Introduction

Abaqus AIM Overview

A module in the Computational Aircraft Prototype Syntheses (CAPS) has been developed to interact (primarily through input files) with the finite element structural solver Abaqus [1].

Current issues include:

• A thorough bug testing needs to be undertaken.

An outline of the AIM's inputs, outputs and attributes are provided in AIM Inputs and AIM Outputs and Abaqus AIM attributes, respectively.

Details of the AIM's shareable data structures are outlined in sharableDataAbaqus if connecting this AIM to other AIMs in a parent-child like manner.

Details of the AIM's automated data transfer capabilities are outlined in Data transfer from Abaqus