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RC blast door SALE simulation: deflection trend matches literature but peak disp
<p data-start="216" data-end="319">When simulating an RC blast door using <strong data-start="255" data-end="273">SALE (ALE–FSI) in <span class="whitespace-normal">LS-DYNA</span>,</p><p data-start="321" data-end="450">the <strong data-start="325" data-end="393">time-history trend of the door deflection matches the literature, but the <strong data-start="403" data-end="449">peak displacement is significantly smaller.</p><div class="TyagGW_tableContainer"><div class="group TyagGW_tableWrapper flex flex-col-reverse w-fit" tabindex="-1"><table class="w-fit min-w-(--thread-content-width)" data-start="452" data-end="532"><thead data-start="452" data-end="473"><tr data-start="452" data-end="473"><th class="" data-start="452" data-end="454" data-col-size="sm"> </th><th class="" data-start="454" data-end="473" data-col-size="sm">Peak deflection</th></tr></thead><tbody data-start="484" data-end="532"><tr data-start="484" data-end="508"><td data-start="484" data-end="497" data-col-size="sm">Literature</td><td data-start="497" data-end="508" data-col-size="sm">3.47 mm</td></tr><tr data-start="509" data-end="532"><td data-start="509" data-end="520" data-col-size="sm">My model</td><td data-start="520" data-end="532" data-col-size="sm">< 2.0 mm</td></tr></tbody></table></div></div><p data-start="534" data-end="608">So the <strong data-start="541" data-end="607">response shape is correct, but the amplitude is underestimated.</p><hr data-start="610" data-end="613"><h1 data-section-id="l0dx7p" data-start="615" data-end="630">Model summary</h1><h2 data-section-id="1fj62nz" data-start="632" data-end="643">Geometry</h2><ul data-start="644" data-end="794"><li data-section-id="19hxg5u" data-start="644" data-end="675"><p data-start="646" data-end="675">RC door thickness: <strong data-start="665" data-end="675">100 mm</p><li data-section-id="1g5rvbz" data-start="676" data-end="708"><p data-start="678" data-end="708">Door location: <strong data-start="693" data-end="708">z = 0–0.1 m</p><li data-section-id="d715vz" data-start="709" data-end="741"><p data-start="711" data-end="741">ALE domain: <strong data-start="723" data-end="741">z = -0.6–3.4 m</p><li data-section-id="28srp" data-start="742" data-end="794"><p data-start="744" data-end="794">Door <strong data-start="749" data-end="794">rear surface initially touching the frame</p><hr data-start="796" data-end="799"><h2 data-section-id="13lbijm" data-start="801" data-end="813">Explosive</h2><ul data-start="814" data-end="878"><li data-section-id="olji2y" data-start="814" data-end="832"><p data-start="816" data-end="832">TNT: <strong data-start="821" data-end="832">0.15 kg</p><li data-section-id="1s39v9c" data-start="833" data-end="878"><p data-start="835" data-end="878">Half model with <strong data-start="851" data-end="878">symmetry plane at x = 0</p><hr data-start="880" data-end="883"><h2 data-section-id="1g556vy" data-start="885" data-end="896">ALE mesh</h2><div class="relative w-full mt-4 mb-1"><div class=""><div class="relative"><div class="h-full min-h-0 min-w-0"><div class="h-full min-h-0 min-w-0"><div class="border border-token-border-light border-radius-3xl corner-superellipse/1.1 rounded-3xl"><div class="h-full w-full border-radius-3xl bg-token-bg-elevated-secondary corner-superellipse/1.1 overflow-clip rounded-3xl lxnfua_clipPathFallback"><div class=""><div class="relative z-0 flex max-w-full"><div id="code-block-viewer" class="q9tKkq_viewer cm-editor z-10 light:cm-light dark:cm-light flex h-full w-full flex-col items-stretch ͼk ͼy" dir="ltr"><div class="cm-scroller"><div class="cm-content q9tKkq_readonly">10 mm</div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><div class=""><div class=""> </div></div></div></div></div><hr data-start="916" data-end="919"><h2 data-section-id="1bvqh7m" data-start="921" data-end="932">Concrete</h2><div class="relative w-full mt-4 mb-1"><div class=""><div class="relative"><div class="h-full min-h-0 min-w-0"><div class="h-full min-h-0 min-w-0"><div class="border border-token-border-light border-radius-3xl corner-superellipse/1.1 rounded-3xl"><div class="h-full w-full border-radius-3xl bg-token-bg-elevated-secondary corner-superellipse/1.1 overflow-clip rounded-3xl lxnfua_clipPathFallback"><div class=""><div class="relative z-0 flex max-w-full"><div id="code-block-viewer" class="q9tKkq_viewer cm-editor z-10 light:cm-light dark:cm-light flex h-full w-full flex-col items-stretch ͼk ͼy" dir="ltr"><div class="cm-scroller"><div class="cm-content q9tKkq_readonly">MAT_072R3 (KCC)<br>f'c ≈ 19.7 MPa</div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><div class=""><div class=""> </div></div></div></div></div><hr data-start="977" data-end="980"><h2 data-section-id="ayu17e" data-start="982" data-end="998">Reinforcement</h2><div class="relative w-full mt-4 mb-1"><div class=""><div class="relative"><div class="h-full min-h-0 min-w-0"><div class="h-full min-h-0 min-w-0"><div class="border border-token-border-light border-radius-3xl corner-superellipse/1.1 rounded-3xl"><div class="h-full w-full border-radius-3xl bg-token-bg-elevated-secondary corner-superellipse/1.1 overflow-clip rounded-3xl lxnfua_clipPathFallback"><div class="pointer-events-none absolute inset-x-4 top-12 bottom-4"><div class="pointer-events-none sticky z-40 shrink-0 z-1!"><div class="sticky bg-token-border-light"> </div></div></div><div class=""><div class="relative z-0 flex max-w-full"><div id="code-block-viewer" class="q9tKkq_viewer cm-editor z-10 light:cm-light dark:cm-light flex h-full w-full flex-col items-stretch ͼk ͼy" dir="ltr"><div class="cm-scroller"><div class="cm-content q9tKkq_readonly">MAT_PLASTIC_KINEMATIC<br>E = 200 GPa<br>ETAN = 1e9 Pa</div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><p data-start="1060" data-end="1075">Embedded using: CONSTRAINED_BEAM_IN_SOLID_PENALTY</p><hr data-start="1124" data-end="1127"><h2 data-section-id="qfdzp" data-start="1129" data-end="1146">Solid elements</h2><div class="relative w-full mt-4 mb-1"><div class=""><div class="relative"><div class="h-full min-h-0 min-w-0"><div class="h-full min-h-0 min-w-0"><div class="border border-token-border-light border-radius-3xl corner-superellipse/1.1 rounded-3xl"><div class="h-full w-full border-radius-3xl bg-token-bg-elevated-secondary corner-superellipse/1.1 overflow-clip rounded-3xl lxnfua_clipPathFallback"><div class=""><div class="relative z-0 flex max-w-full"><div id="code-block-viewer" class="q9tKkq_viewer cm-editor z-10 light:cm-light dark:cm-light flex h-full w-full flex-col items-stretch ͼk ͼy" dir="ltr"><div class="cm-scroller"><div class="cm-content q9tKkq_readonly">ELFORM = 1</div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><div class=""><div class=""> </div></div></div></div></div><hr data-start="1171" data-end="1174"><h2 data-section-id="142oigs" data-start="1176" data-end="1191">FSI coupling</h2><div class="relative w-full mt-4 mb-1"><div class=""><div class="relative"><div class="h-full min-h-0 min-w-0"><div class="h-full min-h-0 min-w-0"><div class="border border-token-border-light border-radius-3xl corner-superellipse/1.1 rounded-3xl"><div class="h-full w-full border-radius-3xl bg-token-bg-elevated-secondary corner-superellipse/1.1 overflow-clip rounded-3xl lxnfua_clipPathFallback"><div class="pointer-events-none absolute inset-x-4 top-12 bottom-4"><div class="pointer-events-none sticky z-40 shrink-0 z-1!"><div class="sticky bg-token-border-light"> </div></div></div><div class=""><div class="relative z-0 flex max-w-full"><div id="code-block-viewer" class="q9tKkq_viewer cm-editor z-10 light:cm-light dark:cm-light flex h-full w-full flex-col items-stretch ͼk ͼy" dir="ltr"><div class="cm-scroller"><div class="cm-content q9tKkq_readonly">ALE_STRUCTURED_FSI<br>LSTRSID = 1<br>(part set includes parts 1,2,3,4,5,11)<br>PFAC = 1<br>FLIP = 0</div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><div class=""><div class=""> </div></div></div></div></div><hr data-start="1293" data-end="1296"><h2 data-section-id="a2jb2d" data-start="1298" data-end="1308">Contact</h2><p data-start="1309" data-end="1332">Door–frame interaction:</p><div class="relative w-full mt-4 mb-1"><div class=""><div class="relative"><div class="h-full min-h-0 min-w-0"><div class="h-full min-h-0 min-w-0"><div class="border border-token-border-light border-radius-3xl corner-superellipse/1.1 rounded-3xl"><div class="h-full w-full border-radius-3xl bg-token-bg-elevated-secondary corner-superellipse/1.1 overflow-clip rounded-3xl lxnfua_clipPathFallback"><div class="pointer-events-none absolute inset-x-4 top-12 bottom-4"><div class="pointer-events-none sticky z-40 shrink-0 z-1!"><div class="sticky bg-token-border-light"> </div></div></div><div class=""><div class="relative z-0 flex max-w-full"><div id="code-block-viewer" class="q9tKkq_viewer cm-editor z-10 light:cm-light dark:cm-light flex h-full w-full flex-col items-stretch ͼk ͼy" dir="ltr"><div class="cm-scroller"><div class="cm-content q9tKkq_readonly">CONTACT_AUTOMATIC_SURFACE_TO_SURFACE</div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><div class=""><div class=""> </div></div></div></div></div><p data-start="1384" data-end="1466">Frame is <strong data-start="1393" data-end="1465">located behind the door and initially touching the door rear surface.</p><p data-start="1468" data-end="1477">Friction:</p><div class="relative w-full mt-4 mb-1"><div class=""><div class="relative"><div class="h-full min-h-0 min-w-0"><div class="h-full min-h-0 min-w-0"><div class="border border-token-border-light border-radius-3xl corner-superellipse/1.1 rounded-3xl"><div class="h-full w-full border-radius-3xl bg-token-bg-elevated-secondary corner-superellipse/1.1 overflow-clip rounded-3xl lxnfua_clipPathFallback"><div class=""><div class="relative z-0 flex max-w-full"><div id="code-block-viewer" class="q9tKkq_viewer cm-editor z-10 light:cm-light dark:cm-light flex h-full w-full flex-col items-stretch ͼk ͼy" dir="ltr"><div class="cm-scroller"><div class="cm-content q9tKkq_readonly">FS = 0.2<br>FD = 0.15</div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><div class=""><div class=""> </div></div></div></div></div><hr data-start="1512" data-end="1515"><h1 data-section-id="f1jprp" data-start="1517" data-end="1542">Tests already performed</h1><h3 data-section-id="1s8do4e" data-start="1544" data-end="1567">ALE backside domain</h3><div class="relative w-full mt-4 mb-1"><div class=""><div class="relative"><div class="h-full min-h-0 min-w-0"><div class="h-full min-h-0 min-w-0"><div class="border border-token-border-light border-radius-3xl corner-superellipse/1.1 rounded-3xl"><div class="h-full w-full border-radius-3xl bg-token-bg-elevated-secondary corner-superellipse/1.1 overflow-clip rounded-3xl lxnfua_clipPathFallback"><div class="pointer-events-none absolute inset-x-4 top-12 bottom-4"><div class="pointer-events-none sticky z-40 shrink-0 z-1!"><div class="sticky bg-token-border-light"> </div></div></div><div class=""><div class="relative z-0 flex max-w-full"><div id="code-block-viewer" class="q9tKkq_viewer cm-editor z-10 light:cm-light dark:cm-light flex h-full w-full flex-col items-stretch ͼk ͼy" dir="ltr"><div class="cm-scroller"><div class="cm-content q9tKkq_readonly">z = -0.6 → -0.3</div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><div class=""><div class=""> </div></div></div></div></div><p data-start="1596" data-end="1617">No noticeable effect.</p><hr data-start="1619" data-end="1622"><h3 data-section-id="1ixko64" data-start="1624" data-end="1658">Beam–solid coupling parameters</h3><p data-start="1659" data-end="1713">Adjusted penalty parameters → <strong data-start="1689" data-end="1713">no noticeable effect</p><hr data-start="1715" data-end="1718"><h3 data-section-id="19ok7fa" data-start="1720" data-end="1745">Frame-wall connection</h3><p data-start="1746" data-end="1801">Removing shared nodes → <strong data-start="1770" data-end="1801">response trend became worse</p><hr data-start="1803" data-end="1806"><h1 data-section-id="hh93l4" data-start="1808" data-end="1818">Question</h1><p data-start="1820" data-end="1859">In <strong data-start="1823" data-end="1852">ALE–FSI blast simulations, when:</p><ul data-start="1861" data-end="1993"><li data-section-id="laum6d" data-start="1861" data-end="1898"><p data-start="1863" data-end="1898">pressure history appears reasonable</p><li data-section-id="147b0ew" data-start="1899" data-end="1951"><p data-start="1901" data-end="1951">displacement time-history trend matches literature</p><li data-section-id="12d7n9f" data-start="1952" data-end="1993"><p data-start="1954" data-end="1993">but peak displacement is underestimated</p><p data-start="1995" data-end="2031">what are the <strong data-start="2008" data-end="2030">most common causes?</p><p data-start="2033" data-end="2068">In particular, I would like to ask:</p><p data-start="2072" data-end="2231">Could the <strong data-start="2082" data-end="2156">door–frame initial contact (rear surface initially touching the frame) act as an early support condition and reduce the door bending deformation?</p><p data-start="2233" data-end="2301">Any suggestions or similar experiences would be greatly appreciated.</p>
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n66134267@gs.ncku.edu.tw March 7, 2026
YOSHIDA UEMORI DEEP DRAWING MODELS
<p>Hello,</p><p>I would like to simulate the process of sheet metal stamping and then springback. In both processes, I would like to take into account the Bausinger effect, anisotropy , softening and workhardening stagnation stress reversals, and strain rate . The Yoshida Uemori model + Anisotropic model, e.g., Yld2000 + strain rate, would be suitable for this task. The problem is that LS Dyna does not have such a model . Therefore, I would like to ask if in the first simulation, i.e., the sheet metal forming simulation, I could use the mat_133 model, then transfer the simulation results to a new springback simulation and change the material model to mat_242, and then run a new springback simulation with the mat_242 material model? The mat_133 model has a backstress historyhttps://lsdyna.ansys.com/history-variables/</p><p> </p><p> </p>
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euklidespl@gmail.com March 6, 2026
Tied contact failed(DYNAMIC_RELAXATION in the total retart ) Need Advice
<p class="ds-markdown-paragraph">Hello everyone,</p><p class="ds-markdown-paragraph">I am encountering an issue with tied contacts during a total restart analysis for springback calculation and would appreciate some advice. (1)First analysis  A steel formwork falls  onto the rock,used shell element: and used TIED_SHELL_EDGE_TO_SURFACE_BEAM_OFFSET and TIED_SHELL_EDGE_TO_SURFACE_BEAM_OFFSET:<br> calculation in this step is normal,and tied contact works fine: (2)total start used CONTROL_DYNAMIC_RELAXATION keyword to calculate the springback but all tied contact was failed:<br> we could see that penetration occurred between the parts.  Has anyone encountered a similar issue? Any suggestions on what parameters I should check or adjust would be greatly appreciated.</p>
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383291376@qq.com March 6, 2026
Getting started with usermat
<p>Hello,</p><p>I requested the usermat version of LS-DYNA from my institution's software office, from the link found in here: https://ftp.lstc.com/anonymous/outgoing/support/FAQ/user_defined_materials.faq. However, after receiving the files, the file types were unexpected, and different from what the previous posts and user manual has mentioned. </p><p>They provided me with a folder named "ls-dyna....mpi" and inside were only a license folder, and 3 executable files named l2a, lstc_client, and ls-dyna...mpi. Are these the files I should be expecting, and if so, how do I use them?</p><p>Thanks </p>
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kshi84@gatech.edu March 5, 2026
FSI analysis with ALE formulation, local stresses
<p>Hello,</p><p>I'm creating a few tests of FSI analysis with ALE formulation but I can't get in the post processing the local stresses of the shell impacting in water.</p><p>I've definied d3plot, FSI, intfor and other output but I get just the water pressure and not the one in the shell element</p>
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s281303@studenti.polito.it March 4, 2026
Optimizing time stepping in EM keywords to manage simulation length
<p>I have seen examples that use *CONTROL_TIMESTEP to set the length of each step in the mechanical solver of the simulation. There is also *EM_CONTROL_TIMESTEP, which sets the time of each magnetic step. Do these magnetic steps fit within the mechanical steps, or are they run in parallel?</p><p dir="auto">*EM_CONTROL has ncylfem and ncylbem, which it defines as number of magnetic cycles before recalculating fem and bem matricies.  By increasing this value, do you decrease the frequency at which fem/bem matricies are rebuilt, also decreasing the simulation time.</p><p dir="auto">*EM_CONTROL_MAGNET uses ncycm to recalculate the magnetic vectors after a certain number of EM cycles. This should follow the same logic, where increasing the value would decrease because the magnetic vectors are recalculated less frequently.  </p><p dir="auto"> </p><p dir="auto">In a simplified example, lets say *CONTROL_TIMESTEP is set to 1 second. So each step of the simulation is 1 second.  If *EM_CONTROL_TIMESTEP is set to 0.25 seconds, there would be four EM cycles per mechanical step. If the ncycfem/bem are set to 2, fem/bem matricies would be recalculated every 2 magnetic cycles, or 0.5 seconds/ every 0.5 mechanical steps.  With *EM_CONTROL_MAGNET setting ncycm to 4, the magnetic vectors would be recalculated every 4 EM cycles or every second/ every mechanical step.  Is this a correct intrepertation of how the keywords define properties?</p>
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troy.baker@santannapisa.it March 3, 2026
Scaling magnetic units
<p>I understand LS Dyna is "unitless" where everything is built off of relative scaling.  If my mesh sizing is in mm, mass units are input in grams, I should be working with pascals and uN.  What I was wondering, is how to scale the magnetic units to fit this.  As many magnetic units are based off of Amps, which don't necessarily have a relation to mm, grams, or seconds.  </p><p>From what I understand, EM keywords (or at least *EM_EXTERNAL_FIELD)  use B field in Tesla.  Which can be written as N/(Am).  To scale that for a mm/g/uN system, it means that a numerical value put in would be on the scale of mTesla, right?</p><p>*EM_PERMANENT_MAGNET specifically mentions Hc being written in A/m (pg 488 in the Em manual https://lsdyna.ansys.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/LS-DYNA_Manual_Vol_III_R16.pdf), for my unit system that should be scaled to A/mm. Or am I reading the manual wrong; where remark 1 is simply telling me how I should scale a given A/m value to B field values, and like the rest of the EM keywords, all values should be written as a B field in some scale of Tesla.</p>
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troy.baker@santannapisa.it March 3, 2026
Concrete impact simulation
<p>I am trying to simulate the penetration of the bullet on the concrete target. In my silumation result, what I observe is that the deceleration peak magnitude is dependent on the velocity of the impactor, however the experimental result that I am trying to simulate shows that the peak deceleration magnitude is independent of the velocity , rather it depends on the compressive strength . How should I incorporate this velocity independent criteria in my LS DYNA simulation.</p>
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abhinav2@buffalo.edu March 2, 2026
FSI analysis S-ALE method
<p> </p><p>Hello,</p><p>I'm trying to create a FSI model to simulate an impacto of a shell element on the water using the S-ALE formulation.</p><p>I've definied all the keywords necessary for the model but running the analysis i get this error.</p><p>I've used shell elements with elastic material and mat null for the water</p><p> </p><p></p>
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s281303@studenti.polito.it March 2, 2026
Soft finger simulation problem in LS-DYNA
<p>I'm trying to simulate the final bending angle of a soft finger at -70 kPa using LS-DYNA.</p><p>However, the simulation results are consistently much smaller than the actual angle.</p><p>I can't figure out why the difference is so large.</p><p>Could someone please help me identify the problem?</p><p>Below are my simulation settings and screenshots from ANSYS.</p>
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rian4429@gmail.com March 1, 2026
RC blast door SALE simulation: deflection trend matches literature but peak disp
<p data-start="216" data-end="319">When simulating an RC blast door using <strong data-start="255" data-end="273">SALE (ALE–FSI) in <span class="whitespace-normal">LS-DYNA</span>,</p><p data-start="321" data-end="450">the <strong data-start="325" data-end="393">time-history trend of the door deflection matches the literature, but the <strong data-start="403" data-end="449">peak displacement is significantly smaller.</p><div class="TyagGW_tableContainer"><div class="group TyagGW_tableWrapper flex flex-col-reverse w-fit" tabindex="-1"><table class="w-fit min-w-(--thread-content-width)" data-start="452" data-end="532"><thead data-start="452" data-end="473"><tr data-start="452" data-end="473"><th class="" data-start="452" data-end="454" data-col-size="sm"> </th><th class="" data-start="454" data-end="473" data-col-size="sm">Peak deflection</th></tr></thead><tbody data-start="484" data-end="532"><tr data-start="484" data-end="508"><td data-start="484" data-end="497" data-col-size="sm">Literature</td><td data-start="497" data-end="508" data-col-size="sm">3.47 mm</td></tr><tr data-start="509" data-end="532"><td data-start="509" data-end="520" data-col-size="sm">My model</td><td data-start="520" data-end="532" data-col-size="sm">< 2.0 mm</td></tr></tbody></table></div></div><p data-start="534" data-end="608">So the <strong data-start="541" data-end="607">response shape is correct, but the amplitude is underestimated.</p><hr data-start="610" data-end="613"><h1 data-section-id="l0dx7p" data-start="615" data-end="630">Model summary</h1><h2 data-section-id="1fj62nz" data-start="632" data-end="643">Geometry</h2><ul data-start="644" data-end="794"><li data-section-id="19hxg5u" data-start="644" data-end="675"><p data-start="646" data-end="675">RC door thickness: <strong data-start="665" data-end="675">100 mm</p><li data-section-id="1g5rvbz" data-start="676" data-end="708"><p data-start="678" data-end="708">Door location: <strong data-start="693" data-end="708">z = 0–0.1 m</p><li data-section-id="d715vz" data-start="709" data-end="741"><p data-start="711" data-end="741">ALE domain: <strong data-start="723" data-end="741">z = -0.6–3.4 m</p><li data-section-id="28srp" data-start="742" data-end="794"><p data-start="744" data-end="794">Door <strong data-start="749" data-end="794">rear surface initially touching the frame</p><hr data-start="796" data-end="799"><h2 data-section-id="13lbijm" data-start="801" data-end="813">Explosive</h2><ul data-start="814" data-end="878"><li data-section-id="olji2y" data-start="814" data-end="832"><p data-start="816" data-end="832">TNT: <strong data-start="821" data-end="832">0.15 kg</p><li data-section-id="1s39v9c" data-start="833" data-end="878"><p data-start="835" data-end="878">Half model with <strong data-start="851" data-end="878">symmetry plane at x = 0</p><hr data-start="880" data-end="883"><h2 data-section-id="1g556vy" data-start="885" data-end="896">ALE mesh</h2><div class="relative w-full mt-4 mb-1"><div class=""><div class="relative"><div class="h-full min-h-0 min-w-0"><div class="h-full min-h-0 min-w-0"><div class="border border-token-border-light border-radius-3xl corner-superellipse/1.1 rounded-3xl"><div class="h-full w-full border-radius-3xl bg-token-bg-elevated-secondary corner-superellipse/1.1 overflow-clip rounded-3xl lxnfua_clipPathFallback"><div class=""><div class="relative z-0 flex max-w-full"><div id="code-block-viewer" class="q9tKkq_viewer cm-editor z-10 light:cm-light dark:cm-light flex h-full w-full flex-col items-stretch ͼk ͼy" dir="ltr"><div class="cm-scroller"><div class="cm-content q9tKkq_readonly">10 mm</div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><div class=""><div class=""> </div></div></div></div></div><hr data-start="916" data-end="919"><h2 data-section-id="1bvqh7m" data-start="921" data-end="932">Concrete</h2><div class="relative w-full mt-4 mb-1"><div class=""><div class="relative"><div class="h-full min-h-0 min-w-0"><div class="h-full min-h-0 min-w-0"><div class="border border-token-border-light border-radius-3xl corner-superellipse/1.1 rounded-3xl"><div class="h-full w-full border-radius-3xl bg-token-bg-elevated-secondary corner-superellipse/1.1 overflow-clip rounded-3xl lxnfua_clipPathFallback"><div class=""><div class="relative z-0 flex max-w-full"><div id="code-block-viewer" class="q9tKkq_viewer cm-editor z-10 light:cm-light dark:cm-light flex h-full w-full flex-col items-stretch ͼk ͼy" dir="ltr"><div class="cm-scroller"><div class="cm-content q9tKkq_readonly">MAT_072R3 (KCC)<br>f'c ≈ 19.7 MPa</div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><div class=""><div class=""> </div></div></div></div></div><hr data-start="977" data-end="980"><h2 data-section-id="ayu17e" data-start="982" data-end="998">Reinforcement</h2><div class="relative w-full mt-4 mb-1"><div class=""><div class="relative"><div class="h-full min-h-0 min-w-0"><div class="h-full min-h-0 min-w-0"><div class="border border-token-border-light border-radius-3xl corner-superellipse/1.1 rounded-3xl"><div class="h-full w-full border-radius-3xl bg-token-bg-elevated-secondary corner-superellipse/1.1 overflow-clip rounded-3xl lxnfua_clipPathFallback"><div class="pointer-events-none absolute inset-x-4 top-12 bottom-4"><div class="pointer-events-none sticky z-40 shrink-0 z-1!"><div class="sticky bg-token-border-light"> </div></div></div><div class=""><div class="relative z-0 flex max-w-full"><div id="code-block-viewer" class="q9tKkq_viewer cm-editor z-10 light:cm-light dark:cm-light flex h-full w-full flex-col items-stretch ͼk ͼy" dir="ltr"><div class="cm-scroller"><div class="cm-content q9tKkq_readonly">MAT_PLASTIC_KINEMATIC<br>E = 200 GPa<br>ETAN = 1e9 Pa</div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><p data-start="1060" data-end="1075">Embedded using: CONSTRAINED_BEAM_IN_SOLID_PENALTY</p><hr data-start="1124" data-end="1127"><h2 data-section-id="qfdzp" data-start="1129" data-end="1146">Solid elements</h2><div class="relative w-full mt-4 mb-1"><div class=""><div class="relative"><div class="h-full min-h-0 min-w-0"><div class="h-full min-h-0 min-w-0"><div class="border border-token-border-light border-radius-3xl corner-superellipse/1.1 rounded-3xl"><div class="h-full w-full border-radius-3xl bg-token-bg-elevated-secondary corner-superellipse/1.1 overflow-clip rounded-3xl lxnfua_clipPathFallback"><div class=""><div class="relative z-0 flex max-w-full"><div id="code-block-viewer" class="q9tKkq_viewer cm-editor z-10 light:cm-light dark:cm-light flex h-full w-full flex-col items-stretch ͼk ͼy" dir="ltr"><div class="cm-scroller"><div class="cm-content q9tKkq_readonly">ELFORM = 1</div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><div class=""><div class=""> </div></div></div></div></div><hr data-start="1171" data-end="1174"><h2 data-section-id="142oigs" data-start="1176" data-end="1191">FSI coupling</h2><div class="relative w-full mt-4 mb-1"><div class=""><div class="relative"><div class="h-full min-h-0 min-w-0"><div class="h-full min-h-0 min-w-0"><div class="border border-token-border-light border-radius-3xl corner-superellipse/1.1 rounded-3xl"><div class="h-full w-full border-radius-3xl bg-token-bg-elevated-secondary corner-superellipse/1.1 overflow-clip rounded-3xl lxnfua_clipPathFallback"><div class="pointer-events-none absolute inset-x-4 top-12 bottom-4"><div class="pointer-events-none sticky z-40 shrink-0 z-1!"><div class="sticky bg-token-border-light"> </div></div></div><div class=""><div class="relative z-0 flex max-w-full"><div id="code-block-viewer" class="q9tKkq_viewer cm-editor z-10 light:cm-light dark:cm-light flex h-full w-full flex-col items-stretch ͼk ͼy" dir="ltr"><div class="cm-scroller"><div class="cm-content q9tKkq_readonly">ALE_STRUCTURED_FSI<br>LSTRSID = 1<br>(part set includes parts 1,2,3,4,5,11)<br>PFAC = 1<br>FLIP = 0</div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><div class=""><div class=""> </div></div></div></div></div><hr data-start="1293" data-end="1296"><h2 data-section-id="a2jb2d" data-start="1298" data-end="1308">Contact</h2><p data-start="1309" data-end="1332">Door–frame interaction:</p><div class="relative w-full mt-4 mb-1"><div class=""><div class="relative"><div class="h-full min-h-0 min-w-0"><div class="h-full min-h-0 min-w-0"><div class="border border-token-border-light border-radius-3xl corner-superellipse/1.1 rounded-3xl"><div class="h-full w-full border-radius-3xl bg-token-bg-elevated-secondary corner-superellipse/1.1 overflow-clip rounded-3xl lxnfua_clipPathFallback"><div class="pointer-events-none absolute inset-x-4 top-12 bottom-4"><div class="pointer-events-none sticky z-40 shrink-0 z-1!"><div class="sticky bg-token-border-light"> </div></div></div><div class=""><div class="relative z-0 flex max-w-full"><div id="code-block-viewer" class="q9tKkq_viewer cm-editor z-10 light:cm-light dark:cm-light flex h-full w-full flex-col items-stretch ͼk ͼy" dir="ltr"><div class="cm-scroller"><div class="cm-content q9tKkq_readonly">CONTACT_AUTOMATIC_SURFACE_TO_SURFACE</div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><div class=""><div class=""> </div></div></div></div></div><p data-start="1384" data-end="1466">Frame is <strong data-start="1393" data-end="1465">located behind the door and initially touching the door rear surface.</p><p data-start="1468" data-end="1477">Friction:</p><div class="relative w-full mt-4 mb-1"><div class=""><div class="relative"><div class="h-full min-h-0 min-w-0"><div class="h-full min-h-0 min-w-0"><div class="border border-token-border-light border-radius-3xl corner-superellipse/1.1 rounded-3xl"><div class="h-full w-full border-radius-3xl bg-token-bg-elevated-secondary corner-superellipse/1.1 overflow-clip rounded-3xl lxnfua_clipPathFallback"><div class=""><div class="relative z-0 flex max-w-full"><div id="code-block-viewer" class="q9tKkq_viewer cm-editor z-10 light:cm-light dark:cm-light flex h-full w-full flex-col items-stretch ͼk ͼy" dir="ltr"><div class="cm-scroller"><div class="cm-content q9tKkq_readonly">FS = 0.2<br>FD = 0.15</div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><div class=""><div class=""> </div></div></div></div></div><hr data-start="1512" data-end="1515"><h1 data-section-id="f1jprp" data-start="1517" data-end="1542">Tests already performed</h1><h3 data-section-id="1s8do4e" data-start="1544" data-end="1567">ALE backside domain</h3><div class="relative w-full mt-4 mb-1"><div class=""><div class="relative"><div class="h-full min-h-0 min-w-0"><div class="h-full min-h-0 min-w-0"><div class="border border-token-border-light border-radius-3xl corner-superellipse/1.1 rounded-3xl"><div class="h-full w-full border-radius-3xl bg-token-bg-elevated-secondary corner-superellipse/1.1 overflow-clip rounded-3xl lxnfua_clipPathFallback"><div class="pointer-events-none absolute inset-x-4 top-12 bottom-4"><div class="pointer-events-none sticky z-40 shrink-0 z-1!"><div class="sticky bg-token-border-light"> </div></div></div><div class=""><div class="relative z-0 flex max-w-full"><div id="code-block-viewer" class="q9tKkq_viewer cm-editor z-10 light:cm-light dark:cm-light flex h-full w-full flex-col items-stretch ͼk ͼy" dir="ltr"><div class="cm-scroller"><div class="cm-content q9tKkq_readonly">z = -0.6 → -0.3</div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><div class=""><div class=""> </div></div></div></div></div><p data-start="1596" data-end="1617">No noticeable effect.</p><hr data-start="1619" data-end="1622"><h3 data-section-id="1ixko64" data-start="1624" data-end="1658">Beam–solid coupling parameters</h3><p data-start="1659" data-end="1713">Adjusted penalty parameters → <strong data-start="1689" data-end="1713">no noticeable effect</p><hr data-start="1715" data-end="1718"><h3 data-section-id="19ok7fa" data-start="1720" data-end="1745">Frame-wall connection</h3><p data-start="1746" data-end="1801">Removing shared nodes → <strong data-start="1770" data-end="1801">response trend became worse</p><hr data-start="1803" data-end="1806"><h1 data-section-id="hh93l4" data-start="1808" data-end="1818">Question</h1><p data-start="1820" data-end="1859">In <strong data-start="1823" data-end="1852">ALE–FSI blast simulations, when:</p><ul data-start="1861" data-end="1993"><li data-section-id="laum6d" data-start="1861" data-end="1898"><p data-start="1863" data-end="1898">pressure history appears reasonable</p><li data-section-id="147b0ew" data-start="1899" data-end="1951"><p data-start="1901" data-end="1951">displacement time-history trend matches literature</p><li data-section-id="12d7n9f" data-start="1952" data-end="1993"><p data-start="1954" data-end="1993">but peak displacement is underestimated</p><p data-start="1995" data-end="2031">what are the <strong data-start="2008" data-end="2030">most common causes?</p><p data-start="2033" data-end="2068">In particular, I would like to ask:</p><p data-start="2072" data-end="2231">Could the <strong data-start="2082" data-end="2156">door–frame initial contact (rear surface initially touching the frame) act as an early support condition and reduce the door bending deformation?</p><p data-start="2233" data-end="2301">Any suggestions or similar experiences would be greatly appreciated.</p>
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n66134267@gs.ncku.edu.tw March 7, 2026
YOSHIDA UEMORI DEEP DRAWING MODELS
<p>Hello,</p><p>I would like to simulate the process of sheet metal stamping and then springback. In both processes, I would like to take into account the Bausinger effect, anisotropy , softening and workhardening stagnation stress reversals, and strain rate . The Yoshida Uemori model + Anisotropic model, e.g., Yld2000 + strain rate, would be suitable for this task. The problem is that LS Dyna does not have such a model . Therefore, I would like to ask if in the first simulation, i.e., the sheet metal forming simulation, I could use the mat_133 model, then transfer the simulation results to a new springback simulation and change the material model to mat_242, and then run a new springback simulation with the mat_242 material model? The mat_133 model has a backstress historyhttps://lsdyna.ansys.com/history-variables/</p><p> </p><p> </p>
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euklidespl@gmail.com March 6, 2026
Tied contact failed(DYNAMIC_RELAXATION in the total retart ) Need Advice
<p class="ds-markdown-paragraph">Hello everyone,</p><p class="ds-markdown-paragraph">I am encountering an issue with tied contacts during a total restart analysis for springback calculation and would appreciate some advice. (1)First analysis  A steel formwork falls  onto the rock,used shell element: and used TIED_SHELL_EDGE_TO_SURFACE_BEAM_OFFSET and TIED_SHELL_EDGE_TO_SURFACE_BEAM_OFFSET:<br> calculation in this step is normal,and tied contact works fine: (2)total start used CONTROL_DYNAMIC_RELAXATION keyword to calculate the springback but all tied contact was failed:<br> we could see that penetration occurred between the parts.  Has anyone encountered a similar issue? Any suggestions on what parameters I should check or adjust would be greatly appreciated.</p>
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383291376@qq.com March 6, 2026
Getting started with usermat
<p>Hello,</p><p>I requested the usermat version of LS-DYNA from my institution's software office, from the link found in here: https://ftp.lstc.com/anonymous/outgoing/support/FAQ/user_defined_materials.faq. However, after receiving the files, the file types were unexpected, and different from what the previous posts and user manual has mentioned. </p><p>They provided me with a folder named "ls-dyna....mpi" and inside were only a license folder, and 3 executable files named l2a, lstc_client, and ls-dyna...mpi. Are these the files I should be expecting, and if so, how do I use them?</p><p>Thanks </p>
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kshi84@gatech.edu March 5, 2026
FSI analysis with ALE formulation, local stresses
<p>Hello,</p><p>I'm creating a few tests of FSI analysis with ALE formulation but I can't get in the post processing the local stresses of the shell impacting in water.</p><p>I've definied d3plot, FSI, intfor and other output but I get just the water pressure and not the one in the shell element</p>
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s281303@studenti.polito.it March 4, 2026
Optimizing time stepping in EM keywords to manage simulation length
<p>I have seen examples that use *CONTROL_TIMESTEP to set the length of each step in the mechanical solver of the simulation. There is also *EM_CONTROL_TIMESTEP, which sets the time of each magnetic step. Do these magnetic steps fit within the mechanical steps, or are they run in parallel?</p><p dir="auto">*EM_CONTROL has ncylfem and ncylbem, which it defines as number of magnetic cycles before recalculating fem and bem matricies.  By increasing this value, do you decrease the frequency at which fem/bem matricies are rebuilt, also decreasing the simulation time.</p><p dir="auto">*EM_CONTROL_MAGNET uses ncycm to recalculate the magnetic vectors after a certain number of EM cycles. This should follow the same logic, where increasing the value would decrease because the magnetic vectors are recalculated less frequently.  </p><p dir="auto"> </p><p dir="auto">In a simplified example, lets say *CONTROL_TIMESTEP is set to 1 second. So each step of the simulation is 1 second.  If *EM_CONTROL_TIMESTEP is set to 0.25 seconds, there would be four EM cycles per mechanical step. If the ncycfem/bem are set to 2, fem/bem matricies would be recalculated every 2 magnetic cycles, or 0.5 seconds/ every 0.5 mechanical steps.  With *EM_CONTROL_MAGNET setting ncycm to 4, the magnetic vectors would be recalculated every 4 EM cycles or every second/ every mechanical step.  Is this a correct intrepertation of how the keywords define properties?</p>
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troy.baker@santannapisa.it March 3, 2026
Scaling magnetic units
<p>I understand LS Dyna is "unitless" where everything is built off of relative scaling.  If my mesh sizing is in mm, mass units are input in grams, I should be working with pascals and uN.  What I was wondering, is how to scale the magnetic units to fit this.  As many magnetic units are based off of Amps, which don't necessarily have a relation to mm, grams, or seconds.  </p><p>From what I understand, EM keywords (or at least *EM_EXTERNAL_FIELD)  use B field in Tesla.  Which can be written as N/(Am).  To scale that for a mm/g/uN system, it means that a numerical value put in would be on the scale of mTesla, right?</p><p>*EM_PERMANENT_MAGNET specifically mentions Hc being written in A/m (pg 488 in the Em manual https://lsdyna.ansys.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/LS-DYNA_Manual_Vol_III_R16.pdf), for my unit system that should be scaled to A/mm. Or am I reading the manual wrong; where remark 1 is simply telling me how I should scale a given A/m value to B field values, and like the rest of the EM keywords, all values should be written as a B field in some scale of Tesla.</p>
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troy.baker@santannapisa.it March 3, 2026
Concrete impact simulation
<p>I am trying to simulate the penetration of the bullet on the concrete target. In my silumation result, what I observe is that the deceleration peak magnitude is dependent on the velocity of the impactor, however the experimental result that I am trying to simulate shows that the peak deceleration magnitude is independent of the velocity , rather it depends on the compressive strength . How should I incorporate this velocity independent criteria in my LS DYNA simulation.</p>
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abhinav2@buffalo.edu March 2, 2026
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<p> </p><p>Hello,</p><p>I'm trying to create a FSI model to simulate an impacto of a shell element on the water using the S-ALE formulation.</p><p>I've definied all the keywords necessary for the model but running the analysis i get this error.</p><p>I've used shell elements with elastic material and mat null for the water</p><p> </p><p></p>
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s281303@studenti.polito.it March 2, 2026
Soft finger simulation problem in LS-DYNA
<p>I'm trying to simulate the final bending angle of a soft finger at -70 kPa using LS-DYNA.</p><p>However, the simulation results are consistently much smaller than the actual angle.</p><p>I can't figure out why the difference is so large.</p><p>Could someone please help me identify the problem?</p><p>Below are my simulation settings and screenshots from ANSYS.</p>
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rian4429@gmail.com March 1, 2026

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