help Rec88
  ABAQUS thermal strain output to MATLAB
  
  Syntax
      #Rec# = Fil2str('*.fil');
      #out# = Rec88(#Rec#)
 
  Description
      Read thermal strain output from the results (*.fil) file generated
      from the ABAQUS finite element software. The asterisk (*) is replaced
      by the name of the results file. The record key for thermal strain
      output is 88 (only in ABAQUS/Standard). See section "Results file
      output format" in ABAQUS Analysis User's manual for more details.
      The following options with parameters have to be specified in the
      ABAQUS input file for the results (*.fil) file to be created and to
      contain thermal strain results:
          ...
          *FILE FORMAT, ASCII
          *EL FILE
          THE
          ...
      NOTE: The results file (*.fil) must be placed in the same directory
      with the MATLAB source files in order to be processed.
      
  Input parameters
      #Rec# (string) is an one-row string containing the ASCII code of the
          ABAQUS results (*.fil) file. It is generated by the function
          Fil2str.m.
  
  Output parameters
      #out# ([#n# x #m#]) is a double array containing the attributes of
          the record key 88 as follows:
          Column  1  –  First thermal strain component. 
          Column  2  –  Second thermal strain component. 
          Column  3  –  Etc. (See “Elements” in Abaqus Analysis User's
          Manual for a definition of the number and type of the components
          for the element type).
          where #n# is the number of elements multiplied by the number of
          integration points multiplied by the number of section points
          (for shell, beam, or layered solid elements) multiplied by the
          number of increments, and #m# is the number of thermal strain
          components of each element. If the results file does not contain
          the desired output, #out# will be an empty array
 
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      George Papazafeiropoulos
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