The Abaqus Unified FEA product suite has significant capabilities that are used to solve multiphysics problems. These capabilities, developed over many years and fully integrated as core Abaqus functionality, have been used extensively for many engineering applications on products and engineering projects in use today.

Multiphysics technology has been a part of Abaqus from the beginning. Starting with Abaqus V2 (in 1979), Abaqus/Aqua simulates hydrodynamic wave loading on flexible structures for offshore pipelines. Through the years additional multiphysics capabilities have been added, such as fluid, thermal, and electrical couplings, to name a few.

The advantage of Abaqus Multiphysics is the ease with which Multiphysics problems can be solved by the Abaqus structural FEA user. From the same model, same element library, same material data, and same load history, an Abaqus structural FEA model can easily be extended to include additional physics interaction. No additional tools, interfaces, or simulation methodology are needed.

Multiphysics Capabilities in Abaqus FEA

• Abaqus/CFD
• Coupled Eulerian-Lagrangian
• Hydrostatic-Fluid-Mechanical
• Piezoelectric-Mechanical
• Structural-Acoustic
• Thermal-Electrical
• Thermal-Mechanical
• Thermal-Fluid-Mechanical
• Structural-Pore Pressure