELL163 SHELL181 SHELL208 SHELL209 SHELL281 SOLID5 SOLID45 SOLID62

59 60 288 289 290 13 25 35 42 53 55 67 75 77 78 82 83 121 145 146 162 182 183 223 230 233 179 264 265 144 28 41 57 61 63 131 132 150 157 163 181 208 209 281 5 45 62

PIPE PIPE PIPE PIPE PIPE PLANE PLANE PLANE PLANE PLANE PLANE PLANE PLANE PLANE PLANE PLANE PLANE PLANE PLANE PLANE PLANE PLANE PLANE PLANE PLANE PLANE PRETS REINF REINF ROM SHELL SHELL SHELL SHELL SHELL SHELL SHELL SHELL SHELL SHELL SHELL SHELL SHELL SHELL SOLID SOLID SOLID

Structural Immersed Pipe or Cable Structural Plastic Curved Pipe (Elbow) 3-D 2-Node Pipe 3-D 3-Node Pipe 3-D 3-Node Elbow 2-D Coupled-Field Solid Axisymmetric-Harmonic 4-Node Structural Solid 2-D 6-Node Triangular Thermal Solid 2-D Structural Solid 2-D 8-Node Magnetic Solid 2-D Thermal Solid 2-D Coupled Thermal-Electric Solid 2-D Axisymmetric-Harmonic 4-Node Thermal Solid 2-D 8-Node Thermal Solid 2-D Axisymmetric - Harmonic 8-Node Thermal Solid 2-D 8-Node Structural Solid 2-D Axisymmetric - Harmonic 8-Node Structural Solid 2-D 8-Node Electrostatic Solid 2-D Quadrilateral Structural Solid p-Element 2-D Triangular Structural Solid p-Element Explicit 2-D Structural Solid 2-D 4-Node Structural Solid 2-D 8-Node Structural Solid 2-D 8-Node Coupled-Field Solid 2-D 8-Node Electric Solid 2-D 8-Node Electromagnetic Solid 2-D/3-D Pretension Combination 3-D Discrete Reinforcing 3-D Smeared Reinforcing Reduced Order Electrostatic-Structural Coupled-Field Structural 3-D Shear/Twist Panel Structural 3-D Membrane Shell Thermal Shell 2-D Axisymmetric - Harmonic Structural Shell Structural 3-D Elastic Shell 4-Node Thermal Shell 8-Node Thermal Shell 3-D 8-Node Structural Shell p-Element Thermal-Electric Shell Explicit Thin Structural Shell 4-Node Structural Shell 2-Node Axisymmetric Shell 3-Node Axisymmetric Shell 8-Node Structural Shell 3-D Coupled-Field Solid 3-D Structural Solid 3-D Magneto-Structural Coupled-Field Solid

SOLID65 SOLID69 SOLID70 SOLID87 SOLID90 SOLID92 SOLID95 SOLID96 SOLID97 SOLID98 SOLID117 SOLID122 SOLID123 SOLID127 SOLID128 SOLID147 SOLID148 SOLID164 SOLID168 SOLID185 SOLID186 SOLID187 SOLID226 SOLID227 SOLID231 SOLID232 SOLID236 SOLID237 SOLID272 SOLID273 SOLID285 SOLSH190 SOURC36 SURF151 SURF152 SURF153 SURF154 SURF156 SURF251 SURF252 TARGE169 TARGE170 TRANS109 TRANS126 USER300

65 69 70 87 90 92 95 96 97 98 117 122 123 127 128 147 148 164 168 185 186 187 226 227 231 232 236 237 272 273 285 190 36 151 152 153 154 156 251 252 169 170 109 126 300

SOLID SOLID SOLID SOLID SOLID SOLID SOLID SOLID SOLID SOLID SOLID SOLID SOLID SOLID SOLID SOLID SOLID SOLID SOLID SOLID SOLID SOLID SOLID SOLID SOLID SOLID SOLID SOLID SOLID SOLID SOLID SOLSH SOURC SURF SURF SURF SURF SURF SURF SURF TARGE TARGE TRANS TRANS USER

3-D Reinforced Concrete Structural Solid 3-D Coupled Thermal-Electric Solid 3-D Thermal Solid 3-D 10-Node Tetrahedral Thermal Solid 3-D 20-Node Thermal Solid 3-D 10-Node Tetrahedral Structural Solid 3-D 20-Node Structural Solid 3-D Magnetic Scalar Solid 3-D Magnetic Solid Tetrahedral Coupled-Field Solid 3-D 20-Node Magnetic Edge 3-D 20-Node Electrostatic Solid 3-D 10-Node Tetrahedral Electrostatic Solid 3-D Tetrahedral Electrostatic Solid p-Element 3-D Brick Electrostatic Solid p-Element 3-D Brick Structural Solid p-Element 3-D Tetrahedral Structural Solid p-Element Explicit 3-D Structural Solid Explicit 3-D 10-Node Tetrahedral Structural Solid 3-D 8-Node Structural Solid 3-D 20-Node Structural Solid 3-D 10-Node Tetrahedral Structural Solid 3-D 20-Node Coupled-Field Solid 3-D 10-Node Coupled-Field Solid 3-D 20-Node Electric Solid 3-D 10-Node Tetrahedral Electric Solid 3-D 20-Node Electromagnetic Solid 3-D 10-Node Electromagnetic Solid 4-Base-Node General Axisymmetric Solid 8-Base-Node General Axisymmetric Solid 3-D 4-Node Tetrahedral Structural Solid with Nodal Pressure Structural Solid Shell Magnetic Electric Current Source 2-D Thermal Surface Effect 3-D Thermal Surface Effect 2-D Structural Surface Effect 3-D Structural Surface Effect 3-D Structural Surface Line Load 2-D Radiosity Surface 3-D Thermal Radiosity Surface Contact 2-D Target Segment Contact 3-D Target Segment 2-D Electromechanical Solid Electromechanical Transducer User defined element

chanical APDL Element Library, R12.1

Number of Nodes 2 2 2 2 2 2 3 2 3 2 or 3 2 to 6 2 5 2 4 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 3 4 8 1 3 3 2 4 8 8 20 10 4 8 2 4 8 4 2 Dimensionality 2-D 3-D 2-D 3-D 3-D 2-D 3-D 3-D 3-D 2-D 3-D 3-D 3-D 3-D 3-D 3-D 3-D 3-D 2-D 2-D 3-D 2-D 2-D 3-D 3-D 2-D/3-D 3-D 3-D 3-D 2-D 2-D 3-D 3-D 3-D 2-D 3-D 3-D 2-D 3-D 2-D 3-D

2 4 4 or 8 2 2 or 32 4 8 1 8 10 20 2 4 4 or 8 8 or 20 4 4 6 16 8 4 6 16 8 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 3 3 2 1 1 1 2 n/a 2 to 20 2 or 3 3 4 3 2

2-D 3-D 3-D 3-D 3-D 2-D 3-D 3-D 2-D 3-D 3-D 2-D 3-D 2-D 3-D 3-D 2-D 2-D 3-D 3-D 2-D 2-D 3-D 3-D 2-D 3-D 3-D 3-D 3-D 2-D 3-D 3-D 3-D 3-D 3-D 3-D 3-D 3-D 3-D 3-D 2-D/3-D 2-D/3-D 3-D 3-D 3-D 3-D 3-D

2 3 3 4 3 4 4 6 4 8 4 4 4 8 8 8 8 8 8 6 4 4 8 8 8 8 3 1 to 20 1 to 20 20 or 30 4 4 4 2 4 4 8 8 4 4 4 2 3 8 8 8 8

3-D 3-D 3-D 3-D 3-D 2-D 2-D 2-D 2-D 2-D 2-D 2-D 2-D 2-D 2-D 2-D 2-D 2-D 2-D 2-D 2-D 2-D 2-D 2-D 2-D 2-D 2-D/3-D 3-D 3-D 3-D 3-D 3-D 3-D 2-D 3-D 3-D 3-D 3-D 3-D 3-D 3-D 2-D 2-D 3-D 3-D 3-D 3-D

8 8 8 10 20 10 20 8 8 10 20 20 10 10 20 20 10 8 10 8 20 10 20 10 20 10 20 10 N/A N/A 4 8 3 2 or 4 4 to 10 2 or 30 4 to 8 3 to 4 2 3 or 4 3 8 3 2 N/A

3-D 3-D 3-D 3-D 3-D 3-D 3-D 3-D 3-D 3-D 3-D 3-D 3-D 3-D 3-D 3-D 3-D 3-D 3-D 3-D 3-D 3-D 3-D 3-D 3-D 3-D 3-D 3-D 3-D 3-D 3-D 3-D 3-D 2-D 3-D 2-D 3-D 3-D 2-D 3-D 2-D 3-D 2-D 3-D N/A

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DOFS UX, UY, ROTZ UX, UY, UZ, ROTX, ROTY, ROTZ UX, UY, ROTZ UX, UY, UZ, ROTX, ROTY, ROTZ UX, UY, UZ, ROTX, ROTY, ROTZ UX, UY, ROTZ UX, UY, UZ, ROTX, ROTY, ROTZ, VX, VY, AX, AY, AZ UX, UY, UZ, ROTX, ROTY, ROTZ UX, UY, UZ, ROTX, ROTY, ROTZ VOLT, CURR VOLT, CURR, EMF VOLT UX, UY, UZ, ROTX, ROTY, ROTZ UX, UY, UZ, ROTX, ROTY, ROTZ UX, UY, UZ, ROTX, ROTY, ROTZ, PRES, TEMP UX, UY, UZ, ROTX, ROTY, ROTZ, PRES, TEMP UX, UY, UZ, ROTX, ROTY, ROTZ, PRES, TEMP UX, UY, UZ, ROTX, ROTY, ROTZ, VX, VY, VZ, AX, AV, AZ UX, UY, UZ, UX, UY UX, UY, UZ UX, UY, TEMP, VOLT, AZ UX, UY, TEMP, VOLT, AZ UX, UY, UZ, TEMP, VOLT, MAG UX, UY, UZ, TEMP, VOLT, MAG UX, UY, UZ, TEMP, VOLT, AX, MAG UX, UY, UZ UX, UY, UZ UX, UY, UZ UX, UY, PRES UX, UY, PRES UX, UY, UZ, PRES UX, UY, UZ, PRES UX, UY, UZ, PRES UX, UY, PRES UX, UY, UZ, PRES UX, UY, UZ UX, UY UX, UY, UZ UX, UY, UZ PRES, TEMP

PRES PRES PRES PRES UX, UY, UZ VX, VY, VZ, PRES, TEMP, ENKE, ENDS VX, VY, VZ, PRES, TEMP, ENKE, ENDS UX, UY, UZ, ROTX, ROTY, ROTZ AX AX AX AZ, TEMP MAG, TEMP AZ, VOLT, TEMP MAG, AX, AY, AZ, VOLT, TEMP AX, AY, AZ, MAG UX, UY UX, UY UX, UY, UZ UX, UY, UZ UX, UY UX, UY UX, UY, UZ UX, UY, UZ UX, UY UX, UY, UZ UX, UY, UZ UX, UY, UZ TEMP TEMP TEMP TEMP TEMP, VOLT UX, UY, UZ, VX, VY, VZ, AX, AY, AZ UX, UY, UZ, VX, VY, VZ, AX, AY, AZ UX, UY, UZ UX, UY, UZ, ROTX, ROTY, ROTZ TEMP UX, UY, UZ, VX, VY, VZ, AX, AY, AZ UX, UY, UZ, ROTX, ROTY, ROTZ Determined from included element types None UX, UY, UZ, ROTX, ROTY, ROTZ UX, UY, UZ, ROTX, ROTY, ROTZ UX, UY, UZ, ROTX, ROTY, ROTZ UX, UY, UZ, ROTX, ROTY, ROTZ UX, UY, UZ, ROTX, ROTY, ROTZ

UX, UY, UZ, ROTX, ROTY, ROTZ UX, UY, UZ, ROTX, ROTY, ROTZ UX, UY, UZ, ROTX, ROTY, ROTZ UX, UY, UZ, ROTX, ROTY, ROTZ UX, UY, UZ, ROTX, ROTY, ROTZ TEMP, AZ, UX, UY, VOLT UX, UY, UZ TEMP UX, UY VOLT, AZ, CURR, EMF TEMP TEMP, VOLT TEMP TEMP TEMP UX, UY UX, UY, UZ VOLT UX, UY UX, UY UX, UY, VX, VY, AX, AY UX, UY UX, UY UX, UY, TEMP, VOLT VOLT AZ, VOLT UX UX, UY, UZ, ROTX, ROTY, ROTZ UX, UY, UZ, ROTX, ROTY, ROTZ EMF, VOLT, UX UX, UY, UZ, ROTX, ROTY, ROTZ UX, UY, UZ TEMP UX, UY, UZ, ROTZ UX, UY, UZ, ROTX, ROTY, ROTZ TBOT, TE2, TE3, TE4, . . . TTOP TBOT, TE2, TE3, TE4, . . . TTOP UX, UY, UZ, ROTX, ROTY, ROTZ TEMP, VOLT UX, UY, UZ, VX, VY, VZ, AX, AY, AZ, ROTX, ROTY, ROTZ, UX, UY, UZ, ROTX, ROTY, ROTZ UX, UY, ROTZ UX, UY, ROTZ UX, UY, UZ, ROTX, ROTY, ROTZ UX, UY, UZ, TEMP, VOLT, MAG UX, UY, UZ UX, UY, UZ, AX, AY, AZ, VOLT

UX, UY, UZ TEMP, VOLT TEMP TEMP TEMP UX, UY, UZ UX, UY, UZ MAG AX, AY, AZ, VOLT, CURR, EMF UX, UY, UZ, TEMP, VOLT, MAG AZ VOLT VOLT VOLT VOLT UX, UY, UZ UX, UY, UZ UX, UY, UZ, VX, VY, VZ, AX, AY, AZ UX, UY, UZ, VX, VY, VZ, AX, AY, AZ UX, UY, UZ UX, UY, UZ UX, UY, UZ UX, UY, UZ, TEMP, VOLT UX, UY, UZ, TEMP, VOLT VOLT VOLT AZ, VOLT AZ, VOLT UX, UY, UZ UX, UY, UZ UX, UY, UZ, HDSP UX, UY, UZ None TEMP TEMP UX, UY UX, UY, UZ UX, UY, UZ

UX, UY, ROTZ, TEMP UX, UY, UZ, TEMP UX, UY, VOLT UX-VOLT, UY-VOLT, UZ-VOLT N/A

Row Labels BEAM CIRCU COMBI CONTA CPT FLUID FOLLW HF INFIN INTER LINK MASS MATRIX MESH MPC PIPE PLANE PRETS REINF ROM SHELL SOLID SOLSH SOURC SURF TARGE TRANS Grand Total

Count of Description 9 3 7 10 5 14 1 3 4 9 12 3 2 1 1 9 21 1 2 1 14 34 1 1 7 2 2 179 FOLLW MESH MPC PRETS ROM SOLSH SOURC MATRIX REINF TARGE TRANS CIRCU HF MASS INFIN CPT COMBI SURF BEAM INTER PIPE CONTA LINK FLUID SHELL PLANE SOLID 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 2 3 3 3 4 5 7 7 9 9 9 10 12 14 14 21 34