Hello.
I am contacting you regarding questions about DSA (Design Sensitivity Analysis) in Abaqus/CAE 2018 version.

I am currently conducting research on spring elements.

For my research, I need to use DSA in Abaqus to compute sensitivities, and I would like to ask:

Q1. Is it possible to set the spring stiffness value input in a spring element as a design parameter, and the nodal displacement value as a design response for DSA?

Q2. For connector elements (type: bushing or Cartesian+Cardan), is it possible to set the input values D11, D22, D33, D44, D55, D66 as design parameters, and the nodal displacement value as a design response for DSA?

I look forward to your reply.

Best regards,