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Two pipes consisting of plastic material are modeled. The upper one is given an initial angular velocity and crushes into the stiffer lower one. Single surface contact is employed. See next example for usage of adaptivity.

Keywords

*BOUNDARY_SPC_NODE
*CONTACT_SINGLE_SURFACE
*CONTROL_CONTACT
*CONTROL_ENERGY
*CONTROL_TERMINATION
*CONTROL_TIMESTEP
*DATABASE_BINARY_D3DUMP
*DATABASE_BINARY_D3PLOT
*DATABASE_ELOUT
*DATABASE_GLSTAT
*DATABASE_MATSUM
*DATABASE_NODOUT
*DATABASE_RCFORC
*ELEMENT_SHELL
*END
*INITIAL_VELOCITY_GENERATION
*KEYWORD
*MAT_PLASTIC_KINEMATIC
*NODE
*PART
*SECTION_SHELL
*SET_PART
*TITLE

Reduced Input

  *KEYWORD
  *TITLE
  pipe whip simulation
  $---+----1----+----2----+----3----+----4----+----5----+----6----+----7----+----8
  $ mm, ton, s, N
  $ stationary pipe (material 1), Steel
  $ rotation pipe (materia 2), Alum.
  $ A. Tabiei, 3-1-98
  $---+----1----+----2----+----3----+----4----+----5----+----6----+----7----+----8
  *CONTROL_TERMINATION
  $   ENDTIM 
   0.002E+00 
  *CONTROL_TIMESTEP
  $   DTINIT      SCFT 
       0.000     0.900
  *CONTROL_CONTACT
  $   SLSFAC    RWPNAL    ISLCHK    SHLTHK
       0.100                   2         2
  $   USRSTR    USRFAC     NSBCS    INTERM
   
  *CONTROL_ENERGY
  $     HGEN      RWEN    SLNTEN     RYLEN
           2         1         1         1
  $---+----1----+----2----+----3----+----4----+----5----+----6----+----7----+----8
  *DATABASE_MATSUM
   0.100E-05
  *DATABASE_NODOUT
   0.100E-05
  *DATABASE_ELOUT
   0.100E-05
  *DATABASE_GLSTAT
   0.100E-05
  *DATABASE_RCFORC
   0.100E-05
  $---+----1----+----2----+----3----+----4----+----5----+----6----+----7----+----8
  *DATABASE_BINARY_D3PLOT
  $  DT/CYCL
  0.0001E+00
  *DATABASE_BINARY_D3DUMP
  $  DT/CYCL
   1.000E+05 
  $---+----1----+----2----+----3----+----4----+----5----+----6----+----7----+----8
  *PART 
  LOWER, stationary
  $      PID       SID       MID
           1         1         1
  *PART 
  UPPER, rotating 
  $      PID       SID       MID
           2         2         2
  $---+----1----+----2----+----3----+----4----+----5----+----6----+----7----+----8
  *MAT_Plastic_kinematic
  $      MID        RO         E        PR      SIGY      ETAN      BETA
           1 7.890E-09 2.100E+05 3.000E-01 4.400E+02 1.700E+03 1.000E+00
  $      SRC       SRP        FS
  
  *MAT_Plastic_kinematic
  $      MID        RO         E        PR      SIGY      ETAN      BETA
           2 2.730E-09 7.2408E+4 3.000E-01 9.500E+01 7.2408E+3 0.000E+00
  $      SRC       SRP        FS
  
  $---+----1----+----2----+----3----+----4----+----5----+----6----+----7----+----8
  *SECTION_SHELL                                                         
  $      SID    ELFORM      SHRF       NIP
           1         2 0.000E+00       3.0 
  $       T1        T2        T3        T4
   5.000E+00 5.000E+00 5.000E+00 5.000E+00
  *SECTION_SHELL 
  $      SID    ELFORM      SHRF       NIP
           2         2 0.000E+00       3.0
  $       T1        T2        T3        T4
   5.000E+00 5.000E+00 5.000E+00 5.000E+00
  $---+----1----+----2----+----3----+----4----+----5----+----6----+----7----+----8
  *INITIAL_VELOCITY_GENERATION
  $       ID      STYP     OMEGA
           2         2     100.0
  $       XC        YC        ZC        NX        NY        NZ     PHASE 
       635.0    -635.0   168.275        -1         0         0
  $---+----1----+----2----+----3----+----4----+----5----+----6----+----7----+----8
  *CONTACT_single_surface
           0 
   0.0000000 0.0000000 0.0000000 0.0000000 0.0000000         0 0.0000000 1.000E+20
   1.0000000 1.0000000 0.0000000 0.0000000 1.0000000 1.0000000 1.0000000 1.0000000
  $---+----1----+----2----+----3----+----4----+----5----+----6----+----7----+----8
  *set_part
  5
  2
  *set_part
  4
  1
  $---+----1----+----2----+----3----+----4----+----5----+----6----+----7----+----8
  *NODE
  $
  *ELEMENT_SHELL
  $---+----1----+----2----+----3----+----4----+----5----+----6----+----7----+----8
  *BOUNDARY_SPC_NODE
  $---+----1----+----2----+----3----+----4----+----5----+----6----+----7----+----8
  *END

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