Location of integration points

[yans23]

I'm trying to find the location of the integration points in ABAQUS. I'm using 3-D quadratic elements with reduced integration (C3D20R). I know they have 8 integration points and I've generated a report with the von mises stress at the integration points and I can easily locate the elements but I don't know exactly where the integration points are within the elements.

I would appreciate if any one could tell me how I can find the location of the integration points for any element type? I've attached part of the report below to show what I mean.

Loc 1 : Integration point values from source 1

Output sorted by column "Element Label".

Field Output reported at integration points for part: PLATE-1

Element Int MISESMAX S.Mises S.S11
Label Pt @Loc 1 @Loc 1 @Loc 1
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1 1 7.80447E+06 7.80447E+06 -4.25114E+06
1 2 42.7395E+06 42.7395E+06 -1.29215E+06
1 3 13.8479E+06 13.8479E+06 -13.3890E+06
1 4 19.1219E+06 19.1219E+06 16.0741E+06
1 5 7.80447E+06 7.80447E+06 -

 

[akabarten]

Hi,

Please try following Abaqus documentation chapter:
Abaqus Analysis User's Manual -> Elements -> 25.1.4 Three-dimensional solid element library -> Numbering of integration points for output

Regards,
Bartosz

 

[deyentl]

Dear Akabarten,

I have a similar problem. Your approach is very difficult to automate in Python. Isn't it possible to extract this from the output database with a script?

I would be highly surprised if this was impossible. I have spent several days looking for it, but so far came up with nothing. Any help would be highly appreciated.