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A static load is applied to the center of an ellipsoidal dome. Shell elements are used. Nodes at the base of the dome are constrained, and included in a NODFOR output database. Adaptivity is used to automatically refine the mesh in areas of high curvature.
Introduction
LS-DYNA Implicit Workshop
Problem #10: Adaptive Ellipsoidal Dome
Objectives
* Learn to activate mesh adaptivity in an implicit simulation.
* Learn how to minimize hourglass problems.
Problem Description
A static load is applied to the center of an ellipsoidal dome.
Shell elements are used. Nodes at the base of the dome are
constrained, and included in a NODFOR output database. Adaptivity
is used to automatically refine the mesh in areas of high curvature.
Input Filename: aellipse.k
Procedure
Copy the input file to your local directory. Using an editor, view the input file and
answer the following questions:
1. How frequently will the mesh be evaluated for refinement?
2. How many times can each element be subdivided?
3. How do you indicate which parts will be adapted?
4. Which element formulation is used?
5. How is load applied?
Execute the simulation, and view the results with the postprocessor.
6. How many time steps and cycles were used? steps cycles
7. Applied load: Center displacement:
8. Does the adaptive mesh improve the hourglassing problem
Switch to pressure driven load application, and repeat the simulation. Postprocess the
results. Using the NODFOR database, verify that the load is applied correctly as the
mesh is refined.
9. How many time steps and cycles were used? steps cycles
10. Does the pressure load improve nonlinear convergence?
11. Applied loadr: Center displacement:
Experiment with shell element formulation #16.
12. Does shell type #16 improve hourglassing?
13. Does shell type #16 improve convergence behavior (number of steps/cycles)?
Keywords
*CONTROL_ADAPTIVE
*CONTROL_HOURGLASS
*CONTROL_IMPLICIT_AUTO
*CONTROL_IMPLICIT_DYNAMICS
*CONTROL_IMPLICIT_GENERAL
*CONTROL_IMPLICIT_SOLUTION
*CONTROL_IMPLICIT_SOLVER
*CONTROL_TERMINATION
*DATABASE_BINARY_D3PLOT
*DATABASE_EXTENT_BINARY
*DATABASE_GLSTAT
*DATABASE_NODAL_FORCE_GROUP
*DATABASE_NODFOR
$*DEFINE_CURVE
*DEFINE_CURVE
*END
*KEYWORD
*LOAD_NODE_POINT
$*LOAD_SEGMENT
*MAT_elastic
*PART
*SECTION_SHELL
*SET_NODE_LIST
*TITLE
*KEYWORD
*TITLE
PINCHED ELLIPSE
$
$ A. Tabiei, March 99
$ units; mm, s, ton, N
$
*CONTROL_TERMINATION
1.0000
$
*CONTROL_ADAPTIVE
$ adpfreq adptol adpopt maxlvl tbirth tdeath lcadp ioflag
0.10 5.000 2 3 0.0 0.0 0 0
$ adpsize adpass ireflg adpene
0.0000000 1 0 1.0
$
$========1=========2=========3=========4=========5=========6=========7=========8
$
*CONTROL_IMPLICIT_GENERAL
$ imflag dt0 iefs nstepsb igso
1 0.01 0 0 0
$
*CONTROL_IMPLICIT_SOLUTION
$ nlsolvr ilimit maxref dctol ectol rctol lstol
0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0 0
$ dnorm divflag inistif nlprint
0 0 0 0
$
*CONTROL_IMPLICIT_SOLVER
$ lsolvr prntflg negeig
0 0 0
$
*CONTROL_IMPLICIT_AUTO
$ iauto iteopt itewin dtmin dtmax
1 0 0 0.0 0.0
$
*CONTROL_IMPLICIT_DYNAMICS
$ imass gamma beta
0 0.0 0.0
$
$========1=========2=========3=========4=========5=========6=========7=========8
$
*DATABASE_EXTENT_BINARY
$ neiph neips maxint strflg sigflg epsflg rltflg engflg
1 1
$ cmpflg ieverp beamip
*DATABASE_BINARY_D3PLOT
0.01
*DATABASE_GLSTAT
0.01
*DATABASE_NODFOR
0.01
*DATABASE_NODAL_FORCE_GROUP
2
*SET_NODE_LIST
2
1 7 13 19 25 31 37 48
54 60 66 72 78 84 91 97
103 109 115 121 127 206 212 218
224 230 236 242
$
$---+----1----+----2----+----3----+----4----+----5----+----6----+----7----+----8
$
*CONTROL_HOURGLASS
4
$
*MAT_elastic
$ MID RO E PR
1 7.890E-09 2.100E+05 3.000E-01
$
*SECTION_SHELL
$ SID ELFORM
1 2
3.000E-00 3.000E-00 3.000E-00 3.000E-00
$
*PART
SHELL
$ PID SID MID ADPOPT
1 1 1 0
$
$---+----1----+----2----+----3----+----4----+----5----+----6----+----7----+----8
$
*LOAD_NODE_POINT
$ NID DOF LCID SF
164 3 1 -1.0
$
*DEFINE_CURVE
1
0.00000000000000E+00 00.000000000000E+00
1.00000000000000E+00 500000.00000000E+00
$
$---+----1----+----2----+----3----+----4----+----5----+----6----+----7----+----8
$
$*LOAD_SEGMENT
$$ LCID SF N1 N2 N3 N4
$ 2 -1.0 154 155 164 163
$ 2 -1.0 155 156 165 164
$ 2 -1.0 163 164 173 172
$ 2 -1.0 164 165 174 173
$
$*DEFINE_CURVE
$ 2
$0.00000000000000E+00 00.000000000000E+00
$1.00000000000000E+00 7500.0000000000E+00
$
$---+----1----+----2----+----3----+----4----+----5----+----6----+----7----+----8
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$---+----1----+----2----+----3----+----4----+----5----+----6----+----7----+----8
*ELEMENT_SHELL
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