Initial conditions:
Overview: Initial conditions are specified for particular nodes or elements, as appropriate. The data can be provided directly; in an external input file; or, in some cases, by a user subroutine or by the results or output database file from a previous Abaqus analysis.
If initial conditions are not specified, all initial conditions are zero except relative density in the porous metal plasticity model, which will have the value 1.0.
Specifying the type of initial condition being defined
Various types of initial conditions can be specified, depending on the analysis to be performed. Each type of initial condition is explained below, in alphabetical order.