I am trying to define a sensor which will monitor displacement at a node. If the vertical displacement at this node exceeds 2.5m then the analysis should terminate. Y is vertical in my model. The lines from the input file are shown below. I am using Abaqus 2022 HF20.
** stop analysis when U2 exceeds 2.5
*STEP CONTROL, NAME=StopOnU2, ACTION=END ANALYSIS
U2_Sensor, Max, 2.5
**
*OUTPUT, HISTORY, SENSOR, NAME=U2_Sensor
*NODE OUTPUT, Nset=sensor_carrier
U2,
**
Upon running the input file I get the following error message in the dat file.
*Step, name=Temperature, nlgeom=YES, inc=10000
*dynamic, application=QUASI-STATIC, initial=NO
*stepcontrol, name=STOPONU2, action=ENDANALYSIS
***ERROR: A REAL VALUE IS EXPECTED FOR THE LIMIT (CUTOFF) VALUE OF THE SENSOR
U2_SENSOR ON THE *STEP CONTROL.
***NOTE: DUE TO AN INPUT ERROR THE ANALYSIS PRE-PROCESSOR HAS BEEN UNABLE TO
INTERPRET SOME DATA. SUBSEQUENT ERRORS MAY BE CAUSED BY THIS OMISSION
***ERROR: ONLY MIN, MAX, ABSMIN or ABSMAX CAN BE USED AS OPERATORS FOR THE
SENSOR U2_SENSOR ON *STEP CONTROL.
Please advice if you notice any issues. Thanks
