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A sphere is given an initial velocity. For its impact on a plate, surface to surface contact is specified.

Keywords

*BOUNDARY_SPC_NODE
*CONTACT_SURFACE_TO_SURFACE
*CONTROL_CONTACT
*CONTROL_CPU
*CONTROL_DAMPING
*CONTROL_ENERGY
*CONTROL_OUTPUT
*CONTROL_SHELL
*CONTROL_TERMINATION
*CONTROL_TIMESTEP
*DATABASE_BINARY_D3PLOT
*DATABASE_BINARY_D3THDT
*DATABASE_EXTENT_BINARY
*ELEMENT_SOLID
*END
*INITIAL_VELOCITY_GENERATION
*KEYWORD
*MAT_PIECEWISE_LINEAR_PLASTICITY
*MAT_RIGID
*NODE
*PART
*SECTION_SHELL
*SECTION_SOLID
*TITLE

Reduced Input

  *KEYWORD
  *MAT_PIECEWISE_LINEAR_PLASTICITY
  $ elastic
  $      mid        ro         e        pr      sigy      etan   faileps
           2 7.83000-6 200.00000 0.3000000 2000.0000 1.0000000 0.3000000 0.0000000
  
  
  
  $ e/p and no failure
  $         2 7.83000-6 200.00000 0.3000000 0.0000000 0.0000000 0.0000000 0.0000000
  $ 0.0000000 0.0000000         0         0
  $ plastic strains
  $ 0.0000000 0.0800000 0.1600000 0.4000000 99.000000 0.0000000 0.0000000 0.0000000
  $ von mises stresses
  $ 0.2070000 0.2500000 0.2750000 0.2900000 0.3000000 0.0000000 0.0000000 0.0000000
  $ e/p with failure
  $         2 7.83000-6 200.00000 0.3000000 0.0000000 0.0000000 0.3000000 0.0000000
  $ 0.0000000 0.0000000         0         0
  $ 0.0000000 0.0800000 0.1600000 0.4000000 99.000000 0.0000000 0.0000000 0.0000000
  $ 0.2070000 0.2500000 0.2750000 0.2900000 0.3000000 0.0000000 0.0000000 0.0000000
  *initial_velocity_generation
  1,2,,,,-89
  
  *contact_surface_to_surface
  1,2,3,3
  
  
  *TITLE
  sphere1.k                                                               
  *CONTROL_TERMINATION
   1.0000000         0 0.0000000         0 0.0000000
  *CONTROL_TIMESTEP
   0.0000000 0.0000000         0 0.0000000 0.0000000         0         0         0
  *CONTROL_SHELL
   0.0000000         0         0         0         0         0         0
  *CONTROL_DAMPING
           0 0.0000000 0.0000000 0.0000000 0.0000000         0 0.0000000         0
  *CONTROL_CONTACT
   0.0000000 0.0000000         0         0         0         0         0
           0         0         0         0 0.0000000         0         0         0
  *CONTROL_OUTPUT
           0         0         0         0 0.0000000         0         0
  *CONTROL_ENERGY
           1         2         1         1
  *DATABASE_BINARY_D3PLOT
   0.1000000                   0
  *DATABASE_BINARY_D3THDT
   10.000000
  *DATABASE_EXTENT_BINARY
           0         0         0         0         0         0         0         0
           0         0         0         0         0         0
  *CONTROL_CPU
   0.0000000
  *MAT_RIGID
           1 7.83000-6 200.00000 0.3000000 0.0000000 0.0000000 0.0000000          
   0.0000000 0.0000000 0.0000000
   0.0000000 0.0000000 0.0000000 0.0000000 0.0000000 0.0000000 0.0000000 0.0000000
  *SECTION_SOLID
           1         0
  *SECTION_SHELL
           2         0 0.0000000 0.0000000 0.0000000 0.0000000         0
   2.5000000 2.5000000 2.5000000 2.5000000 0.0000000
  *PART
   
           1         1         1         0         0         0         0         0
  *PART
   
           2         2         2         0         0         0         0         0
  *NODE
  $
  *ELEMENT_SOLID
  $
  *BOUNDARY_SPC_NODE
  $
  *END

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